Heinrich Bohnens

Heinrich Tibuas Bohnens (born January 14, 1891 in Hopels , † November 15, 1952 in Bielefeld ) was a German shoemaker and politician (NSDAP).

Live and act

After attending primary school, Bohnens learned the shoemaking trade . After taking the journeyman's examination, he went on a journey for three years. From 1912 he attended the private business school in Bielefeld. From 1913 he worked as an apprentice in a wholesale store. In October 1913 he also passed the master craftsman examination. From 1914 to 1917 Bohnens worked in his father's farm. From 1917 to November 1918, Bohnens took part in the First World War as a pioneer in the Pioneer Replacement Battalion 36 Munsterlager . In 1919 he settled in Friedeburg as an independent master shoemaker.

Since 1923 Bohnens was active in the nationalist movement . In April 1928 he joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), in which he initially took over the post of local group leader. From November 1929 to May 1934 Bohnens held the office of mayor in Friedeburg.

In the Reichstag election of July 1932 , Bohnens was elected to the Reichstag , to which he belonged as a representative of constituency 14 (Weser-Ems). After an eight-month absence from the Reichstag from March to November 1933, Bohnens was able to return to the now National Socialist Reichstag in November 1933 , to which he now belonged without interruption until the end of Nazi rule in May 1945. Since March 1933 he was also a member of the Prussian state parliament .

From February 18, 1933 to November 3, 1935, Bohnens was the district leader of the Wittmund district. From November 18, 1934, he also took over the management of the Aurich district. He also served as President of the Aurich Chamber of Crafts from February 5, 1934. In all of these functions he acted fanatically, ruthlessly and brutally against political opponents, according to later testimony in his judicial proceedings .

In 1938, Bohnens left the church. On the night of November 10, 1938 , Bohnens played a key role in the destruction of the Aurich synagogue . After the outbreak of the Second World War , Bohnens took over the position of mobilization officer for the Aurich district. In this capacity he was awarded the War Merit Cross 2nd Class.

Bohnens saw the end of the war in Friedeburg. From May 11, 1945 he was interned in the Fallingbostel camp. He was later convicted by the Benefeld - Bomlitz Chamber . He died in 1952.

literature

Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).

Web links

Heinrich Bohnens in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

↑ Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , p. 52.

personal data
SURNAME	Bohnens, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bohnens, Heinrich Tibuas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German shoemaker and politician (NSDAP), MdR, MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	January 14, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hopels
DATE OF DEATH	November 15, 1952
Place of death	Bielefeld

[1] Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , p. 52.