Heinrich Simon (politician, 1910)
Heinrich Simon (born February 9, 1910 in Cologne , † November 10, 1979 in Augsburg ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and SA leader .
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Earlier career
Simon was a son of Hugo Simon and his wife Agnes, nee Black. The father was the owner of a large installation business.
After attending primary and secondary school in Cologne, Simon studied law at the University of Cologne from 1928 to 1931 . In 1931 he passed the first state law examination with the grade of satisfactory. From 1932 he worked as a trainee lawyer at the local court in Eitorf and at the regional court in Cologne.
Career in the NSDAP
On January 1, 1932, Simon joined the NSDAP ( membership number 871.511). In August, Simon broke off his legal preparatory work to switch to the staff of Nazi politician Robert Ley in Munich. Simon had become acquainted with Ley through his father, who had arranged for Ley to buy an estate in Oberbergischen. In Ley's staff, Simon initially acted as a private secretary and legal advisor, where he mainly took on administrative work as an office manager.
When Robert Ley was appointed Reich Inspector of the party at the end of 1932 on the occasion of Gregor Strasser's resignation from the party leadership of the NSDAP, he selected Simon as legal advisor in his new position: In the following months, Simon worked on setting up the office necessary for Ley's new job in Munich, which was eventually called the staff office.
On November 1, 1934, he was entrusted with the post of "staff leader" of Ley, who had meanwhile advanced to become head of the Reich organization. In this function he was responsible for ensuring the business-like cooperation of the main offices set up in the Reich organizational leadership (organization office, personnel office and training office).
On February 1, 1938, Simon was appointed head of the Central Office for Finance of the German Labor Front (DAF) in Berlin. In this position he was responsible for managing the DAF's assets in all of its departments such as B. the Volkswagen factory, housing development, insurance, publishing and banking companies.
Simon also became Deputy Reich Housing Commissioner and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagenwerk GmbH in Berlin .
From March 29, 1936 until the end of National Socialist rule in the spring of 1945, Simon was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag for constituency 22 (Düsseldorf East) . In the SA he reached the rank of SA Oberführer in 1938 and the rank of group leader in 1943 .
Since January 1941 Simon was a member of the Waffen-SS (SS-No. 348.775). Last promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer of the reserve in September 1944, he belonged to the SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler , with which he took part in the Battle of Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Lake Balaton. During the war or shortly afterwards, his left hand was amputated.
post war period
On May 28, 1945, Simon was arrested by the Allies in Friedrichshafen. Until 1949 he was held in the Balingen internment camp. In the camp he was u. a. employed as leader of the security service of the camp, as head of the secretariat of the German camp management and as secretary and interpreter for the French control officer of the Württemberg internment camps.
During his internment custody, he was classified in the group of the minor offenders by the verdict of the ruling chamber for the internees of the Balingen camp on July 16, 1948 as part of the denazification. A probation period of five years was imposed on him, during which he was deprived of the right to vote and stand for election and the right to be politically active in any other way or to belong to a party. In addition, during this time he was not allowed to do any teaching, journalistic or other opinion-forming activities and not supervise any company owner or in any capacity. He was also fined DM 3,000.
After his release he settled in Cologne.
Archival material
- State archive Sigmaringen: Spruchkammer documents on Heinrich Simon: Wü 13 T 2 No. 646/008 and Wü 13 T 2 No. 2677/224
literature
- Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 620 .
Web links
- Heinrich Simon in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Denazification files of Heinrich Simon as digital reproduction ( files 1 and 2 ) in the online offer of the Sigmaringen State Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ Invitations to the Reich Organization Leader Dr. Robert Ley and his head of department Heinrich Simon: Vol. 3 - German digital library. Retrieved July 30, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simon, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1979 |
| Place of death | augsburg |