Georg Stahl (politician, 1895)

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Georg Leonhard Stahl (born April 11, 1895 in Freudenbach , † October 27, 1971 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).

Life

Stahl grew up as the illegitimate son of Anna Margaretha Stahl. He first attended elementary school in Freudenbach and then advanced training schools in Freudenbach and Creglingen . Then he completed a commercial apprenticeship. He then worked as a warehouse clerk and traveler in a grocery store in Freinsheim .

He took part in the First World War as a private and was taken prisoner by the French. He wasn't released until 1920. He then moved to Lambsheim , where he found work as a sales representative. In 1922 he became a National Socialist and from 1924 became involved in the Völkischer Block and the National Socialist Freedom Party . In 1926 he officially joined the NSDAP ( membership number 29,553), but was also the local group leader of Frankenthal before that .

From 1932 to 1933 he was a member of the Bavarian State Parliament . In the Gau Rheinpfalz (later Saarpfalz, then Westmark) he took on various offices, so in 1933 he was Special Commissioner of the Supreme SA Leadership for Ludwigshafen (Land), Gau Inspector of the Palatinate (from 1933), Gauobmann (1934), Gauwalter (from 1934) and from 1936 Gauamtsleiter of the DAF . From 1933 to 1935 he was managing director of the Neue Abendzeitung (formerly Pfälzische Rundschau ). As early as 1934 he was awarded the Golden Party Badge as one of the earliest party members in the Palatinate .

In 1943 he campaigned for the release of Georg Knoll , former Communist Party leader of the Lambsheim Communist Party , who was released from the concentration camp .

Stahl was interned from 1945 to 1949 . He then settled in Landau in the Palatinate , later in Lambsheim. In the denazification process , he was classified as an "incriminated person" and dismissed with a professional ban . This was repealed on May 28, 1951 by Prime Minister Peter Altmeier .

literature

  • Franz Maier: Biographical organization manual of the NSDAP and its structures in the area of ​​today's state of Rhineland-Palatinate (=  publications of the commission of the state parliament for the history of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . No. 28 ). 2nd Edition. v. Hase & Koehler, Mainz / Zarrentin 2009, ISBN 978-3-7758-1408-9 , p. 457-459 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Schepua: "Socialism of Action" for the "Bulwark in the West": Development and characteristics of National Socialism in the Palatinate . In: Heinz-Günther Borck, Wolfgang Laufer (ed.): Yearbook for West German State History . 25th year. Landesarchivverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz, 1999, ISSN  0170-2025 , p. 567 .
personal data
SURNAME Stahl, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stahl, Georg Leonhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP)
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Freudenbach
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1971
Place of death Ludwigshafen am Rhein