Hans Hien

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Hans Hien (born October 3, 1905 in Munich ; † March 18, 1984 ibid) was a German lawyer and leader of the Catholic youth association Bund New Germany .

Life

Hien studied law at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . After doctorate and legal preparatory service, he joined the Bavarian civil service as a government assessor.

At the time of the National Socialist “ seizure of power ” in 1933, Hien was federal director of the “Older Federation New Germany”, in which the students and professionals of the Catholic Federation New Germany , which was part of the Bundestag youth , were organized.

In an effort to determine the political position of the Catholic youth organizations, he formulated support for the "national uprising" in a circular on May 1, 1933, but also warned of "dangerous militaristic distortion, war psychosis", conformity and the "actual and legal dictatorship" .

These remarks had no consequences. In June 1933, in front of a club of Catholic aristocrats, Hien developed the thesis that all revolutions would take place in a first moderate and a second radical phase, and National Socialism was now facing this second phase; one must now alliance with the "moderate" forces of the Nazi movement in order to prevent the radical revolution. He also summarized these thoughts in a memorandum that he had printed and mailed. During house searches of leading members of the Bavarian People's Party , some copies of this document were found. Hien was warned, but voluntarily surrendered to the Gauleiter and acting Interior Minister Adolf Wagner . Hien was after interrogations by Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich in protective custody taken. His initiative was seen as an attempt to infiltrate and charges of high treason were filed. However, the Imperial Court did not allow the indictment.

Hien was imprisoned in Stadelheim prison until December 1933 . After his release from custody, he was under police supervision and had to report regularly. He held back with activities for the Bund New Germany in order not to endanger it. Dismissed from civil service, he worked as a lawyer.

Hien was in contact with the Jesuit priest Alfred Delp , who belonged to the resistance group of the " Kreisau Circle ". However, he declined an invitation from Delp to a meeting of this group.

After the war he became involved in building new political structures. As a legal advisor, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Bavarian Red Cross , which cared for multitudes of Germans displaced from Czechoslovakia in a very critical situation. He was also a founding member of the CSU . In the course of the Bavarian casino affair , he withdrew from party politics. He remained a freelance lawyer and was involved in the rebuilding of the Bund New Germany.

While Hans Filbinger, who also came from the Bund New Germany, tried to stylize him as a resistance fighter against National Socialism with the incomplete presentation that Hien had been charged with preparing for high treason , Hien never saw himself as such.

Hien was married and had three children. His son Eckart Hien later became President of the Federal Administrative Court .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lecture in front of the study center Weikersheim 1998 cf. https://books.google.de/books?id=uHzdBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq=Hans+Filbinger+Hans+Hien&source=bl&ots=DWURJCzPrF&sig=ACfU3U2deYrYXyEApiCl672kW598nzHJ-Q&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTmqfzzYrqAhXJ16QKHfvBCU8Q6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Hans%20Filbinger% 20Hans% 20Hien & f = false ; According to Reinhard Richter's dissertation , National Thoughts in Catholicism in the Weimar Republic , Hien is said to have been executed as a member of the Kreisau Circle in 1944.
  2. ↑ Family tree of the Hien family
personal data
SURNAME Hien, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1984
Place of death Munich