Max Henze
Max Henze (born September 23, 1899 in Köthen ; † March 10, 1951 in Bydgoszcz ) was a German Nazi politician.
Life
Henze attended elementary school in Koethen and later in Dresden . He completed an apprenticeship as a businessman. At the First World War Henze took part as a volunteer.
Henze became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 80.481) and the SS (SS number 1.167) early on . In 1931 he became SS-Sturmbannführer and soon afterwards SS-Standartenführer . As a member of the NSDAP and SS, he became a full-time SS leader in Berlin-Brandenburg in 1932. In 1933 he was in charge of the Columbia-Haus concentration camp . On December 15, 1933 he was appointed SS-Oberführer and in 1934 SS-Brigadführer . On May 17, 1935 he became a district member of the administrative district of Berlin-Weißensee . Subsequently, on January 8th, he was appointed police chief of Kassel . In October 1939 he became police chief of Bromberg , on April 1, 1940 of Danzig and finally from November 1941 in Essen . There he took over the post from Karl Michael Gutenberger , who was appointed Higher SS and Police Leader .
From 1932 to 1933 Henze was a member of the Prussian state parliament and from November 1933 to 1945 of the Reichstag .
After his capture in 1945 he was interned by the British in Recklinghausen and Hamburg . Because of his activities in Gdansk, he was extradited to Poland . On November 4, 1949, he was sentenced to death together with Richard Hildebrandt in Bromberg and executed.
literature
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Who was what before and after 1945 . 2nd Edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 .
- 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
- Max Henze in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Henze, Max. Hessian biography. (As of November 25, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
swell
- ↑ Klaus Huebner, The forgotten commemoration , Tagesspiegel of December 28, 2003
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henze, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koethen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1951 |
| Place of death | Bromberg |