Oluf Christensen

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Oluf Christensen (1941)
Oluf Christensen in Coburg in 1922 (right, standing), as a member of the NSDAP delegation
Oluf Christensen and Otto Wilkens in Munich in 1937

Oluf Christensen (born May 13, 1904 in Harburg ; † April 30, 1957 in Trelde ) was an early member of the NSDAP and a senior SA leader with the rank of SA Brigadefuhrer . From 1941 he was also a member of the Reichstag, which was almost insignificant at the time .

Life

Christensen was a son of Sophus Christian Christensen (1880–1961) from Hjortshøj / Denmark and Minna Friederike Christensen, nee. Knight (1874-1956). After attending primary and secondary school, Christensen took part in the suppression of the third Polish uprising in Upper Silesia in 1921 as a free corps member in the Hindenburg military association and was awarded the Silesian Eagle II level . From 1922 to 1923 he was a member of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund in Harburg. In September 1922 he joined the NSDAP for the first time (recruited by the later SS brigade leader Robert Schulz ). On July 10, 1925, he joined the NSDAP for the second time ( membership number 10.225).

On August 1, 1925 he joined the SA (together with the Harburg accountant and later SA Oberführer Wilhelm Friederici he was the founder of the SA in Harburg, which at that time was still part of the Hamburg SA). From August 1, 1925 to July 31, 1930, Christensen was active in SA-Sturm 20 (later Sturm 11/9) Harburg, from September 1, 1928 as an SA squad leader and from May 13, 1929 as an SA troop leader. In January 1930 the SA formations were reorganized across the empire by name and organization, in which the Harburg SA standard was renamed "SA Standard 9" based on the tradition of the "old army" and as a counterpart to the former Harburg Pioneer Battalion No. 9 has been.

His career has been since his entry into the civil service career at the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1927 and the subsequent training in operations and transport services of the Reichsbahn with attendance at the technical school of the Reichsbahndirektion Altona from 1928 to 1929 and the subsequent employment initially as a Reichsbahn auxiliary company -Assistant and then as an operations assistant at the Reichsbahn, with Oluf Christensen at this time of the global and especially the nationwide economic crisis , which in a certain way differentiated him from many of the SA men he led, not a few of whom in were unemployed at that time.

From August 1, 1930 to August 31, 1931 Christensen was the leader of SA Storm 11/9 (Harburg) and was appointed SA Storm Leader (as a service position) on November 8, 1930. On September 1, 1931, even before he was a participant in the SA deployment in Braunschweig on October 18, 1931 , he was charged with leading SA-Sturmbanns II / 9 (Harburg). By Führer order No. 9 of the Supreme SA Leader of April 15, 1932, he was finally confirmed as SA Storm Leader (rank) with effect from September 1, 1931 and also appointed Leader of Sturmbann II / 9 with effect from September 1, 1931 . On February 23, 1933, with effect from July 15, 1932, he was promoted to SA-Sturmbannführer. From March 12, 1933 to October 31, 1933, Christensen was also politically active as a city councilor for the NSDAP and mayor in Harburg-Wilhelmsburg .

After he was leader of the SA-Sturmbann II / 9 until October 31, 1933 and from August 5, 1933 to August 26, 1933, he successfully completed the 19th course at the Reichsfuhrer School of the SA in Munich and was awarded the Tyr rune (on August 26, 1933) August 1933), Oluf Christensen was promoted to SA-Obersturmbannführer on October 1, 1933. Taken over as a full-time SA leader from November 1, 1933, he was transferred to Verden (Aller) within the SA Group North Sea and commissioned with the management of the local SA Standard 14. On December 12, 1933, he was awarded the NSDAP's Golden Decoration .

Christensen married Irmgard Bannehr in Verden in 1935 and had four children.

With Führer order No. 24 of the Supreme SA Leader of May 2, 1934 (the last to take effect under Chief of Staff Ernst Röhm ), he was promoted to SA Standard Leader with effect from April 1, 1934 and to regular Leader of SA Standard 14 ( Verden / Aller ), which he led until September 15, 1935. From June 1st, 1935, Christensen led SA-Standarte 75 in Bremen until the end of 1936 , initially until September 14th as commissioned leader . a. also active as a speaker of the NSDAP in the Gau Weser-Ems.

From January 1, 1937, Christensen was initially commissioned to lead SA Brigade 27 (Brandenburg-West) based in Rathenow , before he was commissioned with his promotion to SA Oberführer from May 1, 1937 to July 31, 1938 Leader of this brigade of the SA group Berlin-Brandenburg became. From August 1, 1938, he was appointed leader of this brigade until the end of the war, and in this position he was promoted to SA brigade leader on November 9, 1940.

From 29 November 1941 to the surrender in 1945 Christensen served as substitutes for the fallen SA Obergruppenführer Arno Manthey also member of the Reichstag the NSDAP for the constituency 5 ( Frankfurt, Oder ).

After the war , he last worked as an insurance salesman in Rotenburg (Wümme) . Christensen died of suicide on April 30th (the 12th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's death ) and was buried in Hamburg's New Cemetery in Harburg ( 53 ° 26 ′ 44.6 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 14.6 ″  E ).

See also

literature

  • Ernst Kienast (ed.): The Greater German Reichstag 1938, 4th electoral period , R. v. Decker's Verlag, G. Schenck, June 1943 edition, Berlin.
  • Dirk Stegmann : Der Landkreis Harburg, 1918–1949: Society and Politics in Democracy and National Socialist Dictatorship , Published by Christians, 1994, ISBN 3-76721203-X .
  • Dirk Stegmann : Political radicalization in the provinces. Publisher: Hahnsche Buchhandlung (April 1999) ISBN 3-77525909-0 , p. 75.
  • Klaus Richter, Dirk Stegmann, Jurgen Ellermeyer: Harburg: From the castle to the industrial city - contributions to the history of Harburg, 1288–1938. ISBN 3-76721033-9 .
  • Joachim Lilla , Martin Döhring, Andreas Schulz (arrangement): extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-77005254-4 .
  • Peter Hubert: Uniformed Reichstag: the history of the pseudo-popular representation 1933–1945. Droste, Düsseldorf 1992, ISBN 3-7700-5167-X .
  • Association of those persecuted by the Nazi regime - Bund der Antifaschisten eV (publisher): "The Others" - Resistance and persecution in Harburg and Wilhelmsburg - Testimonials and reports 1933–1945. Self-published, 1980. Fifth edition: May 1989 (pages 22 and 73) - Authors: Klaus-Dieter Brügmann, Margarete Dreibrodt, Hans-Joachim Meyer, Otto Nehring.

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SURNAME Christensen, Oluf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg-Harburg
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1957
Place of death Trelde