Georg Wenner

Georg Wenner (born June 5, 1903 in Wanne-Eickel ; † 1964 ) was a German businessman and SS leader.

Life

After passing his Abitur, Wenner studied political science and law and graduated in 1927 with a degree in business administration. In 1932 he received his doctorate as Dr. rer. pole. After graduating, Wenner worked as an auditor . At the beginning of May 1937, Wenner joined the NSDAP ( membership number 4,619,985). From mid-October 1940, Wenner headed the tax, finance and accounting department at Staff W in the main office for administration and economics. Wenner continued this function from February 1942 to January 1945 after the establishment of the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (SS-WVHA). From 1941, Wenner was also an authorized signatory at Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe GmbH . At the beginning of May 1942 Wenner became a member of the Waffen-SS and from February 1943 to January 1945 he was a specialist in the rank of Obersturmführer in the SS. At the beginning of February 1945, Wenner was drafted into the Volkssturm or Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS for military service in the final phase of the Second World War .

Nothing is known about his post-war fate.

literature

• Walter Naasner (Hrsg.): SS-Wirtschaft und SS-Verwaltung - The SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt and the economic ventures under its supervision , Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1998, publications of the Federal Archives: 45a, ISBN 3-7700-1603-3 .
• Jan Erik Schulte : Forced Labor and Extermination: The Economic Empire of the SS. Oswald Pohl and the SS Economic Administration Main Office 1933-1945. Paderborn 2001, ISBN 3-506-78245-2 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Jan Erik Schulte: Forced Labor and Destruction: The Economic Empire of the SS. Oswald Pohl and the SS Economic Administration Main Office 1933-1945. Paderborn 2001, p. 478.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Walter Naasner (Ed.): SS-Wirtschaft und SS-Verwaltung , Düsseldorf 1998, p. 357f.