Ludwig Geßner

Ludwig Geßner (born July 30, 1886 in Crumstadt , † July 20, 1958 in Hanover ) was a German chemist and politician ( NSDAP ).

Geßner attended the Oberrealschule in Darmstadt and then studied chemistry at the TH Darmstadt . After completing his studies, he worked as an assistant at the TH Darmstadt and received his doctorate “with distinction” from the TH Hannover . He then worked for an explosives company in the Rhineland and for a year for the chemical industry in Brussels. From August 1914 to 1918 he did military service and retired from the military as a lieutenant in the reserve. From 1918 to 1920 he was an assistant at the TH Hannover and from 1920 to 1926 works manager and authorized signatory of his father-in-law's factory. From 1926 to 1936 he was the owner of a small factory for chemical-technical articles in Neustadt and Wunstorf.

Geßner joined the NSDAP on April 1, 1930 and from 1932 to December 1933 was a Gau economic advisor in the Gau Südhannover-Braunschweig of the NSDAP. After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933 he became a member of the Provincial Committee of the Province of Hanover and from April to 10 July 1933 the Prussian State Council. In the provincial assembly he was chairman of the budget and finance committee. From December 24, 1933 to April 1, 1945 he was Governor of the Province of Hanover .

On May 1, 1945, he was arrested by the British occupying forces, but released after seven weeks. On June 24, 1949, in the course of the denazification process , he was classified as a minor with a loss of eligibility and a pension reduction of 30%. On February 7, 1950, the state ministry of Lower Saxony withdrew his pension for his time as governor. In a judgment of July 29, 1950, the jury court in Hanover acquitted him of the charge of the crime under Control Council Act No. 10 and of complicity in murder in the context of the euthanasia crime.

literature

• Joachim Lilla : The Prussian State Council 1921–1933. A biographical manual. With a documentation of the state councilors appointed in the “Third Reich”. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 13). Droste, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 978-3-7700-5271-4 , pp. 49-50.