Georg Asmus

Georg Asmus (born October 7, 1888 in Groß-Grabe ; † May 5, 1975 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German police chief and police officer, most recently an SS brigade leader and major general of the police in World War II .

Life

Georg Asmus was the son of pastor Wilhelm Friedrich Asmus. After attending high school in Eisleben, he entered the Oranienstein cadet house in 1901 and moved to the Groß-Lichterfelde main cadet institute in 1905 , which he completed in March 1908 with the officer's examination. He was then transferred as a lieutenant to the 4th Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 143 of the Prussian Army and from April 1914 worked as an educator at the Kadettenanstalt Karlsruhe . From December 1914 to September 1918 he took part in the First World War, most recently as captain and battalion commander in the Baden Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 249 . From the end of September 1918 to mid-November 1919 he was in English captivity. After his release he worked at the clearing house of the 4th Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 143 and in April 1920 joined the Freikorps Lichtschlag .

In July 1920 he joined the police service in Frankfurt am Main, where he was employed by the security police as a Hundred commander and district chief. From 1926 he worked for the police administration in Hanover and taught at the Hannoversch Münden Police School from 1929 to 1934. In April 1934 he took over the deputy of the commander of the police in Frankfurt am Main for four years. In the first ten days after the annexation of Austria , he took on leading police functions. From April 20, 1938 he was commander of the Ordnungspolizei in Frankfurt am Main. Asmus joined the SS at the end of January 1939 (SS no. 313.949), and he was a member of the NSDAP from the beginning of May 1933 ( membership no . 3.117.294).

During the Second World War Asmus was “ordered to serve as the Higher SS and Police Leader in Krakow”. He later served as the commander of the Ordnungspolizei for the SS and Police Leader (SSPF) in Chernigov . From March 1944 to mid-April 1945 he was the successor of Walther Oberhaidacher as police chief in Bochum .

See also

• List of SS brigade leaders

literature

• Joachim Lilla : Senior administrative officials and functionaries in Westphalia and Lippe (1918–1945 / 46): Biographisches Handbuch. Aschendorff, Münster 2004, ISBN 978-3-402-06799-4 , p. 109 f.