Oskar Stäbel

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Oskar Stäbel (born May 25, 1901 in Wintersdorf near Rastatt , Baden , † May 4, 1977 in Karlsruhe ) was an engineer and "multifunctional" during the Nazi era . He was a city ​​councilor in Karlsruhe and a member of the Reichstag for the NSDAP , member of the Supreme SA leadership , Reich speaker of the NSDAP, Reich leader of the NSDStB , Reich training chairman of the NSBDT , Reich speaker for techno-political issues, director of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), later an employee of the Organization of Gehlen and the Federal Intelligence Service (BND).

Life

Training and military service

Oskar Stäbel attended elementary school from 1907. In 1917 he signed up as a war volunteer and at the end of World War I was a non-commissioned officer with EK II. From 1918, Stäbel served as a volunteer in the Reichswehr.

After graduating from high school in 1919, he began studying mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe in the same year . In 1920, Stäbel joined the local Landsmannschaft Suevia and in 1921 became a member of the Baden student company of the Upper Silesian Self-Protection and the German National Protection and Defense Association . Also in 1921 he took part in the liberation struggles in Upper Silesia. For his work, Stäbel was awarded the Silesian Eagle 1st and 2nd Class and the War Merit Cross with Swords.

Between 1922 and 1924, Stäbel was a member of the Rossbach storm department . In 1926 he completed his studies as a graduate engineer. In 1931 he received his doctorate in engineering. at the Technical University of Karlsruhe. From 1939 Stäbel was a lieutenant in the reserve and from 1941 a first lieutenant in the air force .

In 1931 Oskar Stäbel joined SA Standard 109 Karlsruhe. In 1933 he was appointed SA-Standartenführer in the Supreme SA leadership, in 1935 as advisor for student questions, and in 1942 as Oberführer.

Political activity

National Socialist German Student Union (NSDStB)

Stäbel was an "old country man " and at the same time a member of the NSDStB. In 1930 he was appointed leader of the university group of the NSDStB in Karlsruhe, founded in 1928 . From 1930 he was district leader of the NSDStB for Southwest Germany. In 1933, Stäbel was appointed Reichsführer of the NSDStB and then also the leader of the German Student Union (DSt). In the following year, 1934, he was appointed Reichsschaftsführer, to which the Reichsfachschulschaft was also subordinated. In the same year, Stäbel was dismissed from office, presumably because of irregularities in the funding of the German student newspaper .

NSDAP

Oskar Stäbel joined the NSDAP in 1929 ; his membership number is 191919. From 1930 he was Gau speaker of the Baden Gau of the NSDAP. Between 1930 and 1933 he held the office of the city council of the NSDAP parliamentary group in Karlsruhe. From 1931 Stäbel was a Reich speaker for the NSDAP. In 1932 he was appointed advisor for all university and student questions at the highest level of the party organization. Oskar Stäbel was a member of the Reichstag for constituency 32 (Baden) from 1933 to 1936. In 1934 he was appointed Reich training chairman of the NS Association of German Technology (NSBDT). From 1936 he was Reich speaker No. 1 for techno-political questions.

In the Reichstag election on March 29, 1936, he was running as director of the Association of German Engineers in Berlin-Nikolassee , but received no mandate.

Club activity

Oskar Stäbel was director of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) from 1936 to at least 1941 .

Post-war activity

After the war, Oskar Stäbel worked for the Organization Gehlen (OG), the predecessor organization of the Federal Intelligence Service BND. His aliases were Dr. Hiller and Dr. Hermes. Until 1952, Stäbel was the head of the OG branch in Berlin, which mainly operated scientific and technical espionage against the GDR. Stäbel's espionage attacks were directed against companies and institutions in the GDR that were involved in the production and development of electronic devices.

literature

  • Michael Grüttner : Biographical Lexicon on National Socialist Science Policy (= Studies on Science and University History. Volume 6). Synchron, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-935025-68-8 , pp. 164-165.
  • Joachim Lilla u. a. (Arr.): Extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical handbook . Düsseldorf 2004, p. 637.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d SA personnel form from April 26, 1937 - AZ: 8470 - Bundesarchiv Berlin Lichterfelde West - personal research (this individual reference applies to the entire text before the note)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h SA personnel form from April 26, 1937 - AZ: 8470 - Federal Archives Berlin Lichterfelde West - person research
  3. ↑ SA staff index card - AZ: 8470 - Federal Archives Berlin Lichterfelde West - person research
  4. ^ Hans Peter Bleuel / Ernst Klinnert, German students on the way to the Third Reich. Ideologies - programs - actions. 1918-1935, Gütersloh 1967, p. 249.
  5. ↑ Founding letter to the Reich leadership of the NSDAP dated June 23, 1928 - Federal Archives Berlin Lichterfelde West - signature: NS38 II * 6
  6. ^ Letter of appointment from B. v. Schirach of April 29, 1930 - Federal Archives Berlin Lichterfelde West - Signature: NS38 II * 6
  7. ↑ Congratulatory letter from the Mayor of Karlsruhe from February 8, 1934 - Federal Archives Berlin Lichterfelde West - Signature: NS38 2262
  8. ^ Announcement by Rudolf Heß of July 18, 1934 in the Ordinance Gazette of the Reich leadership of the NSDAP - Federal Archives Berlin Lichterfelde West - Signature: NS38 II * 17
  9. ↑ a b Party statistics survey of the NSDAP from July 2, 1939 AZ: 172548 - Federal Archives Berlin Lichterfelde West - person research
  10. ↑ Helmut Wagner "Greetings from Pullach - Operations of the BND against the GDR", published in "edition ost" 5th edition 2007.
personal data
SURNAME Rod, Oscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR, engineer, director of the VDI
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Winter village near Rastatt
DATE OF DEATH May 4th 1977
Place of death Karlsruhe