Hans-Joachim Tesmer

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Hans-Joachim Tesmer (born May 29, 1901 in Kienberg , Teltow district ; † unknown, after 1968) was a German lawyer, police officer and SS leader.

Live and act

Youth and education

Tesmer belonged 1919 a volunteer corps to, with whom he on border patrol East participated. He then studied law at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1928 he passed the assessor exam. He then worked as a court assessor in the administrative service. In December 1930 he was appointed public prosecutor and in September 1931 he was appointed public prosecutor's council. Since September 1, 1932, he was a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 1.330.926).

Career in the Gestapo (1934 to 1940)

After working for the public prosecutor's offices in Berlin , Neuruppin and Potsdam for a few years , Tesmer - who had been a member of the SA since 1932 and the SS security service since August 1, 1933 - was seconded to the Secret State Police on March 26, 1934 , in which he initially worked in the defense department before he took over the department II 1 D ( protective custody matters), which was responsible for the organization and implementation of the admissions to the concentration camps .

In 1935 Tesmer was transferred to the administrative department of the Secret State Police Office as a personnel officer. His position as head of the protective custody department was transferred to Karl Futh . Tesmer, who worked closely with Werner Best in this position, retained the post of personnel officer in the administrative department , even after the merger of the Gestapo and the criminal police in the main security police office in 1936 and after the establishment of the Reich Main Security Office in 1939: it was precise from April 1, 1936 Until September 26, 1939, consultant in Section V 3 (Personnel I) in the Main Security Police Office, to which he was transferred on April 1, 1936, and from September 27, 1939 to 1940 head of the IC Office of the Reich Main Security Office. From 1938 to 1939 he was also deputy head of Division I of the Gestapo. In the administrative service he was continuously promoted: On May 1, 1935, he was appointed to the government council and on April 1, 1936 to the senior government council.

In the SS (SS-No. 272.582), of which he had been a member since February 1936, he reached the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer on April 20, 1938 and that of SS-Standartenführer on January 30, 1939 .

Second World War

During the Second World War , Tesmer was district administrator in Lübben from 1940 to 1941. He then acted from 1941 to 1944 as head of the war administration department for the Commander of the Rear Army Area Center (1941–1942) and for the Army Group Center (1942–1944). The main focus of his field of activity was in Belarus . At that time he was also promoted to Ministerial Council . From January 26 to March 31, 1945, Tesmer was commissioned as the government vice-president to perform the duties of the district president of Liegnitz .

post war period

After the end of the war, Tesmer worked as a lawyer in Hamburg . He was married to Ingeborg Loyr and had two children.

Promotions

  • 1936: SS Oberscharführer
  • April 20, 1938: SS-Unterscharführer
  • August 1, 1938: SS-Sturmbannführer
  • September 11, 1938: SS-Obersturmbannführer
  • January 30, 1939: SS Standartenführer

Fonts

  • "Protective custody and its legal basis". In: German Law No. 6, 1936, pp. 135 ff.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Gerlach : Calculated murders: The German economic and annihilation policy in Wei я ru я land 1941 to 1944 . Hamburger Ed., 2000, ISBN 978-3-930908-63-9 , pp. 137 .
  2. ^ Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 620.
personal data
SURNAME Tesmer, Hans-Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tesmer, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German police officer, SS leader
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Kienberg , Teltow District , Brandenburg Province , Kingdom of Prussia
DATE OF DEATH after 1968