Otto Gakenholz
Willy Otto Karl Fritz Gakenholz (born February 3, 1890 in Hanover , † November 10, 1973 in Weyhausen ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).
Live and act
After visiting the elementary school and the public school II in Hanover Gakenholz beat the average career in the Reich Postal Service , where he most recently postmaster in Isenhagen- Hankensbuettel was. From 1 April 1911 to 31 March 1912 Gakenholz belonged as a one-year volunteer the Fusilier Regiment. 73 in Hannover. From 1915 to 1918 he took part in the First World War, in which he was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class .
In the empire Gakenholz was a member of the anti - Semitic German Social Party and in the Hammerbund , a forerunner of the Reichshammerbund . In the Weimar Republic in 1919 he became a member of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund . In 1924 he was active in the Völkisch Social Block , a replacement organization of the NSDAP, which was then banned.
In 1927 Gakenholz joined the NSDAP ( membership number 63.142). In the party he took on tasks in the Isenhagen district as chairman of the committee of inquiry and arbitration , as district press officer, as district adviser for civil servants' questions and as head of propaganda.
After the transfer of power to the National Socialists, Gakenholz was temporarily Gau managing director in East Hanover in 1933. From November 1933 to October 1936 Gakenholz officiated as the deputy Gauleiter of the Gau East Hanover.
In March 1933, Gakenholz became a member of the Prussian state parliament , to which he belonged until this body was dissolved in the autumn of the same year. He then sat from November 1933 to May 1938 as a member of the National Socialist Reichstag , in which he represented constituency 15 (East Hanover). In May 1938 he was again a candidate for the Reichstag, but received no mandate. In November 1939 Gakenholz moved to Danzig .
literature
- Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 169 .
Web links
- Otto Gakenholz in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gakenholz, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gakenholz, Willy Otto Karl Fritz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (NSDAP), MdR, MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1973 |
| Place of death | Weyhausen |