Julius Merz

Julius Merz

Julius Merz (born December 28, 1903 in Laer ; † after 1944) was a German politician ( NSDAP ). He was Protestant and was called "a believer in God".

Live and act

After attending primary school , Julius Merz completed a three-year commercial apprenticeship. From 1921 to 1923 he earned his living as a commercial clerk, then from May 2, 1933 to June 30, 1935 as editor.

In 1924 Merz was a member of a national defense formation in the Ruhr area. In 1925 he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 16.068). In the same year he joined the Sturmabteilung (SA), in which he was appointed Obersturmbannführer in 1930. From 1930 he acted as a circle and Gau speaker. In 1931 he was also appointed deputy custodian cell chairman.

A few weeks after coming to power of the Nazis in the spring of 1933, Merz was on May 2, 1933 Editor of the Press Office of the German Labor Front appointed (DAF) in Berlin. In October 1933 he was entrusted with the duties of editor and press attendant at RGB Bergbau in Bochum. In October 1934 he was appointed Deputy Gauobmann of the DAF in Westphalia-Süd, in order to then function as Gauobmann of the DAF in Silesia from July 1935. From 1940 he was head of the Silesian Chamber of Labor.

From March 29, 1936 until the end of the Nazi regime in spring 1945, Merz was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag for constituency 7 (Breslau) .

literature

• Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the ethnic and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924. Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 .
• Erich Stockhorst : 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . 2nd Edition. Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 .

Web links

• Julius Merz in the database of members of the Reichstag