Heinrich Berndl

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Heinrich Berndl (born November 24, 1887 in Munich , † February 14, 1973 in Memmingen ) was a German local politician and Lord Mayor of the Swabian town of Memmingen.

Life

Heinrich Berndl was born on November 24, 1887 in Munich. There he attended elementary school and high school and began his university studies . He passed the state examination for higher judicial and administrative service in 1916. He was admitted to the bar a year later. He took up the post of head of the municipal association at the Deggendorf district office in September 1917. In October 1920 he became district administrator in Mindelheim . In June 1926 he moved to the city of Memmingen and became legal counsel there . On January 1, 1930, he became second mayor as a representative of the Lord Mayor Friedrich Braun . From September 1, 1931, after Friedrich Braun was retired, he headed the city's business. On January 1, 1932, he became mayor of the city of Memmingen as non-party and joined the NSDAP in May 1933. He held this position until the invasion and occupation of the city of Memmingen by the Americans in World War II . The Americans dismissed him in May 1945. He returned to the city in 1948 as city counsel and later as legal counsel. In the election in May 1952 he was re-elected Lord Mayor “as a candidate of the CSU and the Free Voters”. For reasons of age, he could not run again in the 1966 election. His term of office ended on April 30, 1966. On May 1, 1966, he was awarded the honorary title of former mayor by the city council.

Heinrich Berndl died on February 14, 1973 at the age of 86. He was buried in the forest cemetery in Memmingen .

Controversy about role during the Nazi era

In 2001, the historian Paul Hoser presented the second volume of the history of the city of Memmingen , written on behalf of the city , in which the Nazi era in particular is extensively examined. With regard to the behavior towards the Jewish citizens of Memmingen , Hoser comes to a critical judgment of Berndl, but also mentions merits such as the non-violent surrender to the US troops. Berndl's descendants took action against this representation, referring to the denazification process at the time and threatened an injunction , since "well-known and unencumbered" citizens had exonerated Berndl in affidavits . Thereupon the then Mayor Ivo Holzinger distanced himself from Hoser and declared that after a “purely legal assessment” and referring to the denazification procedure Berndl had “impeccably” pursued the official business. The historian Rolf Kießling , on the other hand, helped Hoser and stated that the verdict of the ruling chamber was "not sufficiently relevant for determining the historical truth".

Honors

Dr.-Berndl-Strasse

literature

  • Günter Walcz: 50 years of Memmingen - including 36 years with Mayor Dr. Ivo Holzinger . Self-published by the city of Memmingen, Memmingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-054263-3 , p. 9 .
  • Paul Hoser : The history of the city of Memmingen. From a new beginning in the Kingdom of Bavaria to 1945. Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1316-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jaromir Balcar, Thomas Schlemmer (ed.): At the top of the CSU; The governing bodies of the Christian Social Union 1946 - 1955 . R. Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, p. 454 ( Snipset - "..., 1952-1966 as a candidate of the CSU and the Free Voters mayor of Memmingen").
  2. ↑ a b c d Helmut Kustermann: The Nazi era comes into focus. June 6, 2002, accessed March 22, 2017 .
  3. ^ Robert Steuer: Rich in details. November 15, 2001, Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Angela Bachmair: 70 years of the end of the war: who likes to accuse their neighbors? In: Augsburger Allgemeine . May 4, 2015, accessed May 4, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Berndl, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician, Lord Mayor of the City of Memmingen
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1973
Place of death Memmingen