Heinrich Höflich

Heinrich Höflich (born May 13, 1895 in Leonhardsbuch ; † July 5, 1983 ) was a German SS leader.

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After attending school, Höflich worked in agriculture. Since 1915 he took part in the First World War with the Bavarian Army , in which he fought with the 1st Heavy Cavalry Regiment in Russia and in which he was awarded the Bavarian Cross of Merit and the Iron Cross, 2nd class, among other things .

After being demobilized in 1919, Höflich was a member of the state police until 1920/21. He then earned his living as an unskilled worker, including in a distillery. On November 9, 1923, Höflich took part in the failed Hitler putsch in Munich as a member of the 2nd Company of the Federal Oberland .

On September 1, 1927, Höflich joined the NSDAP ( membership number 71,058). In 1928 he also became a member of the SS (membership number 1.089). Around 1928 Höflich began to work as a driver for the Franz-Eher-Verlag , for which he distributed newspapers, in particular the Völkischer Beobachter , to bulk buyers (newspaper stands, tobacco shops, etc.).

From September 18, 1929 to February 10, 1933, Höflich led the first SS standard stationed in Munich as the successor to Sepp Dietrich . On August 3, 1932, he beat Heinrich Trambauer in a dispute over the use of party funds . This suffered lifelong damage.

Immediately after the National Socialists came to power in the spring of 1933, Höflich was selected as personal adjutant by the Bavarian NSDAP Gauleiter Adolf Wagner in February 1933 , a position he was to retain until 1936. From November 30, 1933 to January 23, 1936, Höflich was also a leader z. b. V. assigned to SS Upper Section South. On November 9, 1933, Höflich was awarded the NSDAP Blood Order ( award number 163 ) as a veteran of the November putsch of 1923 .

From 1936 to 1938, Höflich was on the staff of the SS Upper Section South.

On January 20, 1938, Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler expelled Höflich from the SS for corruption. The reason for this was the involvement of Höflich in the financial business of Anton Karl from the Association of Social Construction Companies. He had already been expelled from the NSDAP on January 9, 1938 by a decision of the Supreme Party Court . Later, politely, he repeatedly tried to re-join the SS and the NSDAP. However, the decision of the party chancellery to accept him back into the party on mercy was only made in the spring of 1945 at the intercession of Franz Xaver Schwarz .

From 1938 to 1939, Höflich worked in various subordinate professions, including as a warehouse worker. When the Second World War broke out , he volunteered for the Wehrmacht , where he achieved the rank of sergeant major.

Promotions

• May 11, 1930: SS-Staffelführer / Standartenführer
• July 3, 1934: SS-Oberführer

Archival tradition

An SS personnel file and a file with party correspondence on Höflich have been preserved in the Federal Archives in the holdings of the former Berlin Document Center . The Munich State Archives are holding a trial file relating to a lawsuit brought by Höflich against Heinrich Trambauer's wife in 1932 (district courts 43,346) and the files relating to Höflich's judgments from the period after the Second World War (judging chamber files, Karton 724).

literature

• Mathias Rösch: The Munich NSDAP 1925–1933 , 2002.
• SS seniority list from November 1934.