Hans Kallenbach (paramilitary)
Karl Joseph Hans Kallenbach (born October 28, 1897 in Saarunion , † April 2, 1966 in Munich ) was a German paramilitary activist . He was best known as the author of a book about his joint imprisonment with Adolf Hitler at the Landsberg Fortress in 1924.
Life and activity
Kallenbach was the son of the Forest Assessor Karl Gustav Ernst Kallenbach and his wife Charlotte, nee. Brass. He took part in the First World War from 1915 to 1918 , in which he reached the rank of first lieutenant .
In the early 1920s, Kallenbach joined the NSDAP . After the formation of the shock troop Adolf Hitler , a personal bodyguard of the NSDAP chief organized under paramilitary auspices, in May 1923 Kallenbach became a machine gun platoon leader in this unit, with which he took part in the Hitler putsch on November 8 and 9, 1923 . After the coup was suppressed, he was arrested.
In the summer of 1924, Kallenbach was one of forty defendants in a trial following the Hitler trial against the members of the strike force involved in the putsch before the People's Court in Munich. After his conviction, he was taken to Landsberg Fortress , where he shared imprisonment with Hitler until his early release in December.
After his release, Kallenbach initially did not rejoin the NSDAP, which was founded in 1925. It was not until June 1, 1929 that he became a party member again (membership number 133.381). At this time he also became a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the party's street combat organization, in which the focus of his work was on the Nazi movement in the following years: Kallenbach held the post from January 1, 1930 to April 30, 1931 of the leader of the Gausturm Munich-Upper Bavaria with the rank of SA-Oberführer. On May 1, 1931, he was transferred by Ernst Röhm as leader of the SA sub-group Central Silesia North to the SA group Silesia. From November 1, 1931 to December 31, 1932 he then acted as inspector of the Silesian SA leadership school. Due to conflicts with the Silesian SA chief Edmund Heines , Kallenbach returned to Munich at the end of 1932 .
Shortly after the National Socialists came to power in the spring of 1933, Kallenbach published a memory book entitled Mit Adolf Hitler at Fortress Landsberg about his time in prison with Hitler in Landsberg. The book had at least four editions by 1943.
In later years Kallenbach served as managing director of the office for the 8th / 9th. November 1923, which was responsible for the social and economic care of the participants in the 1923 coup.
Fonts
- With Adolf Hitler at Landsberg Fortress , Munich 1933.
literature
- Heinz Höhne : Mordache Röhm. Hitler's breakthrough to total power , Reinbek near Hamburg 1984.
- Burkhard Jellonnek: Homosexuals under the swastika: The persecution of homosexuals in the Third Reich , 1990.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kallenbach, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kallenbach, Karl Joseph Hans (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Nazi functionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saar union |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1966 |
| Place of death | Munich |