Ludwig Kraft

Ludwig Kraft (born October 16, 1900 in Düsseldorf , † October 20, 1991 in Remscheid ) was a German politician (NSDAP).

Live and act

Ludwig Kraft was born in 1900 as the son of the plumber Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Kraft and his wife Henriette Josephine Christine, née Nähle. After attending primary school in Düsseldorf, he was trained as a banker. From 1915 to 1921 he was employed in this profession at the Barmer Bankverein in Düsseldorf, interrupted by a six-month participation in World War I in Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 53 from May to November 1918.

From 1921, Kraft worked - interrupted by a six-month activity at the Falk Bankhaus in 1922 - at the coal trading company "Bergkohle" in Düsseldorf, a subsidiary of the Rheinisch-Westfälischer Kohlensyndikat in Essen. In 1924, Kraft became an authorized signatory at the Gebrüder Dietrich AG brewery in Düsseldorf. On July 22, 1926, Kraft married Helene Louven (born September 2, 1900 in Karlsruhe, † April 7, 2001 in Remscheid).

On October 1, 1928, Kraft became a member of the NSDAP . In 1929 he took over his first functionary post when he was Gau treasurer in the Gau Düsseldorf .

From March 1933 to April 1938 Kraft was a member of the Reichstag as a member of constituency 22 (Düsseldorf East). From 1937 to 1945, Kraft also served as Lord Mayor of Remscheid. Since April 1945 he was detained in a British internment camp. After his release he worked as an insurance salesman in Remscheid, where he died in 1991.

literature

Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).

Web links

Ludwig Kraft in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

^ 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. 585 .
^ 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. 585 . Their parents were Ernst Louven (goldsmith) and Helene Hubertine Louven, b. Lamertz.

personal data
SURNAME	Kraft, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	October 16, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	October 20, 1991
Place of death	Remscheid

[1] 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. 585 .

[2] 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. 585 . Their parents were Ernst Louven (goldsmith) and Helene Hubertine Louven, b. Lamertz.