Fritz Meyer (politician, 1881)
Christoph Christian Friedrich "Fritz" Meyer (born January 20, 1881 in Altona ; † August 12, 1953 in Konstanz ) was a German businessman from Hamburg, NSDAP regional economic advisor and NSDAP politician.
Life
Meyer grew up in Altona, attended the Altona Realgymnasium up to the 11th grade and then did his military service as a one-year volunteer with the 2nd Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Dragoon Regiment No. 18 in Parchim . Meyer then did an apprenticeship at Conrad Hinrich Donner and worked there for another four years. After several years of activity in other European countries, he founded his own coffee trading company in Hamburg in 1907. He took part in the First World War as a lieutenant in the Landwehr and was taken prisoner by the British in 1917. After the war, Meyer returned to Hamburg with his company in 1919.
In 1929 Meyer joined the NSDAP (member number 163.332) and became a district economic advisor for them in Hamburg. In 1931 Meyer was elected to the Hamburg parliament for the NSDAP .
On March 31, 1933, the First Gleichschaltungsgesetz (“ Provisional Act on the Equalization of the Lands with the Reich ”) formed the citizenship according to the distribution of votes in the Reichstag election of March 5, 1933 , so that the NSDAP could take over power. At the same time, the number of seats in the citizenry decreased, as the seats of the KPD were canceled without replacement. The citizenship met on May 10, 1933 for its constituent meeting, at which Meyer (NSDAP) was elected as the new president. The citizens then met twice, on May 31, 1933, with Meyer being the only speaker to give a 30-minute speech, and on June 28, 1933, before it was dissolved on October 14, 1933 by Reich Governor Karl Kaufmann . Meyer was appointed to the newly created Hamburg State Council in July 1933 . In the 1930s Meyer was elected to several supervisory board positions of Hamburg companies, such as Hamburger Hochbahn AG, Sparcasse von 1827 and Volksfürsorge . On November 12, 1933, Meyer received a mandate in the Reichstag , which he held until April 15, 1943. By order of Hitler, Meyer resigned because of his board membership. His successor was Johann Häfker .
Meyer joined the SS on November 2, 1936 (SS No. 276,982). When the war broke out, Meyer had the rank of SS-Standartenführer and headed SS-Section 15. In December 1942 he was appointed SS-Brigadführer .
literature
- Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 416 f .
Web links
- Fritz Meyer in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Newspaper article about Fritz Meyer in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on biography: Reichstag handbooks, 10th electoral period, p. 236, (requested on December 5, 2007) from the database of Reichstag members of the digital library of the Bavarian State Library , Munich (requested on December 5, 2007)
- ^ Hamburger Nachrichten of June 1, 1933
- ↑ Hamburg Foreign Gazette of January 19, 1941
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyer, Christoph Christian Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdHB, MdR and Hamburg businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altona |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1953 |
| Place of death | Constancy |