Georg Altner
Ernst Georg Altner (born December 4, 1901 in Waldheim ; † April 12, 1945 in Dortmund ) was a member of the Reichstag of the NSDAP , SS brigade leader and from 1942 to 1945 police chief of Dortmund.
Life
Altner's father was a prison sergeant. Georg Altner attended elementary school and the Realprogymnasium in Waldheim from 1908, which he left in 1917 with the final certificate. Between 1917 and 1919 he completed an apprenticeship in a machine factory and at the same time attended the technical center in Mittweida , which he left without a degree. In 1919 and 1920 he worked as a locksmith and lathe operator in Waldheim, then from 1921 to 1933 as a site manager in civil engineering and in a construction office in Halle (Saale) . On January 6, 1925, Altner married Elsa Margarethe Krenkel. They lived at Ludwig-Wucherer-Strasse 73.
From 1921 to 1925 Altner was a member of the paramilitary Wehrverband Werwolf , from 1922 to 1925 at the same time in the steel helmet . In 1925 he joined the SA and led Sturm 26. On April 10, 1926, he became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 34,339). From 1926 to 1928 Altner was head of propaganda for the NSDAP district of Rochlitz and Colditz , then press officer. On May 10, 1929, he transferred from the SA to the SS (membership number 1.421). Altner was promoted quickly in the SS and from December 24, 1932 he led SS-Standarte 26 in Halle (Saale) as SS-Standartenführer .
After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists, Georg Altner was a member of the Prussian state parliament from March 5 to October 14, 1933 and then on November 12, 1933 a member of the Reichstag, which was meaningless during the Nazi era .
From July 22, 1933, Altner took over full-time leadership of SS Section XVI in Halle (Saale), and then on March 20, 1934, in the same function, changed to SS Section VII in Königsberg . On April 12, 1935, he was transferred to Stuttgart as a staff leader in the SS Upper Section Southwest . From September 22, 1938, Altner was police chief of Plauen , after he had previously been transferred to the SS Upper Section West in Düsseldorf for training .
Altner had participated in military exercises since 1934 and was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve. From May 1940 Altner took part in the campaign in the west as the leader of a pioneer company and was seriously wounded on June 15, 1940. Altner received the Iron Cross, Second Class, and the Wound Badge in black.
Already at the end of 1941 seconded to the Dortmund Police Headquarters, Altner became Police President of Dortmund on January 14, 1942 and at the same time the head of the local criminal police. On January 1, 1941, he was promoted to SS Brigadefuhrer and Major General of the Police. During the Allied invasion, Georg Altner shot himself in Dortmund's Rombergpark .
See also
literature
- Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the national and national socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924. Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , pp. 7–8.
- Joachim Lilla: Senior administrative officials and functionaries in Westphalia and Lippe (1918 - 1945/46). Aschendorff-Verlag, Münster, 2004. ISBN 3-402-06799-4 .
Web links
- Georg Altner in the database of members of the Reichstag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Altner, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Altner, Ernst Georg (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR, MdL, SS-Brigadführer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1945 |
| Place of death | Dortmund |