Otto Liederley

Otto Liederley (born May 16, 1899 in Guben ; † November 13, 1937 in Düsseldorf ) was the second National Socialist Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf for seven months from April 20, 1937 until his death on November 13, 1937 .

Liederley was a banker in Düsseldorf and joined the NSDAP early on, for which he worked as a propaganda director in Kaiserswerth . On November 17, 1933, Liederley was appointed general manager of the Rheinbahn . When the local NSDAP threatened to fall into disrepute in the course of a financial scandal (Esch scandal) within the Düsseldorf city administration, the Upper President of the Rhine Province Josef Terboven took the necessary steps and put the incumbent Mayor Hans Wagenführ on leave , who belonged to the so-called Gau clique around the Gauleiter Friedrich Karl Florian belonged to. On April 19, 1937, Wagenführ's leave of absence was approved by Hermann Göring, and Liederley was appointed acting Lord Mayor on April 20, 1937. The rush was justified with the upcoming Reich Exhibition, the Creative People . Florian intrigued unsuccessfully against Liederley. On November 13, 1937, Liederley died unexpectedly of complications as a result of an appendix operation.

literature

• Peter Hüttenberger: Düsseldorf in the time of National Socialism . In Hugo Weidenhaupt (ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 3 . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-491-34223-6 .