Gerhard Sudheimer

Gerhard Sudheimer in the uniform of an SA Obersturmbannführer. The Tyr badge on his left upper arm and the German Order Shield (Grenzschutz Ost) (1933) on the left breast pocket .

Gerhard Sudheimer (born December 11, 1901 in Blumenthal, Schubin district , Posen province , † after 1960) was a German politician ( NSDAP ). He served as mayor of Königs Wusterhausen (1934–1939) and as Berlin district mayor of Kreuzberg (1939–1945).

Life

After attending school, which he finished with the Abitur, Sudheimer studied law and political science for a few semesters. From 1919 to 1920 he was a member of the Eastern Border Guard . He later earned his living doing various office jobs.

Sudheimer joined the NSDAP ( membership number 320.317) and the Sturmabteilung (SA) on October 1, 1930 . From 1932 Sudheimer was a "full-time SA leader".

On March 1, 1933, Sudheimer was appointed adjutant of the SA sub-group East Berlin led by Karl Ernst . After Ernst's appointment as leader of the SA group Berlin-Brandenburg, Sudheimer was also appointed to the staff of the SA group, in which he was used as a compliment officer in the rank of SA storm leader . With effect from June 1, 1933, Sudheimer was officially appointed adjutant of the Berlin-Brandenburg group with simultaneous release from his previous position as adjutant of the SA brigade Berlin East (which according to the order of the Supreme SA Leader Ch.No. 1350/33 From July 7, 1933, the previous SA sub-group Berlin-East was renamed from that day on). With effect from April 1, 1934, he was relieved of his position as adjutant of the Berlin-Brandenburg group, as he moved to the municipal administration as mayor of Königs Wusterhausen, Teltow district.

From May 1934 to September 1939 Sudheimer was mayor of Königs Wusterhausen near Berlin. At his request, the place received city ​​rights in 1935 . He then took over the office of district mayor of Berlin-Kreuzberg, which he should hold nominally until the end of the Second World War . From January 7, 1941 to April 30, 1942 and again since February 26, 1943, Sudheimer took an active part in World War II. In 1941 he was part of the 1st Company of the Infantry Replacement Battalion 466 in Schwerin an der Warthe. The last report that he has in his military records is that on October 14, 1944, he belonged to the 3rd Army Battery of the Coastal Artillery Department 1111 as a private.

After the war, Sudheimer lived in Berlin. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he was occasionally questioned as a contemporary witness about the events of 1933/1934, for example by Fritz Tobias for his research on the Reichstag fire. In 1960 he can be traced back to the address "Zeißpfad 6" as "Bezirksstadtrat aD".

In Tobias' estate there is a note from July 1968, according to which Sudheimer died "a few years ago".

marriage and family

In June 1934 Sudheimer married Felicitas Fromm (born August 20, 1915). From this marriage the children Erdmute (born April 17, 1935) and Gerhild Sudheimer, married. Sudheimer-Jackson, later Hilda Sudheimer (born March 18, 1937 - March 18, 2005 New Orleans).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fuehrer's order No. 12 of March 15, 1933, p. 5.
2. ^ Rudolf Diels: Lucifer ante Portas , 1950, p. 321.
3. ↑ Leader Order of the Supreme SA Leadership No. 16 of August 1, 1933, p. 5.
4. ↑ Fuehrer order of the Supreme SA Leadership No. 24 of May 2, 1934, p. 8.
5. ^ Berlin telephone book for 1960 .
6. ↑ Bundesarchiv Kolvenz: Zsg 163/454, Bl. 45: Note on a conversation with Willi Schmidt on July 27, 1968.