Josef Adamczyk

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Josef Adamczyk

Josef Joachim Adamczyk (after Adams change of name in 1939 ; * March 20, 1901 in Rzuchow , Rybnik district , † February 12, 1971 in Hanover ) was a German politician of the NSDAP and SS leader.

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After attending primary school, Adamczyk was trained at the Ratibor teacher training college. In the post-war years he took part in free corps battles in the east. For his achievements in these fights he was awarded the Silesian Eagle 1st and 2nd class. He entered the Prussian school service in 1921 and worked as a primary school teacher in Upper Silesia and from 1930 in Dortmund .

From 1921 Adamczyk began to work in the SA and from August 1923 in the NSDAP. He was the founder of the party's local branch in Ratibor and rejoined the NSDAP after the party was banned in 1928 ( membership number 30.878). In 1929 he took over a public office for the first time when he became a city councilor in Racibórz. Because of his political activities for the NSDAP, he was suspended from teaching in December 1930. From 1931 he was a member of the SS (SS No. 6.165), where he rose to SS-Oberführer in September 1938 . From 1931 to 1935 he was finally the full-time head of the Lower District of Upper Silesia of the NSDAP.

In April 1933 Adamczyk became chairman of the Upper Silesian Provincial Committee and authorized representative to the Reichsrat. From 1932 to 1933 Adamczyk was a member of the Prussian state parliament , later he was a member of the Reichstag from 1933 to 1936 as a member of constituency 9 (Opole). Although he ran again in the Reichstag election in 1936 and the Reichstag election in 1938 , he was not re-elected.

At the beginning of October 1933 he took over the post of governor of the province of Upper Silesia , which he held until March 1938. In addition, from December 1936 to March 1937 he was provisional district president in Opole. From March 1938 to February 1941 he was governor of the Province of Silesia and then until the end of the Second World War of the Province of Lower Silesia .

In 1939 Adamczyk, who had attracted attention politically for several years due to his anti-Polish rhetoric , changed his name to Adams.

After the end of the war he took up residence in Hanover. From 1956 he was on the board of a settlement cooperative. For many years he was the deputy state chairman of the Silesian Landsmannschaft in Lower Saxony .

literature

  • Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the national and national socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924. Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , pp. 3-4.
  • Joachim Lilla (arrangement): The deputy Gauleiter and the representation of the Gauleiter of the NSDAP in the "Third Reich" (= materials from the Federal Archives. Issue 13), Koblenz 2003, ISBN 3-86509-020-6 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joachim Lilla: Overview of the NSDAP Gaue, the Gauleiter and the Deputy Gauleiter 1933 to 1945
  2. ^ Letters / August Scholtis . Selected, edited and commented by Joachim J. Scholz, part 2. 1958 - 1969 , Gebrüder Mann, Berlin 1992, p. 415 (Stiftung Haus Oberschlesien: Writings of the Stiftung Haus Oberschlesien / Literaturwissenschaftliche Reihe; Vol. 2), p. 415
personal data
SURNAME Adamczyk, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adamczyk, Josef Joachim (maiden name); Adams, Josef (since 1939)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR, MdL
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Rzuchow , Rybnik district
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1971
Place of death Hanover