Karl Schmückle (politician)
Karl Schmückle (born May 15, 1895 in Stuttgart , † April 3, 1970 in Heidenheim an der Brenz ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).
Live and act
After attending secondary school, Karl Schmückle was trained at the non-commissioned school from 1910 to 1914. In 1914 he was assigned to Infantry Regiment 121, Alt-Württemberg, with whom he participated in World War I from 1914 and fought primarily in France . From 1915 Schmückle was a pilot in Kampfgeschwader 3 ; later he moved to Jagdgeschwader 2 . After the war he belonged to the Freikorps under Otto Haas , with whom he participated in the suppression of the Munich Soviet Republic . In 1921 he was retired from the army with the rank of lieutenant. The awards that he could look back on at this point in time included the Iron Cross of both classes, the Gold Medal of Bravery, the Silver Medal of Merit, the Friedrich August Medal , the Military Merit Medal, the Wound Badge, Pilot Badge and Honor Cup “Winner in Air Combat ". From 1925 Schmückle belonged to the Thuringian Police . He attended the high police school; In 1932 he retired with the rank of captain.
On February 1, 1930, Schmückle joined the NSDAP in Jena ( membership number 190.193). Schmückle was the founder of the Nazi police department. From September 1932 he headed a labor camp at the Elbow in the Rhön.
After the transfer of power to the National Socialists, Schmückle was state commissioner for voluntary labor service in Thuringia from April 1933 . From October 1933 to September 1941 he was the leader of Arbeitsgau XXIII “Thuringia” based in Weimar . From 1934 to September 1941 Schmückle was a Gauamtsleiter of the NSDAP Gauleitung for Thuringia. In 1935 he was appointed to the Thuringian State Council. In the Reich Labor Service (RAD) from December 1935 he held the rank of General Labor Leader. From March 1936 until the end of the Nazi regime in the spring of 1945, Schmückle sat as a member of the National Socialist Reichstag , in which he represented constituency 12 (Thuringia).
After the German attack in the west , between 1940 and 1942 Schmückle was senior RAD leader at Luftgaukommando XII, which was responsible for western France . From December 1942 he was the leader of Arbeitsgaus XXX “Bayern-Hochland” based in Munich . Schmückle was last promoted to chief general labor leader on April 20, 1945 .
At the end of the war, Schmückle was captured by American troops in Mittersill in Austria in May 1945 and interned under automatic arrest . After his release in June 1947, he initially lived as a businessman in Sonthofen , and from 1956 in Fischen im Allgäu .
On June 1, 1945, an ordinance issued by the military government for the Saalfeld district led to the renaming of “Karl-Schmückle-Strasse” in Pößneck to “Am Teichrasen”.
literature
- Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 578 f .
- Volker Wahl : "... without office or rank". On the biography of the general labor leader in Arbeitsgau Thuringia, Thuringian State Council and Reichstag deputy Karl Schmückle (1895-1970) , in: Jens Beger (ed.): Hessen und Thüringen. Festschrift for Jochen Lengemann on his 75th birthday , Jena: Vopelius 2013, pp. 397–414.
Web links
- Karl Schmückle in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heimat stories from the Orlatal. The year 1945 . Issue 2/2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmückle, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd April 1970 |
| Place of death | Heidenheim an der Brenz |