Helmut Oldenbourg
Helmut Oldenbourg (born November 5, 1892 in Leipzig , † November 15, 1957 in Miesbach ) was a German officer and political functionary. Oldenbourg was, among other things, chief of staff at the chief of SA motor vehicles and SA brigade leader .
Life and activity
As a young man, Oldenbourg embarked on an officer career in the Bavarian army , in which he last achieved the rank of major . Since 1930 he belonged to the NSDAP and the National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK).
Around 1931 Oldenbourg became the chief of staff of Adolf Hühnlein , the chief of SA motor vehicles. In this capacity he was responsible for the organization of the expansion of the SA engine units, which was then carried out with great emphasis.
After 1933, Oldenbourg was entrusted as NSKK group leader with the management of the SA engine brigade Hochland. By 1942 at the latest he had reached the rank of Obergruppenführer in the NSKK, while in the SA he reached his highest rank on July 1, 1933 when he was promoted to Brigade Leader.
On the occasion of the Reichstag election of April 1938 , Oldenbourg ran unsuccessfully on the “List of the Führer to the election of the Greater German Reichstag” for the “Parliament” of the Nazi state.
During the Second World War , Oldenbourg was an officer in Kraftfahrtruppe IV.
literature
- Dorothee Hochstetter: Motorization and "Volksgemeinschaft". The National Socialist Motor Corps (NSKK) 1931–1945 , Munich 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to: Genealogical handbook of the aristocracy enrolled in Bavaria , vol. 15, p. 566.
- ↑ Stockhorst: 5000 heads, 1967, p. 313.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oldenbourg, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and SA leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1957 |
| Place of death | Miesbach |