Heinz Lorenz (stenographer)

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Heinz Lorenz (born August 7, 1913 in Schwerin ; † November 23, 1985 on the way from Bonn to Düsseldorf) was a German stenographer , chief clerk at the German News Office (DNB) and as Adolf Hitler's press secretary at the Führer headquarters . He was one of the closest employees of the Reich Press Chief of the NSDAP , Otto Dietrich, and was responsible for the foreign policy reports . After Dietrich's dismissal, he succeeded him in March 1945 as head of press. He was one of the three messengers with Hitler's wills. He was supposed to deliver the Political Testament of Adolf Hitler to Karl Dönitz . The pick-up from the encircled Berlin by seaplane failed and only in November 1945 was the will sewn into the lining of his jacket found during an roll call at the Eselsheide internment camp.

From 1947 to 1953 Lorenz was private secretary in the Hugo Stinnes house in Mühlheim, from 1953 to 1958 parliamentary stenographer in the German Bundestag , from 1958 to 1978 head of the stenographic service of the Bundesrat .

literature

  • Traudl Junge , Melissa Müller : Until the last hour. Hitler's secretary tells her life , List-Verlag, Munich 2004. ISBN 3-548-60470-6 .
  • Wolfgang Benz, Hermann Graml and Hermann Weiß (eds.): Encyclopedia of National Socialism, 3rd edition, DTV, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-608-91805-1
  • Gerhard Herrgesell, The Stenographical Service in the Führer Headquarters , in: Neue Stenographische Praxis 33/1 (1985) 1–11.
  • Friedrich Ludwig Klein, Heinz Lorenz died , in: Neue Stenographische Praxis 33 / 3–4 (1985) 101–103.
  • Detlef Peitz, parliamentary stenographers and Nazi dictatorship - Part 4: Protocols and documents from the Führerbunker and the Propaganda Ministry , in: Neue Stenographische Praxis 68/1 (2020) 19–33.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlef Peitz, Parliamentary Stenographers and Nazi Dictatorship - Part 4: Protocols and documents from the Führerbunker and the Propaganda Ministry . In: Neue Stenographische Praxis 68/1 (2020), pp. 30–33.
  2. ↑ Herman Rothmann: Hitler's Will. History Press, 2009, ISBN 0-752-44834-X ; Bernd Peters (Express, April 29, 2011): Berlin Herman Rothman: I found Hitler's will .
personal data
SURNAME Lorenz, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German stenographer, Adolf Hitler's press secretary at the Fuehrer's headquarters
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1985
Place of death between Bonn to Düsseldorf