Otto Gumbel

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Otto Karl Gümbel (born August 23, 1876 ​​in Winnweiler ; † March 16, 1943 Munich ) was a German railroad worker and SA leader, most recently with the rank of SA group leader .

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In the empire

Gümbel's family moved to Dahn in 1880 , where the father had received a position as head of the forestry department. Gümbel attended elementary school there from 1883 to 1887 . He was then taught from April 1, 1887 to 1892 at a humanistic grammar school in Kaiserslautern and from 1892 to 1894 at the grammar school in Zweibrücken .

From October 16, 1894 to September 5, 1895 Gümbel was a member of the army. There he prepared for the ensign examination at the Trautmann Institute, but broke it off due to the death of his father. Instead, he joined the Palatinate Railway in October 1895 . In 1896 he got a job at the Landau station administration . After taking the assistant examination at the Palatinate Railways in April 1900 , he took on a position as an assistant in Ludwigshafen am Rhein on July 1, 1900 . On January 16, 1901, Gümbel moved to Hauenstein in the same position , where he was promoted to assistant on July 1, 1903.

Gümbel had been active in Maximiliansau since January 1, 1905 , from where he moved to Zweibrücken on November 16, 1908 , where he remained active until the outbreak of the First World War (?). When the Palatinate Railways was taken over by the Royal Bavarian State Railways on January 1, 1909 , he was promoted to railway secretary. He also attended the Transport Academy from 1910 to 1911.

After the outbreak of the First World War, Gümbel was appointed operations manager of the Zweibrücken border and deployment station. From 1915 to 1918 he fought at the front as a member of the Bavarian (?) Army.

In the Weimar Republic

After the end of the war, Gümbel returned to the service of the railway and was again employed in Zweibrücken. On August 1, 1919, he was promoted to railway administrator. During his time in Zweibrücken, Gümbel joined the NSDAP for the first time in November 1920 and participated in the founding of the local NSDAP group in Zweibrücken.

In March 1923 Gümbel was arrested by the French occupation forces in the Rhineland “for disobedience and resistance to the occupation authorities” . After his release, he and his family were expelled from Zweibrücken on April 3, 1923. After he settled in Munich on April 10, 1923 , he got a job there on May 1, 1923 at the freight yard. In April 1923, Gümbel joined the Reichsflagge military association in Munich . With the Bund Reichskriegsflagge , a radical split from the Reich flag led by Ernst Röhm , Gümbel took part in the Hitler putsch in Munich in November 1923 . Together with his two sons, he took part in the occupation of the Munich military district command led by a raiding party under the leadership of Ernst Röhm.

After the suppression of the Hitler putsch, Gümbel was active in various rescue organizations for the banned NSDAP and its combat units: From 1924 to February 1925 he was a member of the Greater German National Community. Furthermore, he belonged to the front ban and the old Reich flag. After the re-establishment of the NSDAP, Gümbel first joined the SA and on June 1, 1927 also the party itself ( membership number 63,035). Gümbel achieved his highest rank in 1942 when he was promoted to SA group leader.

From June 1, 1930, Gümbel was employed by the Reich Railway Directorate in Munich , where he was promoted to Senior Railway Inspector on October 1, 1930.

In National Socialism

From October 4, 1933 to March 31, 1934, he was the head of education at the Reich Railway Directorate. During this time he was promoted to the Reichsbahnrat on February 1, 1934.

In the SA Gümbel worked from 1931 to February 28, 1934 in the staff of the SA standard R 16 in Munich. On March 1, 1934, he was transferred to the staff of the Supreme SA leadership . As a party functionary, Gümbel officiated from November 1934 on as Gaufachschaftsleiter I (Reichsbahn) in the RDB Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria. From March 1, 1939, he also held the function of an honorary main consultant in the main leadership office of the Supreme SA leadership. He was also a part-time state labor judge.

Gümbel also experienced a significant career advancement after 1933: From April 1, 1934 to June 30, 1936, Gümbel was head of a personnel department at the Munich Reich Railway Directorate. Since April 1, 1935, he has been in the rank of Reichsbahnoberrat, and on July 1, 1937, he became Vice President of the Reichsbahndirektion Munich and Head of Department II. On January 1, 1942, he finally reached the high point of his career as President of the Reichsbahndirektion Munich. He held this office until his death.

Promotions in the SA

  • 1929 SA troop leader
  • 1932: SA upper troop leader
  • April 15, 1934: SA Sturmführer
  • November 9, 1934: SA Obersturmführer
  • April 20, 1935: SA Sturmhauptführer
  • November 9, 1935: SA-Sturmbannführer
  • November 9, 1936: SA Obersturmbannführer
  • May 1, 1937: SA Standartenführer
  • November 9, 1938: SA Oberführer
  • January 30, 1941: SA Brigade Leader
  • January 30, 1942: SA group leader

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personal data
SURNAME Gümbel, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gümbel, Otto Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German railway workers and SA leaders
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnweiler
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1943
Place of death Munich