Karl Straßmayr
Karl Straßmayr , also written in Straßmayer , (born April 30, 1897 in Atzenbrugg , † May 7, 1945 in Gmünd, declared dead) was an Austrian politician ( NSDAP ) and cellar master. From 1932 to 1933, Straßmayr was a member of the Lower Austrian state parliament , a member of the Reichstag and SA Oberführer .
Live and act
After elementary school, Straßmayr attended grammar school, which he graduated with the so-called "high school diploma". From October 1915 he took part in the First World War as a one-year volunteer in the Austro-Hungarian Army . Straßmayr was deployed on the Italian front and received several awards. From February 1919 he did an apprenticeship and worked in the wine shop "Kutschera und Sons" in Krems an der Donau . From 1922 to 1924 he worked as a goods clerk in Yugoslavia before he moved to Krems again, where from 1924 to 1932 he was the manager of the winery of the wine wholesaler "Hutter und Sohn".
After initial contact with the NSDAP in 1924, Straßmayer became a member of the Austrian NSDAP and SA in September 1925. As leader of SA standards, Straßmayr rose to SA standard leader in 1929 . In the SA he later achieved the rank of Oberführer . After he had picked up propaganda material from another party from the printing house in 1932 because he had learned of the password, Straßmayer was charged with fraud in 1932. Straßmayr represented the NSDAP between June 3, 1932 and June 23, 1933 in the Lower Austrian state parliament. He lost his mandate as a result of the NSDAP's ban in Austria. In 1933 Straßmayr fled to Germany on suspicion of involvement in murder, high treason and violations of the Explosives Act, where he became a member of the Austrian Legion . Straßmayr returned to his homeland at the beginning of April 1938 after the " Anschluss of Austria " to the German Reich . From 1938 to 1945 he was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag and from 1939 headed the labor camp in Gmünd. After he was missing at the end of the war, he was pronounced dead in 1945.
literature
- Lower Austria Landtag Directorate (ed.): Biographical manual of the Lower Austrian Landtag and the Lower Austrian provincial government 1921–2000 (= Lower Austria publications. Volume 128). Lower Austria Landtag Directorate , St. Pölten 2000, ISBN 3-85006-127-2 .
- Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).
Web links
- Karl Straßmayr on the website of the Lower Austrian Parliament
- Karl Straßmayr in the database of members of the Reichstag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Straßmayr, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Straßmayer, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (NSDAP), member of the state parliament, MdR and SA leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atzenbrugg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1945 |
| Place of death | Gmuend |