Kurt Ways (politician, 1891)

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Kurt ways

Kurt Weg (born September 15, 1891 in Berlin , † March 22, 1947 in Rotenburg (Wümme) ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and SS brigade leader .

Life

Wegen attended elementary school in Berlin from 1897 to 1903 . He then went to high schools in Berlin, Fraustadt and Magdeburg . After graduating from high school in 1911, Weg embarked on an officer career. He became a flag junior and passed the officer's examination at the war school in Metz in 1913 . From 1914 to 1918 weg participated in the First World War, most recently as first lieutenant and battery leader. During the war he was awarded the Iron Cross of both classes and the Wound Badge. After the end of the war, he was discharged from the army in 1920 with the rank of first lieutenant .

Then she worked in agriculture. He broke off his agricultural studies in Berlin from 1921 to 1922 for financial reasons. After that he made his living as an unskilled worker, cashier and clerk, but lost his job due to the difficult economic situation during the Weimar Republic . He broke off a course of study that he had taken up again in 1926 and continued his education as an accountant, during which time he made his living as a control officer at the Guard and Security Service Berlin. He lost his position as managing director of the National Transport Association during his probationary period and then worked as a representative from 1927 to 1929. Wege's first wife, whom he married in 1918, died in 1923. In 1932 he married for the second time. In the 1920s, Weg belonged to a variety of right-wing and ethnic organizations. Among other things, he was a member of the DNVP , the Kyffhäuserbund, the German Officers Association (DOB), the Stahlhelm and the German National Officers Association. In 1925 he became a member of the NSDAP , membership number 11.118. In 1926 he joined the Schutzstaffel (SS, membership number 674), which he helped to build up until 1930 as the predecessor of Kurt Daluege in Berlin and at times in Mecklenburg (see Beate Behrens-Mit Hitler zur Macht, p. 117). From 1930, Weg u. a. Staff leader for Kurt Daluege and from 1931 he was in the rank of SS-Oberführer of SS-Section XIII in Stettin . In 1933 he was promoted to SS brigade leader. After that he had little influence in the SS.

At least since 1932, according to the Reichstag-Handbuch-VII. Election period-1932) in the German Reichstag. In the Reichstag election in March 1933 , Wegen for constituency 3 (Potsdam II) was re-elected to the Reichstag, to which he belonged without interruption until the end of Nazi rule in May 1945. For constituency 3, he sat in parliament until March 1936, and in the following nine years, from March 1936 to May 1945, he represented the constituency of Berlin East. The most important parliamentary event in which Weg participated during his time as a member of parliament was the passing of the Enabling Act in March 1933, which was also passed with Weg's vote.

For a long time, Wegen did not succeed in gaining a foothold anywhere professionally. Instead, he performed numerous short-term activities. That changed after the " seizure of power ". From 1935 to 1939 he was employed full-time at DAF as a department manager. From 1939 to 1945 he was the full-time head of the personnel department of the Reichskraftwagen-Betriebsverband. During the war he served at times as an officer in the Wehrmacht .

On November 9, 1944, Weg joined the staff of the SS Reich leadership. As a member of the NSDAP, Weg received the Golden Party Badge . As an SS member, Weg was awarded the Reichsführer SS's sword of honor and the skull ring of the SS .

literature

Web links

  • Kurt Weg in the database of the members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Longerich : Heinrich Himmler. Biography. Siedler, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-88680-859-5 , p. 140
personal data
SURNAME Ways, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1947
Place of death Rotenburg (Wümme)