Hermann Bethke

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Hermann Bethke

Hermann Bethke (born January 22, 1900 in Strohsdorf , Pyritz district , † January 14, 1940 in Nacbolsk ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).

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Bethke came from a family of long-established farmers in the Pyritzer Weizacker. After attending the village school and a humanistic high school , he studied at the universities of Tübingen , Berlin and Greifswald . In 1918/1919 Bethke was a member of the army. In 1921 he belonged to a volunteer corps in Upper Silesia.

Following the doctorate to Dr. jur. and during the traineeship in 1925, Bethke was appointed government assessor. From 1925 to 1927 he worked for the Iserlohn District Office , then, from 1927 to 1932, for the government in Königsberg . In 1932 he was appointed President of the East Prussian Chamber of Agriculture .

In the 1920s, Bethke joined the NSDAP: in 1929 he became head of the party's Gaurerechtsstelle in East Prussia. In the years 1932/1933 Bethke led the East Prussian labor service. Also in 1933 he was appointed Gauamtsleiter of the Gauleitung in East Prussia and briefly belonged to the Provincial Parliament of the Province of East Prussia . From 1933 he was Vice President of the Upper Presidium of the Province of East Prussia. Bethke was a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA); last he was promoted to Standartenführer in January 1939 .

October 15th 1938 Bethke came after replacement for the retiring MPs George of Waltenhausen as a deputy in the Nazi Reichstag one, up to his death in 1940 he served as a representative of the constituency 1 (East Prussia).

In 1938 he received the NSDAP's golden party badge .

From 1939 to 1940, Bethke served as the provisional district president in the Zichenau administrative district , based in Zichenau .

Bethke died of a heart attack while on a hunt. Joachim Paltzo moved up for him in the Reichstag.

literature

  • Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 38 .
  • R. Zilch, B. Holtz (edit.): The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Vol. 12 / II. In: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): Acta Borussica . New episode. Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 2003, p. 525. ( Online ; PDF 2.2 MB).
  • Christian Rohrer: National Socialist Power in East Prussia, 2006, ISBN 9783899750546 , pp. 560-561.
  • Norbert Korfmacher: Provisional list of members of the East Prussian Provincial Parliament 1919 to 1933, 2018, p. 8, digitized

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Rohrer mentions August 1, 1931 as the date of accession
personal data
SURNAME Bethke, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Strohsdorf , Pyritz district
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1940
Place of death Nacbolsk