Kurt Schönner

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Kurt Schönner (born January 11, 1883 in Berlin ; † February 5, 1942 there ) was a German civil servant.

Live and act

Schönner studied law and graduated as a Dr. jur. He then entered the civil service: in 1911 he was appointed court assessor, in 1914 public prosecutor and in 1922 first public prosecutor. Since the 1920s Schönner was active in the Prussian Ministry of the Interior, where he was promoted to senior government councilor in 1923 and to ministerial councilor in 1925 .

From about 1924 until the violent disempowerment of the Prussian state government by the Reich government of Papen in the course of the so-called Prussian strike of July 20, 1932, Schönner headed the political group in the police department of the Interior Ministry. In this function he played a leading role in the persecution and prohibition measures against the NSDAP and its subdivisions, as well as against the communists. According to Graf, according to the National Socialist view, Schönner was primarily responsible for the SA ban of 1932 and some similar measures.

After the Prussian strike, Schönner was replaced by Erwin Schütze and instead appointed deputy and provisional and then full district president in Frankfurt an der Oder . In the proceedings of the State of Prussia against the Reich government because of the events of July 20, Schönner appeared as one of the main witnesses of the Reich government against the Prussian government and for its alleged lack of anti-communist activities. Abegg later said that Schönner had been involved in the preparation and implementation of the Papen putsch of July 1932, had "at least completely turned around". Alleged contacts between Schönner and the NSDAP were alleged by Johannes Stumm , but denied by Robert Kempner .

Shortly after the National Socialists came to power in the spring of 1933, Schönner was put on leave at the instigation of Kurt Daluege and Wilhelm Kubes because of his earlier anti-Nazi activities.

In May 1937, Schönner, together with Franz Janich and Baron von Senden, formed a legal association that had its seat at Unter den Linden 38 in Berlin.

literature

  • Christoph Graf : Political police between democracy and dictatorship. Berlin 1983, p. 382.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Freiherr von Senden: History of the Barons von Senden and Baron Schuler von Senden , 2009, p. 346.
personal data
SURNAME Schönner, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1942
Place of death Berlin