Julius Kaspar (politician)

Julius Kaspar (born April 7, 1888 ; † May 9, 1945 at St. Veit , Graz ) was a German National Socialist politician and lawyer. He held the rank of SS - First Lieutenant held (membership number 293072) and was a member of the NSDAP (member number 6324745).

He was the son of a music director in Graz and received his doctorate in law from the University of Vienna . After the First World War, which he spent in the military justice system , Kaspar worked as a lawyer in Graz and was a local councilor in Leoben . After Austria was " annexed " to the German Reich , he was first acting head of the city government on March 12, 1938, and finally Lord Mayor of Graz in 1939, and remained so until the end of the war. In 1940 he declared Graz a " Jew-free " city. Towards the end of the war he opposed the orders of the Gauleiter Siegfried Uiberreither , such as the order to blow up the main bridge in Graz. During his escape from Graz he was shot dead by unknown perpetrators near St. Veit.

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↑ Martin F. Polaschek : In the name of the Republic of Austria! The People's Courts in Styria 1945 to 1955. Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 1998, ISBN 3-901938-01-X , p. 99ff.

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Julius Kaspar, Mayor 1888–1945

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SURNAME	Kaspar, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian mayor and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1888
DATE OF DEATH	May 9, 1945
Place of death	near St. Veit (Graz)

[1] Martin F. Polaschek : In the name of the Republic of Austria! The People's Courts in Styria 1945 to 1955. Steiermärkisches Landesarchiv, Graz 1998, ISBN 3-901938-01-X , p. 99ff.