Leo von Bayer-Ehrenberg
Leo Karl von Bayer-Ehrenberg (born April 17, 1888 in Munich , † after 1943) was a National Socialist German functionary. He was NSKK group leader.
Life
He came from the noble family of Bayer-Ehrenberg. In 1907 he entered the military and later took part in the First World War as an officer. In 1919 he retired as captain a. D. from military service. He joined the Zünder-Apparatebau-GmbH and became its managing director. By 1933 he had also taken on the position of director at various Zündapp branches.
At the end of the 1920s he undertook a 5000 km motorcycle tour through five countries with Hans Tichtert, about which he published a book called 5000 km Südlandfahrt: Eine Motorradreise durch 5 Länder .
In his spare time in 1932 he became a motor sports advisor for the Motor Group Relay in Berlin . After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists, he joined the NSDAP and the SA in May 1933 . He left the Zündapp GmbH and became the right-hand man of the chief of SA motor vehicles and headed the motorsport office of the SA corps leadership in Berlin. He was a staff leader in the Supreme National Socialist Sports Authority for German Motor Vehicles (ONS).
In November 1941 he took over the management of the NSKK Air Force Motor Group . In 1942 he was promoted to group leader.
Leo von Bayer-Ehrenberg lived in Berlin-Halensee , Albrecht-Achilles-Strasse 4.
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, page 75.
- Dorothee Hochstetter: Motorisation and "Volksgemeinschaft" , 2009, page 136.
Individual evidence
- ^ Dorothee Hochstetter: Motorisierung und "Volksgemeinschaft" , 2009, page 136.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bayer-Ehrenberg, Leo von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bayer-Ehrenberg, Leo Karl von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | National Socialist German sports official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1943 |