Ludwig Christ

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Ludwig Christ (born September 5, 1900 in Winterburg , Kreuznach district ; † March 13, 1938 in Koblenz ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and Lord Mayor of Trier from 1933 to 1938 .

Life

After attending elementary school, he became an apprentice in a stationery store. 1917–1918 Christ was a war volunteer. After the war he initially worked as a traveler . Since 1928 he was a member of the NSDAP, from 1932 on as a full-time treasurer of the NSDAP. After taking power he became an honorary alderman for the city of Koblenz. He was the "strong man" in the Koblenz city administration. The first political purges occurred under his leadership . This was followed by his appointment to the Prussian State Council .

On October 20, 1933, Christ was appointed Lord Mayor of Trier by the Prussian Interior Minister. Just five days later, on October 25, 1933, he was introduced to the office, initially on a provisional basis and finally from January 1, 1934.

The NSDAP Gauleiter Gustav Simon advocated the appointment . The appointment took place after the mayor Heinrich Weitz's forced retirement under pretexts . Christ wanted to turn the "black Trier" into a "brown Trier". In 1937 he stated that he had employed "only old fighters" of the NSDAP (up to then 160 people) for vacancies in the city administration. Not least because of such an approach he had "offended the majority of the locals".

In 1937 Christ fell ill with leukemia and died on March 13, 1938.

literature

  • Reinhard Bollmus: Trier and National Socialism (1925–1945) . In: Kurt Düwell and Franz Irsigler (Hg): Trier in the modern age . Spee-Verlag, Trier 1988. Pages 538-544, 550, 575, 580
  • Horst Romeyk : The leading state and municipal administrative officials of the Rhine Province 1816–1945 (=  publications of the Society for Rhenish History . Volume 69 ). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-7585-4 , p. 393 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Emil Zenz: History of the City of Trier . Volume 3, 1928-1945. NCO-Verlag, Trier 1973. pp. 176-179
  2. ↑ Peter Bucher: Koblenz during the National Socialist era . In: Yearbook for West German State History . 11: 211-245 (1985)
  3. ↑ Erich Stockhorst: Five thousand heads: who was what in the Third Reich . Velbert [u. a.], Blick + Bild-Verl., 1967. Page 92
  4. ↑ Erich Stockhorst: Five thousand heads: who was what in the Third Reich . Velbert [u. a.], Blick + Bild-Verlag, 1967. p. 92
  5. ↑ Reinhard Bollmus. In: Heinz Monz (ed.): Trier biographical lexicon . Scientific publishing house, Trier 2000, ISBN 3-88476-400-4 . P. 64
  6. ^ Emil Zenz: History of the City of Trier . Volume 3, 1928-1945. NCO-Verlag, Trier 1973. pp. 176-179
personal data
SURNAME Christ, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lord Mayor of Trier
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterburg , Kreuznach district
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1938
Place of death Koblenz