Julius Bielefeld

Julius Bielefeld (born October 2, 1905 in Dülmen ; † December 6, 1970 ibid) was a German politician and NSDAP district leader.

Origin and family

Julius Bielefeld was born as the son of Ludwig Bielefeld (accountant). His brother Franz was a member of the Reichstag and was NSDAP district leader and SA storm leader . Julius married Elisabeth Olbrich on November 20, 1931. The marriage had four children.

Act

After attending the Gymnasium Dülmen up to Obersekunda and then attending the municipal commercial college in Münster, he began working as a clerk in a law firm. Interrupted by unemployment and work as an insurance agent, he became an employee at the main customs office in Vreden in October 1929 and remained in this office until 1934.

On November 26, 1926, he joined the NSDAP and the SA and in 1927, together with his brother Franz, founded the NSDAP local group in Dülmen, which was one of the first local NSDAP groups in the Münsterland .

From mid-1932 to April 1934 he was the local group leader in Dülmen and in 1933 also a city councilor. As NSDAP district leader Coesfeld he worked full-time from April 1934 to March 1938 and then as NSDAP district leader Lüdinghausen until August 9, 1944. Because of a long illness he was represented by Herbert Barthel in 1942/1943 . In August 1944 he was incapacitated and removed from office because of alleged differences with NSDAP Gauleiter Meyer and party court proceedings.

He took part in the fighting of the Second World War and in 1941 received the Iron Cross II. Class without swords. Because of his National Socialist activities, he was imprisoned in the Staumühle internment camp from April 27, 1945 to April 12, 1948 and sentenced to two years in prison, which had been served as a result of the internment.

In the denazification process , he was classified in category IV (fellow travelers) in 1949 and also in category IV in 1950, but with the condition of exclusion from all public offices. In the proceedings, the parties agreed "... that Bielefeld as district leader [...] behaved decently and correctly against all people". The initial “Saul” became a “Paul”.

In 1950, in criminal proceedings against Bielefeld for crimes against humanity, the Münster jury court sentenced him to one year imprisonment - taking into account pre-trial detention. The Federal Court of Justice overturned this judgment because the limitation period had expired. Due to illness, Bielefeld remained without any income and lived on welfare support until his death.

literature

• Publications of the State Archives of North Rhine-Westphalia, Series C: Sources and Research, Volume 48: Wolfgang Stelbrink: The district leaders of the NSDAP in Westphalia and Lippe, published by the North Rhine-Westphalian State Archive in Münster

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Stelbrink, Biography Bielefeld, p. 135 f.

Web links

• Bielefeld family, Coesfeld family register