Hermann Hadenfeldt

Hermann Hadenfeldt (born July 9, 1872 in Brunsbüttel , † January 22, 1961 in Heide ) was a German politician ( German National People's Party ) and mayor of the cities of Delmenhorst and Heide .

Life

Hadenfeldt, who holds a doctorate in law, was an assistant judge in Wandsbek from 1902 to 1903 . In 1903 he was elected mayor of the city of Heide for six years. "During this time he had repeatedly distinguished himself by banning public events by the unions and the SPD ," wrote Pfeil in 1997. From 1909 to 1919 he was mayor of Delmenhorst , where he later ran a practice as a lawyer and notary until 1928 . In January 1919 he was arrested during a coup attempt by Bremen's Spartakists , but was freed by the Delmenhorst city councilor August Jordan .

Hadenfeldt was married to Luise Bley. The marriage had two children: their daughter Elise Hadenfeldt was born on March 11, 1911, and their son Hermann Hadenfeldt on September 6, 1916.

In the mayoral election in Heide in 1928, he was elected with 2324 of 3911 votes. Despite the absolute majority of the NSDAP in the local elections on March 13, 1933, he retained the mayor's office , since, according to Gietzelt and Pfeil, from the Nazis' point of view, “national reliability” spoke for him. In 1937, however, before the end of his term of office, he handed over the office to Karl Herwig , who was appointed by the Nazis without democratic legitimation .

In 1933, Hadenfeldt shared responsibility for the dismissal of several Social Democrats from civil service. Gietzelt / Pfeil write: “After the Jewish teacher Lilly Wolff was dismissed, the local group (the NSDAP, the author) in Heide, for example, demanded that the teachers not only be checked for their Aryan descent, but also for their political attitudes . In addition, it submitted its own list of the city's employees and workers to the magistrate, who had to be “dismissed as soon as possible because of their political unreliability”. Just two days later the magistrate followed this request. "

Before 1933, Hadenfeldt had tried to prevent the Jewish teacher Lilly Wolff from being employed. Their employment was enforced by the state on June 1, 1930 against the resistance of the city of Heide and its mayor. Lilly Wolff was murdered in Riga in 1942 .

From 1938 on, Hadenfeldt worked as an honorary director of the Heide municipal utility. In 1946 he was elected honorary city director by the city council. He retired on November 1, 1949. He was made an honorary citizen of Heid in January 1952 . Honorary citizenship is controversial due to Hadenfeldt's anti-Semitic and anti-democratic actions. The working group resistance and persecution in Nazi Dithmarschen has requested the withdrawal of honorary citizenship in the city of Heath on 12 February, 2007. The administration of the city claims that honorary citizenship rights can only be revoked during lifetime. In addition, she does not see Hadenfeldt as burdened.

literature

• Ulrich Pfeil : From the Empire to the “Third Reich” , Heide 1997, pp. 172, 325
• Martin Gietzelt, Ulrich Pfeil: Dithmarschen in the “Third Reich” 1933–1945 in History of Dithmarschen , Heide 2000, p. 333.
• Marie-Elisabeth Rehn : Heider gottsleider - small town life under the swastika . reissued 2005, Verlag Pro Business Berlin, ISBN 3-939000-31-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ biography of Jordan, August In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 364 ( online ).