Helmuth Stegman

Helmuth Stegman (also: Hellmuth Stegmann ; born October 19, 1892 in Riga ; † May 5, 1983 in Bad Tölz ) was a Baltic German politician and lawyer . As chairman of the short-lived German-Baltic state party , he was a member of the Saeima in 1933/34 .

Life and work

After attending the city high school in Riga until 1911, Helmuth Stegman completed his law studies in Dorpat in 1915 with the passing of the state examination. From 1915 to 1919 he worked as a municipal official in Riga. From April 1919 to March 1920 he served in the Baltic State Army . From 1919 to 1928 he worked as a judge in Riga, from 1921 as a regional judge at the Riga District Court. From 1921 to 1925 he was a member of the Commission of the Latvian Ministry of Justice for the drafting of a civil code . From 1928 to November 1939 he was a sworn attorney and syndic of the Riga private mortgage loan association, founded in 1864. In November 1939 he was relocated to the Reichsgau Wartheland in Posen as a result of the Hitler-Stalin Pact and was initially a clerk in the legal department of the Deutsche Umsiedlungs-Treuhand-GmbH with a branch in Posen. From March 1940 he worked at the regional council in Hohensalza and on April 1, 1941 was appointed senior government councilor. From February 1942 he was entrusted with the management of the economics department and was appointed government director in Berlin on November 19, 1942 by Wilhelm Frick , Reich Minister of the Interior .

literature

• Latviešu polītiķi vācu kollēgas skatījumā. Baltvācu domnieka atminas par Rīgas pilsētas domi (biographical notes, Latvian). In: Laiks , October 4, 1961, p. 7 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Helmuth Stegman. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital