Günther Braschwitz

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Heinrich Rudolf 'Günther' Braschwitz (born January 4, 1896 in Steglitz , † April 13, 1966 in Konstanz ) was a German police officer and SS leader.

Live and act

Braschwitz was the son of a detective. His younger brother was the dentist and policeman Rudolf Braschwitz . After attending the pre-school and the high school, which he in 1914 with the Notabitur left, Günther Braschwitz participated in the October 1914 World War II in part. In August 1918 he was taken prisoner by the British , from which he was released in October 1919.

After returning home from captivity, Braschwitz joined the criminal police on February 2, 1920 . Before or alongside his training as a detective, he studied medicine for two semesters without obtaining a degree. On January 4, 1922, Braschwitz married Else Pfahl (* October 5, 1897): The marriage resulted in the sons Rolf (* January 3, 1925) and Manfred (* November 5, 1935).

In the Weimar Republic Braschwitz made a continuous career in the criminal police service. Politically, he was close to the Berlin police vice-president Bernhard Weiß , with whom he was also a private friend. From 1921 to 1933 he was party-wise organized in the German Democratic Party (DDP).

Shortly after the National Socialists came to power in the spring of 1933, Braschwitz, like his younger brother, was taken over by the Secret State Police . In this he initially took on a management position at the Stapo control center in Breslau , where he was promoted to government and criminal councilor.

In 1937 Braschwitz was admitted to the NSDAP ( membership number 4,164,438) and on November 28, 1938 to the SS (SS number 242.020).

At the beginning of 1942, Braschwitz was transferred back to the criminal police by the state police in Breslau and on February 5, 1942, was entrusted with the management of the criminal police in Karlsruhe . In this capacity he was promoted in January 1944 in the police service to the Oberregierungs- und Kriminalrat and in June 1944 to SS-Obersturmbannführer .

Braschwitz, who also owned the SS Julleuchter , received his last post when he was appointed head of the criminal police station in Stettin .

Promotions

  • September 1, 1939: SS-Hauptsturmführer
  • October 1, 1940: SS-Sturmbannführer
  • January 14, 1944: Higher government and criminal councilor
  • June 21, 1944: SS-Obersturmbannführer

literature

  • Hsi-huey Liang: The Berlin Police in the Weimar Republic , 1977.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Birth register of the Steglitz registry office, No. 9/1896 and the registry of deaths of the registry office Konstanz No. 212/1966.
personal data
SURNAME Braschwitz, Günther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braschwitz, Heinrich Rudolf Günther (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German police officer and SS leader
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Steglitz
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1966
Place of death Constancy