Heinrich Sellschopp

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Heinrich Hans Ulrich Sellschopp (born April 8, 1903 Satow , Mecklenburg ; † November 8, 1975 Bonn ) was in a leading position at the Army Weapons Office and the Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement .

Life

Sellschopp was the son of a landlord. His sister Erika later became the wife of Arnold Bergstraesser . From 1920 to 1926 Heinrich Sellschopp did an apprenticeship at the business school in Chemnitz . From 1926 to 1930 Sellschopp studied engineering in Berlin and Munich . After completing his studies, he was the technical director of the Schweriner Automobil- und Landmaschinen-Gesellschaft mbH from October 1, 1930 to December 31, 1931 . From January 1, 1932 to May 31, 1933 he was managing director of Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in Warnemünde .

From June 1, 1933 to August 31, 1937, Heinrich Sellschopp was an advisor at the Reich Aviation Ministry , General Aircraft Master , Technical Office, Department LC III 1. From September 1, 1937 to 1940, he was head of aircraft administration in the Reich Aviation Ministry. From 1940 to 1944 Sellschopp was head of the planning group for industrial companies in the Heereswaffenamt. In December 1942 he was promoted to general engineer . From 1944 to 1945 he was placed in the UK at BMW , Munich , because he advised on company relocations.

From 1946 to 1950 Sellschopp was a partner in a tire repair workshop in Lengerich (Westphalia) . From 1951 to 1954 Sellschopp was a partner in a tire trade in Frankfurt / Main . From 1954 to 1956 Sellschopp was head of a development office for parking heaters , Wilhelm Baier Stockdorf , ( Webasto ). From January 2, 1956 Sellschopp was a civil servant at the Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement of the Bundeswehr in Koblenz . From January 31, 1959 to February 28, 1967 he headed the "Air Force Equipment" department in the Koblenz Procurement Office and was also temporarily General Manager of Nasmo (NATO Starfighter Management Office).

The former agent and armaments worker Roger Hentges claimed that Heinrich Sellschopp was bribed with DM 30,000 at the end of the 1950s  by Louis Macaigne , the vice-president of the French armaments company Radio AIR, which supplied on-board equipment for the German air force. Investigations in the context of the Starfighter affair by Fritz-Josef Rath , the head of the anti-corruption department, revealed that of the 1.1 to 1.3 million DM that Lockheed paid in bribes in the Federal Republic of Germany, a “considerable sum” Heinrich Sellschopp should have flowed.

He was married to Ilse, geb. Callies (∗ July 27, 1910; † March 20, 1945 in Grevesmühlen ), a daughter of the Dassow entrepreneur Christian Callies .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ California prices . In: Der Spiegel . No. 6 , 1959 ( online ).
  2. ^ Affären / Hentges: Merit in the semi-darkness . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , 1968 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Affär / Brühne Trial: With Omachen . In: Der Spiegel . No. 4 , 1969 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Arms Sales in Germany. United States Department of State , January 7, 1976, accessed April 3, 2010 .
  5. ↑ standard sequence Sellschopp , accessed on October 2, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Sellschopp, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sellschopp, Heinrich Hans Ulrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil servant at the Heereswaffenamt and at the Federal Office for Defense Technology and Procurement
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Satow , Mecklenburg
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1975
Place of death Bonn