Karl Schweinle

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Karl Georg Maximilian Schweinle (born September 16, 1885 in Tutzing ; † October 10, 1954 there ) was a German police officer and SA leader.

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After attending school, which he completed in 1906 with the Abitur at a humanistic grammar school, Schweinle joined the Royal Bavarian 17th Infantry Regiment "Orff" on July 23, 1906 as a flag junior . In this he was promoted to NCO on October 30, 1906 , before he was assigned to the Munich War School on March 1, 1907 . In the following years he was promoted successively to ensign (March 4, 1907) and lieutenant (March 9, 1908).

Shortly after the outbreak of World War I , Schweinle came to the front on August 2, 1914 as a machine-gun officer. During the war he was promoted to first lieutenant (November 30, 1914) and captain (January 17, 1917) and wounded several times. On April 4, 1917, Schweinle was assigned as an office officer to the high command of the Army Group "Crown Prince Rupprecht" , where he was deployed in the operations department. His official transfer to this position took place on June 15, 1917. Shortly after the end of the war, he was given leave and then sent back to his old regiment. From there he moved to March 27, 1919 for the regiment's volunteer company Becher.

From April 7, 1919 Schweinle was active in the volunteer staff of the 5th Infantry Regiment. After he was on the staff of the Freikorps Bamberg from April 20 to May 22, 1919 , he came to the 4th Bavarian Infantry Regiment No. 46 on May 23, 1919 and from there on October 3, 1919 to Group Command 4.

On April 24, 1920, Schweinle was accepted into the Bavarian State Police as a police captain . In this he initially took up duties as a Hundred Leader of the State Police in Nuremberg and Munich until November 11, 1923 . On November 8th and 9th he was in contact with the participants of the Hitler putsch in Munich, which was taking place at that time . Due to his refusal to take action against the putschists and to obey the order to shoot against them, he was relieved of his position on November 11, 1923 and forcibly released from police service on February 29, 1924.

In the years from 1924 to March 1933 Schweinle earned his living alternatively as a commercial clerk in a factory and as a representative. On May 14, 1929, he joined the NSDAP (membership number 128.008) before becoming a member of the SA reserve on February 24, 1932. In the Sturmabteilung (SA), he last achieved the rank of SA Brigade Leader on January 30, 1942, after constant promotions .

Shortly after the National Socialists came to power , on April 1, 1933, Schweinle was reassigned to the police force in Munich as a police captain . In this he was promoted to police major with effect from his re-entry and on October 1, 1933 to lieutenant colonel. On April 1, 1934, he left the Munich police to instead take over the post of commander of the Nuremberg-Fürth protection police, which he held until March 31, 1935. Then Schweinle officiated from April 1, 1935 to March 31, 1937 as the state commander of the protective police in Bavaria in the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior . In this capacity he was promoted to Colonel of the Protection Police on October 1, 1935.

From October 1936 to August 14, 1937, Schweinle served as inspector of the Ordnungspolizei in the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior in military district VII. He then held the same post for the northern Bavaria region, also in military district VII (from October 1, 1937, military district XIII), based in Nuremberg. On April 30, 1938, Schweinle was retired on application and given the character of Major General of the Ordnungspolizei.

On June 17, 1938, Schweinle was temporarily commissioned with the administration of the position of police chief in Stuttgart , citing the civil service. His official appointment took place on December 29, 1938. In the early summer of 1944, he was given leave of absence upon request. On August 16, 1944, he finally resigned from the office of police chief. He was retired on December 31, 1944.

At the end of the war, Schweinle was interned by the Allies , including in the Kornwestheim and Hohenasperg camps . Following a trial chamber procedure in front of Spruchkammer 37 in Stuttgart, he lived in Tutzing.

Promotions

  • April 20, 1936: SA Obersturmbannführer
  • June 1, 1934: SA-Sturmbannführer
  • January 30, 1937: SA Standartenführer
  • November 9, 1938: SA Oberführer
  • January 30, 1942: SA Brigade Leader

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personal data
SURNAME Schweinle, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schweinle, Karl Georg Maximilian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German policeman and SA leader
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Tutzing
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1954
Place of death Tutzing