Otto-Heinz Seybold

Otto-Heinz Seybold (born July 22, 1888 in Düsseldorf , † July 16, 1966 in Rendsburg ) was a German businessman and local politician. He was the first district administrator in the Rendsburg district after the Second World War , but was dismissed after almost five months in office because the British military government had learned that he was a member of the NSDAP .

Life

Seybold grew up as the son of a family of industrialists in Düsseldorf. After graduating from the local grammar school , he studied political science and law and graduated as a business graduate from. From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War as an officer . After the war he worked for five years in his father's London company. After his return he held several managerial positions at companies in large German industry and finally settled in Hamburg as an independent businessman and sales representative . At the beginning of the Second World War he was drafted again as an officer. After being seriously wounded, he resigned from service on October 2, 1944 as "war-damaged". His rank was that of captain of the reserve.

After the end of the war, Seybold became an employee of the district administration and worked as an interpreter because of his good English language skills. On May 10, 1945 he was appointed District Administrator of the Rendsburg district by the British military government, but was released on October 1, 1945. He was told that he was "not suitable" for the high office. At the time of his appointment, the military government apparently had no knowledge of his NSDAP membership. Seybold joined the NSDAP in May 1935. Until 1939 Seybold was also a member of the German Labor Front (DAF) and the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV).

Seybold was married and had a daughter. According to the "Landräte-Gutachten", no information is available about professional activities after his removal from office.

Individual evidence

↑ Unless otherwise documented, information is based on: Thomas Großbölting and Lukas Grawe, expert opinion: "Scientific review of the history of the district administrators with regard to possible entanglements during the National Socialist era" . Historical seminar, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Münster 2015, Online , pp. 132–134.
^ Carl Jacobsen (Ed.): 100 years of the Rendsburg district. A look back from 1867 to 1967 , Rendsburg: Druckhaus Möller, 1968, p. 60.
↑ Deviating from this information in the report, it says in 100 years of the Rendsburg district. A look back from 1867 to 1967 , p. 60, the appointment as district administrator had already been made on May 9, 1945, the term of office ended on September 30, 1945.
↑ Thomas Großbölting and Lukas Grawe, expert opinion: "Scientific processing of the history of the district administrators with regard to possible entanglements during the time of National Socialism" . Historical seminar, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Münster 2015, Online , pp. 132–134, here p. 133.

personal data
SURNAME	Seybold, Otto-Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Seybold, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 22, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	July 16, 1966
Place of death	Rendsburg

[1] Unless otherwise documented, information is based on: Thomas Großbölting and Lukas Grawe, expert opinion: "Scientific review of the history of the district administrators with regard to possible entanglements during the National Socialist era" . Historical seminar, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Münster 2015, Online , pp. 132–134.

[2] Carl Jacobsen (Ed.): 100 years of the Rendsburg district. A look back from 1867 to 1967 , Rendsburg: Druckhaus Möller, 1968, p. 60.

[3] Deviating from this information in the report, it says in 100 years of the Rendsburg district. A look back from 1867 to 1967 , p. 60, the appointment as district administrator had already been made on May 9, 1945, the term of office ended on September 30, 1945.

[4] Thomas Großbölting and Lukas Grawe, expert opinion: "Scientific processing of the history of the district administrators with regard to possible entanglements during the time of National Socialism" . Historical seminar, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Münster 2015, Online , pp. 132–134, here p. 133.