Herbert Bach (lawyer)
Jacob Herbert Bach , (born February 4, 1891 in Weiler (Boppard) , † May 8, 1945 in Berlin ) was a German lawyer , SS brigade leader and National Socialist .
biography
Bach took part in the First World War. In the war of 1918, Bach passed his legal traineeship exam relatively late at the advanced age of 27 . He is said to have failed the first trainee exam twice and only passed it on the third attempt due to a royal exemption. He became a court assessor in 1922 and a local judge at the Berlin-Weißensee district court in 1930 . He was a member of the NSDAP (membership number 629.762) and the SS (membership number 34.949) , he was also a member of Lebensborn e. V. Bach was initially (honorary) legal advisor to SS Section III "Spree" and later, during his time at the Berlin Higher Administrative Court, (honorary) legal advisor to Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler .
After the seizure of power, his career took off. On August 1, 1933, he became the district court director of the Berlin-Mitte district court and, only two months later, on October 26, 1933, he was appointed senior administrative judge. In June 1934 he was promoted to President of the Senate and in February 1935 he was finally appointed Vice President of the Prussian Higher Administrative Court. In the course of the establishment of the Reich Administrative Court, there was a power struggle within the NSDAP. Since Bach, as chairman of a criminal senate, passed judgments that ran counter to the party line, it was not him but Walther Sommer who became president of the newly established Reich Administrative Court in 1941. Bach was in May 1941 Vice President of the Reich Administrative Court and committed in May 1945 during the invasion of the Red Army in Berlin suicide .
Promotions
- September 3, 1933: SS-Untersturmführer
- January 30, 1934: SS-Obersturmführer
- May 1, 1934: SS-Hauptsturmführer
- November 9, 1934: SS-Sturmbannführer
- January 30, 1935: SS-Obersturmbannführer
- September 15, 1935: SS Standartenführer
- April 20, 1937: SS-Oberführer
- September 1, 1939: Lieutenant of the reserve available (assigned to the III. AK as an officer in the army).
- January 30, 1941: SS-Brigadführer (honorary)
Awards
- WK I : Iron Cross , 2nd class
- WW I : Iron Cross , 1st class
- 1934: Cross of Honor of the World War Cross of honor for front fighters with swords
- 1943: War Merit Cross, 2nd class with swords
- 1944: War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords
- Honorary sword Reichsführer SS
- SS ring of honor (SS skull ring )
- SS-Julleuchter
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- ↑ Detlef Merten: History of administrative jurisdiction in Prussia . In: Karl-Peter Sommermann, Bert Schaffarzik (Hrsg.): Handbook of the history of administrative jurisdiction in Germany and Europe . Springer, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-642-41235-6 , pp. 177–301, pp. 292 f.
- ↑ Protocols of the Prussian State Ministry, Vol. 12 / II, p. 516
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l List of seniority of the NSDAP Schutzstaffel. As of December 1, 1937, serial no.211 on p. 18 f. (JPG; 1.32 MB) In: http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/1937/1937.html . Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bach, Herbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bach, Jacob Herbert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, SS brigade leader and National Socialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamlet (Boppard) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1945 |
| Place of death | Berlin |