Martin Kohler (politician)
Martin Kohler (born August 20, 1894 in Talheim , † June 18, 1973 in Schwenningen ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).
Life
Coming from a small farming family, Kohler completed an agricultural training on his parents' farm after attending elementary school and later on various estates in Württemberg . He also attended the agricultural school in Rottweil ; In 1919 he was a guest student at the Agricultural University in Hohenheim .
Between 1915 and 1918 Kohler took part in the fighting on the Western Front with the Württemberg Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 119 during the First World War and was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and the Württemberg Silver Military Merit Medal.
After his older brother died in the war, he took over his parents' farm in 1919. In the same year he became mayor of Talheim, an office that he held until May 1945. After the death of his first wife, Kohler remarried in 1939; the marriages resulted in a total of four children.
Kohler had been a member of the Württemberg Farmers 'and Vintners' Association (WBWB) since the 1920s , for which he ran unsuccessfully for the state parliament in 1928. At the beginning of 1932 he switched to the NSDAP ( membership number 884.522). In 1932 he was elected to the Württemberg Chamber of Agriculture as the only National Socialist .
After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933 Kohler was Member of Parliament in Wuerttemberg . He ran for election to the German Reichstag on November 12, 1933 on the nomination for the NSDAP in place number 670 and entered the National Socialist Reichstag . On March 29, 1936 , he stood for re-election, but received no mandate. In 1933 Kohler became deputy chairman of the Württemberg Chamber of Agriculture; from 1933 to 1942 he headed the main department II of the state farmers' union Württemberg. In the NSDAP he headed the local group Thalheim since April 1934 . In March 1938 Kohler joined the SS (SS no. 291.181); In 1940 he was promoted to SS-Obersturmführer .
After the end of World War II , Kohler was interned in Tuttlingen and Balingen until 1948 according to automatic arrest . In the denazification of 1946 he was classified as "highly polluted"; in 1950 confirmed Spruchkammer decision 1948 Kohler arranged in a group of less incriminated, wherein passed 1951 probation to end. From then on Kohler managed his farm; he no longer appeared in public. He died in Schwenningen hospital as a result of gastric surgery.
literature
- Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 326 .
- Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 467 .
- Frank Raberg: Kohler, Martin. In: Bernd Ottnad, Fred Ludwig Sepaintner (Hrsg.): Baden-Württembergische Biographien. Volume 3, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-17-017332-4 , pp. 202-204.
Web links
- Martin Kohler in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Martin Kohler at Discover regional studies online (leobw)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kohler, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Talheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1973 |
| Place of death | Schwenningen |