Josef Odendall

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Josef Odendall

Josef Odendall (born August 25, 1890 in Cologne , † December 13, 1968 in Richerzhagen ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).

Live and act

After attending elementary school and high school in Kempen and Cologne , Odendall embarked on a commercial career. The Reichstag Handbuch mentions, among other things, activities in manufacturing companies in the chemical and soap industries.

From 1914 to 1918 Odendall took part in the First World War, in which he was wounded several times and was awarded the Silver Wound Badge . In his self-portrayal in the Reichstag handbook in 1933, Odendall claims that he was involved in defensive battles on the Rhine and Ruhr during the Allied occupation of the Rhineland .

Odendall was initially a member of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund ; In 1929 he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 146.218). In the SA he was promoted to Standartenführer in July 1932 ; until December 1933 he led the SA Standard 16 in Cologne.

After the transfer of power to the National Socialists, Odendall was a member of the German Reichstag for two electoral terms from March 1933 to March 1936, during which he represented constituency 20 (Cologne-Aachen). He was also a city councilor in Cologne. In the SA , Odendall, promoted to Oberführer in December 1933, took over the leadership of the newly established SA Brigade 171 in Bonn . From April 1935 he was SA leader at the disposal of the SA Group Niederrhein.

Odendall was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment in the spring of 1936 for illegally wearing decorations and causing public nuisance . In May 1935, the suspicion arose that Odendall was unjustifiably wearing the First Class Iron Cross . There was also a complaint that Odendall had shown himself to be lewd to a minor. In a second trial, the Cologne Regional Court sentenced him to 15 months' imprisonment for breach of trust. A revision of the books and documents of the SA brigade had resulted in the misappropriation of a total of 6,500 RM . For example, Odendall had used a company donation of RM 1,000 to entertain the SA group leader Heinrich August Knickmann . Odendall served his sentence in the Bonn regional court prison and in Cologne's Klingelpütz . In August 1937 he was expelled from the NSDAP; In September 1937, he was expelled from the SA with the loss of his previous rank and position. Nothing is known about Odendall's further life.

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. 445 f .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst-Pierre Bothien: The brown Bonn. People and Events (1925–1939). Klartext, Essen 2005, ISBN 3-89861-419-0 , pp. 58–60.
personal data
SURNAME Odendall, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1968
Place of death Richerzhagen