Konrad Schmidbauer

Konrad Schmidbauer (born March 25, 1895 in Cham ; † unknown) was a German detective and SS leader.

Life

After attending school, Schmidbauer registered at the age of seventeen for the 1st Infantry Regiment "König" of the Bavarian Army . With this regiment he took from 1914/18 in the MG - Company at the First World War in part, in which he until the sergeant was promoted. A few months after the end of the war, Schmidbauer officially resigned from the army in April 1919.

After Schmidbauer had attended the police school since January 4, 1919, he was accepted into the Munich Police Department on April 1, 1919 . A few months later, on October 4, 1919, he married the widowed Betty Ilges (born December 18, 1889 in Grating), who brought a daughter into the marriage.

On November 1, 1928, Schmidbauer moved from the police to the criminal police , in which he achieved the rank of criminal inspector by 1933.

On March 24, 1933, Schmidbauer was assigned by the Munich Police Headquarters to the so-called Command for the Protection of the Fuehrer (later renamed the Criminal Command and later the Reich Security Service ), a unit newly formed at the instigation of Heinrich Himmler from members of the Bavarian police who - together with the so-called Führer Accompanying Command - was responsible for Hitler's personal protection. While the Führer Accompanying Command consisted primarily of "bouncers" who Hitler had already gathered around him as bodyguards before 1933 , the Kriminalkommando led by Johann Rattenhuber consisted of bodyguards with professional police training in this area, i.e. criminal experts who followed the Nazis had become accessible to entry into state power. Schmidbauer initially held the position of deputy head of the detective command, but was replaced in this position by Peter Högl after a dispute with Rattenhuber in 1935 .

On May 1, 1933 , Schmidbauer joined the NSDAP ( membership number 1.926.241).

On July 1, 1934, Schmidbauer was transferred to the Schutzstaffel (SS) together with the other members of the criminal detachment on Himmler's instructions . His police rank was converted into the rank of SS-Obersturmführer in accordance with the principle of equalization of rank. In the following years Schmidbauer was promoted to Hauptsturmführer (January 30, 1937) and Sturmbannführer (March 1, 1940) in the SS and as a detective to government inspector and senior government inspector.

In a service certificate from the 1930s, Schmidbauer was assessed as follows:

"Schmidbauer, who passed the specialist examination for the criminal and security police service in 1933 with the main grade II, is assessed as a civil servant who is always concerned about his further education and who is absolutely suitable as a superior because of his knowledge and business fluency. [...] [He] not only earned the trust of his superiors, but also to a large extent that of the Führer and Reich Chancellor. "

When the war ended had Schmidbauer, who also holds the Julleuchters and winner of the SS Death's Head ring was his residence in Munich Waldtrudering Häherweg 34 / I.

literature

• Jean Philippon: Nuit des Longs Couteaux. 2001.

Archival material

• Federal archive : SS leader personnel file for Konrad Schmidbauer.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Service certificate in Schmidbauer's SS leader personnel file.