Heinz Roch
Heinz Roch (born January 17, 1905 in Essen , † May 10, 1945 in Trondheim ) was a German SS-Oberführer (1934), politician and SS and police leader (SSPF).
Life
Roch, the son of a worker, was a trained businessman and after completing his training he worked in various professional fields. He joined the NSDAP as early as 1922 and committed acts of sabotage in the occupied Ruhr area . He was arrested and released on an amnesty . He resigned from the NSDAP and joined the " Frontbann ".
He joined the SA in 1926 and again the NSDAP ( membership number 34,475) and also became a member of the SS in 1930 (membership number 2,883). Between 1928 and 1931 he worked as a car salesman. Then he was head of department at the National-Zeitung in Essen. In 1933 Roch was a member of the Prussian Landtag (5th electoral period) until its dissolution and also of the Provincial Parliament of the Rhine Province . From 1933 Roch was a member of the Reichstag of the NSDAP for the constituency 23 Düsseldorf-West in the 9th electoral term.
Roch was the leader of several SS standards in the 1930s. After the outbreak of World War II , Roch took part in the " Western Campaign " as a member of the SS Totenkopf Division . From January 1942 he was employed by the Higher SS and Police Leader "Russia-Center" and from March 1943 initially as a substitute and from October 1943 to December 1943 as SSPF Taurien - Crimea - Simferopol. In addition, he was from May 1943 to May 1944 commander of the Security Police and the SD in Simferopol . From mid-July 1944 to the end of October 1944 he was SSPF Bialystok and from the end of November 1944 to May 8, 1945 SSPF Northern Norway .
Roch committed suicide on May 10, 1945 , before he was captured by the Allies .
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography of Heinz Roch ( Memento from August 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Heinz Roch in the database of the members of the Reichstag
- ↑ See Commandements régionaux de la SS on www.genealogies.free.fr
- ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 501.
literature
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007. ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 . (Updated 2nd edition)
- Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz Roch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Heinz Roch in the database of members of the Reichstag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roch, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDP), MdR, MdL, SS-Oberführer as well as SS and police leaders |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1945 |
| Place of death | Trondheim |