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Johann Hans Glück (born August 18, 1898 in Innsbruck ; † 1957 ) was a German SA functionary, most recently in the rank of SA brigade leader .

Life

Glück, who was a tradesman by nature, worked from 1914 to 1923 as a salesman at the Südbahnfoodmagazin. This activity was interrupted by his participation in the First World War with the Bavarian Army . From the end of 1916 to April 1919, he was a member of the 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August von Sachsen" and the 3rd Landsturm Regiment. From 1924 he worked as a traveler and salesman.

In 1920 Glück joined the DNSAP for the first time when the Innsbruck branch was founded . After the split and re-establishment of the NSDAP (Hitler Movement) he became a member on March 3, 1928 ( membership number 82,300). At the same time, luck also became a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the party's street fighting association, which he took over as leadership in Innsbruck. In the SA, Glück was promoted bit by bit to SA Standartenführer until 1933.

In April 1933, Glück was elected to the Innsbruck municipal council. In the same year he became leader of Standard 1 of the SA Brigade for the Vorarlberg - Tirol area , which he led on paper from August 15, 1933 to August 1, 1934. In this position he was promoted to SA standard leader on August 15, 1933.

In June 1933 Glück fled from Austria, where he was wanted for bomb attacks (including the bomb attack on the Trisanna Bridge), to the German Reich, where he had been since June 15, 1933. There he joined the Austrian Legion . Together with Franz Hofer , Glück subsequently directed the Legion's propaganda activities from Munich . From a command center in Bad Aibling , he also coordinated measures of intimidation and terrorism perpetrated by supporters of the NSDAP in Austria.

In the period from May 10 to August 31, 1935, Glück held the standard NW 2 in Bremen . From April 15, 1936 to June 14, 1936, Glück acted as the acting leader of the SA standard J 3 "Dietrich Eckart" (Jäger standard) in the SA group Hochland . On June 15, 1936, he then took over the permanent leadership of this unit, which he held until March 31, 1937. He was then from April 1, 1937 to April 30, 1937 commissioned leader of the SA standard J 2 in Bocholt and then from May 1, 1937 regular leader of this unit. He then officiated as camp leader (Aibling, Ulm, Bad Tölz, Mönchsröden). On January 30, 1938, he was finally appointed inspector of the SA in Salzburg in Tyrol / Vorarlberg.

From 1940, Glück was in the Wehrmacht . From August 15, 1944, he was a member of the SA group Alpenland and the Brigade Gebirgsjäger 99.

After the end of the Second World War , the People's Court in Innsbruck opened a case against Glück for violating the Prohibition Act and the Explosives Act. On August 7, 1945 he was arrested by the French military authorities in Schwarz. He was later sentenced to 15 years in heavy dungeon by the Innsbruck Regional Court .

Promotions

• January 1, 1929: SA troop leader
• July 1, 1930: SA Sturmführer
• September 15, 1932: SA-Sturmbannführer
• July 1, 1933: Obersturmbannführer
• January 30, 1938: SA Oberführer

literature

• Hans Schafranek: Mercenaries for the "Anschluss". The Austrian Legion 1933–1938. 2011. p. 409.