Kurt Krüger (politician)

Kurt Krüger (born May 16, 1894 in Bromberg ; † after 1944) was a German politician ( NSDAP ). Among other things, he was a member of the Prussian state parliament and mayor of Neuruppin .

Life

In his youth, Krüger attended elementary school in Bromberg for six years and the upper secondary school for four years. He then completed a three-year training course.

On September 26, 1914, Krüger joined the Prussian Army. From September 26, 1914 to June 1917, he took part in the First World War with the 3rd Pomeranian Infantry Regiment Graf Schwerin No. 5 as an infantryman . In June 1917 he was transferred to the air force and used as a fighter pilot with Aviation Department 12 from June 1917 to November 1918. In November 1918 he resigned as a sergeant from the air force. During the war, Krüger was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class and the Wound Badge in black.

From December 1918 to April 1919 Krüger participated with the detachment of Major Boehmaim Grenzschutz Ost in Bromberg. In January 1919 he was promoted to deputy sergeant.

After leaving the army in April 1919, Krüger worked in a shop in Bromberg. At this time he married Charlotte Semeran on July 26, 1919 (born May 12, 1894 in Bromberg). The marriage resulted in a daughter (born October 15, 1920). Later he worked as a salaried accountant and managing director in Berlin-Spandau .

In December 1926, Krüger joined the Sturmabteilung (SA). In this he was initially a member of SA Storm 10 from December 1926 to June 8, 1927. Krüger became a member of the NSDAP on April 19, 1927 ( membership number 59,950).

From June 8, 1927 to August 1929, Krüger officiated as Standartenführer I of the Berlin-Brandenburg Group: During this time, on the orders of Walther Stennes , he set up units in East and West Priegnitz, Ruppin and Havelland. He was also promoted to SA Standartenführer on October 1, 1928. From August 1929 to September 10, 1930 he led Standard VII. From September 10, 1930 to April 15, 1931 he was leader of Standard VII and XXVI. After the suppression of the Stennes revolt , Krüger provisionally led the Gausturm Brandenburg (leader SA-Grenzmark) from April 15, 1931. From November 1929 to April 1932 he was also a district councilor for Spandau.

On the occasion of the reorganization of the SA in July 1932 - after its temporary ban by the Brüning government in April 1932 - Krüger was appointed adjutant of the Berlin-Brandenburg group on September 9, 1932. De facto, he stayed that way until October 31, 1932, when he left the SA to switch to the Schutzstaffel (SS) at Kurt Daluege's request (SS no. 50.820). Officially, he was given permission to join the SS with the Fuehrer's Order of the Supreme SA Leader No. 11 of January 25, 1933 with effect from February 1, 1933. At the same time he resigned from his position as adjutant of the Berlin-Brandenburg group, which had in fact been taken over by Gustav Schäfer a few months earlier . Krüger's last rank in the SA was that of SA Oberführer, to which he had been promoted by the Supreme SA Leader's Order No. II of September 9, 1932.

In April 1932, Krüger had also been elected as a candidate for the NSDAP in the Prussian state parliament , to which he was a member until the dissolution of this body in October 1933. According to Gollert, Krüger stood out in this capacity because he was "the only member of the NSDAP who never received a call to order."

In the SS, Krüger was initially a member of the SS Group East from March 29, 1933 to June 26, 1933. He then acted from June 22 to November 13, 1933 as a squadron leader in the motor group of the SS group east. He later took over the leadership of the 15th SS Standard (Neuruppin) from March 21, 1934 to August 1, 1938. He was then assigned to the staff of the Upper Section East from August 1, 1938 to November 14, 1939 and from November 14, 1939 to November 1944 (or the end of the war) to the staff of the Upper Section Spree. As an SS leader, he was promoted to SS-Standartenführer on March 24, 1933 and to SS-Oberführer on November 9, 1934 . A promotion to SS brigade leader proposed by the leader of the SS upper section Spree Max Schneller in 1944 was not granted.

From 1934 until the end of the Nazi regime in May 1945, Krüger served as the successor to Ernst Blümel, who died in office in 1933, as mayor or (from August 1, 1938) mayor of Neuruppin. In addition, he was an assessor in SS matters at the Kurmark district court.

On November 6, 1944, Krüger was commissioned to lead the 2nd Volkssturm battalion.

literature

• Ernst Kienast (Ed.): Handbook for the Prussian Landtag , edition for the 5th electoral period, Berlin 1933, p. 352.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Gollert : Dibelius in front of the court , 1959, p. 37.
2. ↑ Johannes Schultze: Geschichte der Stadt Neuruppin , 1963, p. 122; that the SS leader and the mayor are identical also confirms: Landesarchiv Berlin: Berlin in Geschichte und Gegenwart , p. 157 with reference to JK von Engelbrechten: A brown army is created, p. 165.