Heinrich Bennecke

Heinrich Hans Bennecke (born February 8, 1902 in Dresden , † January 30, 1972 in Stuttgart-Vaihingen ) was a German politician of the NSDAP , SA leader and historian .

Life

Heinrich Bennecke grew up as the son of a military physicist. In 1919 he joined the temporary volunteer regiment of the city of Dresden. In 1921 he went to Upper Silesia to join the Haßfurther Freikorps in the fight against Polish border violators.

After graduating from high school in 1921, Bennecke studied economics and political science at the universities in Dresden and Munich . There he came into contact with Hitler's NSDAP, which he joined in 1922. In this he soon acclimatized and became 2nd adjutant of the SA regiment in Munich under Hitler's later chief adjutant Wilhelm Brückner . With this appointment, he broke off his studies. On October 14 and 15, 1922, he took part in the Coburg German Day and on November 9, 1923 in the Hitler putsch . After its failure, he was expelled from Bavaria.

After the NSDAP was banned, Bennecke became a member of the Frontbann , before rejoining the party after it was re-established. At the end of 1925, he transferred his Frontbann platoon to Kurt Gruber's Greater German Youth , which formed the core of the Hitler Youth . In 1926 he became party youth leader in Saxony . In 1927 he became leader of the SA Standard IV in Leipzig . From 1929 to 1930 he was adjutant to the Supreme SA-Führer Deputy Central in Dresden and at the same time editor of the Saxon observer and gau-press attendant .

From Easter 1926 Bennecke studied history, newspaper studies and philosophy at the University of Leipzig . In June 1930 he received his doctorate there.

Bennecke then went back to Dresden, where he was the editor in charge of the newly founded NSDAP daily for the Gau Sachsen, Der Freiheitskampf , from August 1st until the end of 1930 . From June 1930 to October 1933 he was a member of the state parliament of Saxony. In his function as police officer of the Saxon NS parliamentary group, he worked closely with the head of the 1st Dresden police station, Walther Hille . This gave him information about upcoming police operations.

During his time as a member of the state parliament, the so-called Dresden Fememord occurred in November 1932, in which SA man Herbert Hentsch was killed and his body was thrown into the Malter dam. Heinrich Bennecke is said to have known about this case, but a direct involvement in the crime could not be proven.

In July 1934 Bennecke became the leader of the SA Reichsfuhrer School . In 1936 he took over the leadership of the SA group in Pomerania . On March 29, 1936, he became a member of the Reichstag until the end of the war . At the end of 1944 he became leader of the Styrian SA group .

From 1939 to 1941 and 1943 Bennecke took part in the Second World War.

After 1945 Bennecke worked as a historian. Among other things, he wrote a standard work on the history of the SA.

Fonts

Bulgaria in the politics of Bismarck up to Ferdinand von Coburg's accession to the throne. Schmidt, Dresden 1930 (dissertation).
Hitler and the SA. Olzog, Munich 1962.
The Reichswehr and the "Röhm Putsch". Olzog, Munich 1964.
Economic Depression and Political Radicalism. The doctrine of Weimar. Olzog, Munich 1968.

literature

Andreas Peschel (ed.): The SA in Saxony before the "takeover of power". The estate of Heinrich Bennecke (1902–1972). Sax, Beucha / Markkleeberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86729-092-0 .

Web links

Literature by and about Heinrich Bennecke in the catalog of the German National Library
Andreas Peschel: Heinrich Bennecke (1902–1972) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
Heinrich Bennecke in the database of members of the Reichstag
Institute for Contemporary History Munich-Berlin: Witness literature online. ZS 1685, Bennecke, Dr. Heinrich (PDF file; 5.33 MB). Bennecke's transcript, "Problems with the SA, April to August 1932", December 1958; Letter from Bennecke to Vogelsang, April 26, 1959 with the attached transcript "Das Reichs-SA-Hochschulamt, task and development", December 1959; Etc.

Individual evidence

↑ Andreas Peschel (ed.): The SA in Saxony before the "takeover". The estate of Heinrich Bennecke (1902–1972). Sax, Beucha / Markkleeberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86729-092-0 , p. 48.
↑ Andreas Peschel: The development of the Dresden NSDAP until 1933, in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch 18 (2013), pp. 151–170, here p. 164.
^ Andreas Peschel: Murder in Malter. In November 1932 a person from Dresden paid for his exit from the NSDAP with his life , in: Dresdner Latest News from November 16, 2009, p. 16.

personal data
SURNAME	Bennecke, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bennecke, Heinrich Hans (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (NSDAP), MdR, SA leader and historian
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	January 30, 1972
Place of death	Stuttgart-Vaihingen

[1] Andreas Peschel (ed.): The SA in Saxony before the "takeover". The estate of Heinrich Bennecke (1902–1972). Sax, Beucha / Markkleeberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86729-092-0 , p. 48.

[2] Andreas Peschel: The development of the Dresden NSDAP until 1933, in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch 18 (2013), pp. 151–170, here p. 164.

[3] Andreas Peschel: Murder in Malter. In November 1932 a person from Dresden paid for his exit from the NSDAP with his life , in: Dresdner Latest News from November 16, 2009, p. 16.