Karl Doll

Karl Doll (born June 11, 1905 in Eppingen ; † December 7, 1941 ) was Mayor of Eppingen from 1933 to 1936 and Mayor of Oberkirch from November 1936 to December 7, 1941 .

family

He was the son of the Eppinger farmer Konrad Doll (* September 20, 1860; † April 10, 1925) and Friederike, born Gebhard (* November 9, 1866, † December 15, 1930) from Gemmingen . Karl Doll had 9 siblings. On June 20, 1931, he married Elisabeth Katharina nee Schmidt (* August 7, 1907) from Eppingen. There are three children from this marriage: Horst Rudolf (born April 4, 1932 in Karlsruhe ), Erdmute Friederike Katharina (born February 23, 1934 in Karlsruhe) and Wolfgang (born July 22, 1935 in Karlsruhe).

education

Karl Doll attended elementary school and then secondary school in Eppingen and switched to secondary school in Mannheim . In 1924 he passed the high school diploma in Heilbronn . From 1925 he studied at the Mannheim Commercial College, where after six semesters he passed the examination to become a business graduate and after another three semesters the state examination. He then worked as a commercial school trainee and as a commercial school assessor. Because the state was not hiring young teachers at the time, he took a job as an accountant at the grain warehouse in Eppingen .

time of the nationalsocialism

Karl Doll had been a member of the NSDAP since 1930 with membership number 357.046. From 1930 to 1936 he was the local group leader of the NSDAP local group in Eppingen. He signed the application to make Adolf Hitler an honorary citizen of Eppingen .

Declaration by Albert Wirth (Mayor of Eppingen from 1903 to 1933): On March 23, 1933, at around 8 a.m. coming from Bahnhofstrasse, I saw that there were around 3-400 people standing on the sidewalks in a semicircle around the market square. I walked unhindered to the town hall. When I got to my office, I heard that strangers were initially speaking to me in the adjoining room of the council clerk. After a short time the future mayors Doll and Zutavern came to me. Zutavern said to me that I could see that the community wanted my resignation, I would like to come to the telephone, the district administrator wants to speak to me. District Administrator Strack pointed out the march of the 3-400 people and also said that this meant that my resignation was desired and required. I refused the voluntary resignation, remarking that I would only give way to compulsion and that the district administrator knew that two years earlier I had already taken steps to retire out of health considerations. I emphasized that there was no need for this whipped up event. In the course of the conversation, Mr. District Administrator put me on leave until further notice, and Doll was appointed acting mayor. Doll then spoke a few words from the balcony in a matter-of-fact, calm way, the crowd roared and got lost. (written on September 6, 1947; GLA see sources)

Karl Doll held the position of mayor in Eppingen until he became mayor of Oberkirch (Baden) in November 1936 .

Memberships

• since 1932 member of the NSDAP , membership no. 357 046, local group leader
• since 1934 member of the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV)
• since 1933 member of the Reich Association of German Civil Servants (RDB)
• Member of the Reichsbund for physical exercises

Awards

• Service award in bronze for 10 years of service with the NSDAP

swell

• General State Archives Karlsruhe (GLA): 465 a / 61/23/3504 (Karl Doll)

literature

• Karl Diefenbacher: Ortssippenbuch Eppingen in Kraichgau . Interest group Badischer Ortssippenbücher, Lahr-Dinglingen 1984 ( German Ortssippenbücher, series A. Volume 109) ( Badische Ortssippenbücher . Volume 52).
• Reinhard K. Hauke: No industrial accident in history. A chapter from the Nazi era in Eppingen. Adolf Hitler honorary citizen of the city . In: Heilbronner Voice of July 19, 1983
• Reinhard K. Hauke: Triumphal procession for honorary citizen Adolf Hitler. A “brown” chapter in Eppinger's history . In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of July 20, 1983