Max Kellmayer

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Max Kellmayer (born July 29, 1901 in Spiesen , † 1971 ) was a German businessman and politician. He was mayor of Waldkirch (1933–1945) during the National Socialist era .

Kellmayer was a businessman in Waldkirch and worked as a travel agent after the end of the war.

He was district leader of the NSDAP . In 1933, after the National Socialist seizure of power, he succeeded Carl Eberle ( center ), who had been mayor of Waldkirch since 1919.

Kellmayer was known as a fanatical Nazi and anti-Semite; in the 1930s he fought for the leadership position of the NSDAP in Waldkirch with Karl Jäger (1888-1959), SS standard leader and organizer of the later Holocaust in Lithuania. In 1939, as war propaganda, in consultation with the headmaster , he renamed the local elementary school "Paul-Mauk-Schule" - after a 14-year-old Waldkirch war volunteer who died in World War I.

After the end of the war, Max Kellmayer was initially sentenced to imprisonment and was released after 3 years and 3 months. Then he tried to sue the city of Waldkirch for employment, but was unsuccessful. In 1957 he was a non-party candidate for the mayoral election in Waldkirch and won 35.2 percent of the vote, placing him in second place behind the elected Ernst Prestel .

In 2017, "two extensive bundles of documents" with letters from soldiers at the front to Kellmayer from the Second World War emerged.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Die Chemische Industrie", Volume 53, Verlag Chemische Industrie 1930, p. 343; accessed on November 25, 2019
  2. ↑ How did the rule of National Socialism affect Elzach? , in: Heiko Haumann: Eine "Judenaktion" 1938 in Elzach: The riots against the Türkheimer family - background, responsibility, consequences, published by the city of Elzach, p. 29, PDF file, p. 6
  3. ↑ a b Klaus Riexinger: "Irgendetwas mit Juden." , Badische Zeitung of November 10, 2019; accessed on November 25, 2019
  4. ↑ Wolfram Wette: The child soldier: Paul Mauk from Waldkirch died as a 14-year-old in World War I / The Nazis used his name for their warmongering , Badische Zeitung, August 12, 2017
  5. ^ BZ editorial team: "Kellmayer & the soldiers' letters" , Badische Zeitung of March 6, 2017; accessed on November 25, 2019
  6. ↑ Helmut Rothermel: “So far everything would be in perfect order. Collection of letters from the former mayor Max Kellmayer from the Second World War. ” , Badische Zeitung, March 15, 2017; accessed on November 25, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Kellmayer, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and mayor of Waldkirch
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Spiesen
DATE OF DEATH 1971