Otto Ulm

Otto Ulm as a witness during the Nuremberg Trials

Otto Robert Ulm (born May 25, 1884 in Mannheim ; † May 24, 1948 in Schwetzingen ) was a German economic functionary.

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In his youth, Ulm attended the community school and grammar school in Mannheim. After passing the school leaving examination in autumn 1904, he studied law at the universities of Kiel (1 semester), Heidelberg (5 semesters) and Freiburg (2 semesters). The study was interrupted by serving as a one-year-old in the Prussian (?) Army.

Ulm passed the first state examination in law in April 1908 in Karlsruhe . He then completed the legal preparatory service. In his PhD he with one of Friedrich late husband supervised work on the legal history of the Holy Spirit Hospital in Ueberlingen to Dr. jur. He passed the Rigorosum exam on March 4, 1912. Later that year, he passed the assessor exam with which he completed his training. In 1913, Ulm joined the Mannheim Chamber of Commerce.

From 1914 to 1918 Ulm took part in the First World War as captain of the reserve , in which he was awarded the Iron Cross of both classes. From 1919 he earned his living as a syndic. Politically it was organized in the German People's Party at the time of the Weimar Republic .

From 1933 to 1945, Ulm served as the successor to Arthur Blaustein as managing director of the Mannheim Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 1937 he joined the NSDAP with retroactive effect from May 1, 1935 . Ulm was also a member of the Mannheim Reiterverein, which was transferred to the SA-Reitersturm II in 1933 and the SS-Reitersturm in 1934 . From 1941 to 1945 he was Hauptsturmführer e. H.

After the Second World War , Ulm was interned by the Allies from May 28, 1945 to January 24, 1948 and questioned as a witness during the Nuremberg Trials .

Fonts

• The Heilig-Geist-Hospital in Überlingen on Lake Constance in the Middle Ages. A contribution to the legal history of foundations , 1913. (Dissertation)

Web links

• The Mannheim Chamber of Commerce in the Third Reich