Karl Pflomm

Karl Albert Adalbert Julius Pflomm (born July 31, 1886 in Reutlingen , † April 16, 1945 in Hummelshain ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ), SS leader and police chief.

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After attending a Protestant school in Pittsburgh , USA, and in Reutlingen, Pflomm was trained as a building and art glass from 1900. From 1904 to 1914 he continued his education by working in Swiss and German companies. From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War, in which he was awarded the Iron Cross of both classes and the silver and gold Württemberg medals for bravery. After the war, from 1919 to 1923, Pflomm was the manager of a glass grinding and mirror factory. From 1923 to 1929 he owned such a company.

In 1930 Pflomm became SS leader. In January 1931 he was charged with the management of the 13th SS standard. On May 15, 1931, he was promoted to Standartenführer and leader of the 13th SS Standard. In 1932 he became staff leader of SS Section X. In 1933 he became staff leader of SS Section XVIII. and on February 15 appointed as Oberführer to the leader of SS Section XVIII. In December 1934, Pflomm was appointed to the Thuringian State Council and on April 20, 1936, he was promoted to SS Brigade Leader .

From March 1936 until the end of the Nazi regime in spring 1945, Pflomm was a representative of constituency 12 (Thuringia) in the National Socialist Reichstag .

Pflomm was appointed police president of Weimar in June 1936 , later moving to Erfurt in this function and to Dresden in June 1940 . On November 25, 1944, he was finally given retirement. Pflomm shot his wife, six children, the nanny and himself on April 16, 1945 in Alten Schloss Hummelshain after the US Army invaded.

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

Karl Pflomm in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

^ Andreas Röhner: The police presidents in Erfurt during the Nazi era . German Police University, Münster 1999, p. 74 with reference to the death certificate dated April 16, 1945 in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis archive (Hummelshain municipal inventory). In some biographical reference works (Lilla, Stockhorst) the date of death is February 15, 1945 and the place of death is Dresden.

personal data
SURNAME	Pflomm, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pflomm, Karl Albert Adalbert Julius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (NSDAP), MdR, SS leader and police president
DATE OF BIRTH	July 31, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reutlingen
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1945
Place of death	Hummelshain

[1] Andreas Röhner: The police presidents in Erfurt during the Nazi era . German Police University, Münster 1999, p. 74 with reference to the death certificate dated April 16, 1945 in the Saale-Holzland-Kreis archive (Hummelshain municipal inventory). In some biographical reference works (Lilla, Stockhorst) the date of death is February 15, 1945 and the place of death is Dresden.