Heinrich Walkenhorst

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Heinrich Walkenhorst (born August 14, 1906 in Osnabrück , † December 16, 1972 in Oldenburg ) was Reich Main Office Manager, Head of the Personnel Office of the NSDAP and a member of the Reichstag.

The trained businessman and member of the SA joined the NSDAP on December 1, 1930 . In Leer he took on tasks within the NSDAP as head of organization, head of district propaganda and head of the factory cell . In 1933 he was elected to the city council of Leer.

From June 1933 to July 20, 1934 he held the post of district leader of the NSDAP in Leer, after which he was appointed regional organization head and head of the NSDAP's Gaustab in Oldenburg. He held this position until September 30, 1942. During this time he was secretary to Gauleiter Carl Röver .

From 1936 on he was entrusted with tasks for the implementation of the four-year plan as office manager in the Gau Weser-Ems . In 1942 Röver wrote a memorandum on the situation of the NSDAP and on proposals for reorganization. Walkenhorst's undated résumé in the Koblenz Federal Archives (Z 42 II / 1058) shows that Walkenhorst played a decisive role in the writing. In the résumé Walkenhorst emphasizes that on the day of Röver's funeral, he was transferred to the party office in Munich . He attributed this transfer to his proposals to the NSDAP.

With effect from October 1, 1942, he took the post of Head of the Reich Main Office and Head of the Personnel Office of the NSDAP in Munich. A member of the Reichstag, he was in November 1943 as substitutes by Wilhelm Kube . He retained these functions until the end of the war.

After the war he worked in the insurance industry as a general agent in Oldenburg, where he died on December 16, 1972.

credentials

  • Werner Bräuninger: Hitler's opponents in the NSDAP 1921–1945. Munich 2004
  • Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Frankfurt am Main 2003
  • Michael Rademacher: Who was who in the Weser-Ems Gau. Norderstedt 2005
  • Erich Stockhorst: 5000 heads - who was what in the 3rd Reich. Arndt-Verlag , Kiel 2000
personal data
SURNAME Walkenhorst, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR, Reichshauptamtsleiter, head of the personnel office of the NSDAP
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1972
Place of death Oldenburg