Georg Kubisch

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Georg Kubisch (born November 19, 1907 in Berlin ; † June 8, 1940 in Guerbigny , France ) was a German SS member. From 1930 to 1933, Kubisch was personal adjutant of the NSDAP politician Joseph Goebbels and later a member of the staff of Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler .

Life and activity

Kubisch was the son of the innkeeper Paul Kubisch (1875–1915), who died as a participant in the First World War , and his wife Anna. After attending school, he completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith in a repair shop.

In 1927, Kubisch joined the NSDAP ( membership number 64,961). He was one of the first members of the Berlin section of the party, which for a few months - in October 1926 - was led by Joseph Goebbels. Around the same time he became a member of the SA , the party's street combat organization. Around 1930 he switched from the SA to the SS (SS no.2.619).

In 1930 Kubisch was hired as a vehicle driver by the attack publishing house , which published the political combat paper The Attack , published by Joseph Goebbels , and then assigned to Goebbels for permanent service. As the deputy of Goebbels' main chauffeur Albert Tonak at the time , he acted as a constant companion of the Berlin Gauleiter, whom he served as chauffeur, bodyguard and adjutant for the next two and a half years. In autumn 1932 Kubisch attacked the journalist Wilhelm Bruhn, who had written a critical article about Goebbels and his wife, in his apartment and brutally beat him. Goebbels noted in his diary:

"Kubisch beat the Sklarek-Schieber Bruhn with a riding whip. In his own apartment. He had insulted Magda in the most shameful way in his newspaper “Truth”. Bravo! " .

On January 31, 1933, Kubisch von Goebbels was involved in one of his first major propaganda campaigns after the National Socialists came to power : On that day he played a double role in a radio address that his boss gave on the occasion of Hitler's appointment as Reich Chancellor to the people to tune in to the new time. In the broadcast in question, which celebrated the formation of the new Hitler cabinet government and the dawn of a “great new era”, Kubisch took on the role of representative of the masses alongside Goebbels, who addressed the people as a representative of the Nazi leadership simple party members whose views on the "national uprising" he tried to express. In addition, he had to represent a member of the Front Soldiers' Union Stahlhelm , who was also supposed to appear on the show, but was prevented from appearing, so that, in addition to being himself in an act of disguise in the show, he was also supposed to be a second person, just as a member of the Stahlhelm , occurred.

In February 1933 Kubisch von Goebbels was dismissed as a chauffeur and adjutant. In his diary , the politician, who was promoted to Reich Propaganda Minister soon after, noted the reasons for this step that Kubisch had "cheated" on him "by driving in the black [in the company car] with dubious girls." In May 1933, Kubisch was taken into the service of the Reich Aviation Ministry , before he joined the Secret State Police Office (Gestapa) as a detective in August 1933 . In the spring of 1934 at the latest he held the position of head of the Gestapa's motor vehicle department. At that time he also served as a commando in the guards at the Columbiahaus concentration camp in Berlin . In May 1934 he took part in a police trainee course at the Oak Police School near Potsdam.

In the summer of 1934 Kubisch was transferred from Berlin to Munich within the SS, where he was assigned to the Political Readiness. In the same year he met Maria Reiter , a former acquaintance of Hitler, with whom he soon began a relationship and whom he married in February 1936.

From 1940 Kubisch took part in the Second World War as a member of the Waffen SS . He died in June 1940 at the Battle of Dunkirk .

Promotions

  • January 30, 1933: SS-Untersturmführer
  • November 9, 1933: SS-Obersturmführer
  • May 9, 1934: SS-Hauptsturmführer

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elke Fröhlich (ed.): The diaries of Joseph Goebbels. Part I, Volume 2 / III, Munich 2006, p. 34 (entry from October 11, 1932).
  2. ↑ Elke Fröhlich (ed.): The diaries of Joseph Goebbels. Munich 2005, Volume 2 / III, p. 120 (entry from January 31, 1933).
  3. ↑ Elke Fröhlich (ed.): The diaries of Joseph Goebbels. Munich 2005, Volume 2 / III, p. 126 (entry from February 10, 1933).
personal data
SURNAME Kubisch, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German SS member
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1940
Place of death Guerbigny , France