Heinrich Pahlings

Heinrich Pahlings

Heinrich Pahlings (born March 31, 1904 in Krefeld , † May 2, 1947 in the Eselheide internment camp near Paderborn ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and SA leader .

Live and act

After attending elementary school from 1910 to 1913 and secondary school in Krefeld, Pahlings worked as a volunteer in a machine factory from 1920 to 1921. He then worked at the higher commercial school in Krefeld. In 1922 he entered the middle administrative service at the city administration in Krefeld. In January 1924 he became an independent businessman. In 1933 he returned to the city administration of Krefeld as an employee.

Since the early 1920s, Pahlings became politically active in circles of the extreme political right: in 1922 he became a member of the German-Völkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund and later also the Völkisch-Soziale bloc . On December 28, 1924, he joined the NSDAP. On April 1, 1925, he participated in the establishment of the Sturmabteilung (SA) in Krefeld, in which he had served as a leader from July 1, 1927. On March 1, 1932, he was promoted to Standartenführer . On September 8, 1936 he became Oberführer of the NSKK , to which he had transferred.

From November 1933 until the end of Nazi rule in spring 1945, Pahlings was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag , in which he represented constituency 22 (Düsseldorf East). In addition, he was since March 12, 1933 a member of the city council and the district council of Krefeld-Uerdingen and councilor in Krefeld.

literature

• Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the ethnic and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924. Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 .
• Erich Stockhorst : 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . 2nd Edition. Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 .

Web links

• Heinrich Pahlings in the database of members of the Reichstag