Otto Gerloff
Otto Paul Gerloff (born July 24, 1876 in Magdeburg , † January 17, 1956 in Niederaschau ) was a German lawyer and politician .
Life
Born as the son of a teacher, Gerloff studied law in Halle after attending the “König Wilhelm” high school in Magdeburg . During his studies in 1896 he became a member of the Gemania Halle fraternity . After his graduation, he was in 1907 mayor in Stendal , 1914 Deputy Mayor and from 1915 to 1916 Mayor in Grudziadz . In Grudziadz he was captain in the garrison battalion 3. From 1917 to 1941 he was mayor in Landsberg on the Warta River . In 1933 he joined the NSDAP . Together with Konrad Adenauer and Carl Friedrich Goerdeler , Gerloff was on the board of the German Association of Cities . He was general leader of the German Red Cross , for which he later received the Great Federal Cross of Merit.
literature
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 2: F-H. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0809-X , pp. 120-121.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerloff, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerloff, Otto Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 1956 |
| Place of death | Niederaschau |