Moritz Cramer

Moritz Christian Peter Wilhelm Cramer (born July 11, 1897 in Wiesbaden ; † August 19, 1952 in Nastatten ) was a German National Socialist .

Life

After a bank apprenticeship, Cramer took part in the First World War as a reserve lieutenant . After the First World War he worked as a bank clerk in Wiesbaden. Due to job cuts, he lost his job and moved to Stadecken , where he worked in the wine trade of his wealthy father-in-law. On June 23, 1923 he joined the SA and the NSDAP . He was therefore sentenced to one month in prison in 1924. On July 1, 1928, he rejoined the NSDAP ( membership number 93.192), and one year later the SA.

In 1929 he founded the NSDAP local branch of Stadecken. The village was 90% Nazi-minded. His local group, which he led until 1934, consisted of 40 men. In 1933 he became mayor of Stadecken. He was also a member of the County Council of Mainz and the county council of Rheinhessen .

From 1935 to 1937 he was mayor and local group leader of Hechtsheim . In the SA he rose to Obersturmbannführer z. V. and became acting clerk for welfare and settlement of the 150 Brigade. He was then transferred to the SA group Westmark, where he later became Standartenführer. At the same time he was appointed district leader of the Unterwesterwaldkreis based in Montabaur . He held this position until the end of the war.

After the war he was interned in Diez and Petrisberg until 1949 . According to the proposal of the Montabaur and Selters Committee of Inquiry , he should be classified as the "main culprit" in the purge proceedings . Cramer was considered a fanatical Hitler supporter who was involved in several acts of violence and who is said to have played an active role in the arrest of Jews and Catholics. The denazification of Trier-Petrisberg did not follow the assessment. Cramer was only classified as an “incriminated person”. He left the court a free man as his four years' imprisonment had already been terminated by internment. Until his death in 1952 he was banned from practicing his profession .

literature

• Franz Maier: Biographical organization manual of the NSDAP and its structures in the area of ​​today's state of Rhineland-Palatinate (=  publications of the commission of the state parliament for the history of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . No. 28 ). 2nd Edition. v. Hase & Koehler, Mainz / Zarrentin 2009, ISBN 978-3-7758-1408-9 , p. 172-173 .

Web links

• Entry on Moritz Cramer in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database