Paul Leitsmann
Paul Heinrich Max Leitsmann (born July 10, 1903 in Perleberg , † February 22, 1945 in Krenglbach ) was a German lawyer. He was head of the state police stations ( Gestapo ) in Hildesheim and Linz as well as deputy district administrator of Kaplitz .
Life
After Leitsmann passed his Abitur at the Humanistic Gymnasium in Neubrandenburg in 1922 , he completed a commercial apprenticeship in the port city of Stettin . From 1923 he studied law at the universities of Jena , Berlin and Greifswald and passed the Grand State Examination in 1933. After Leitsmann had already become a member of the SA in June 1933 , he joined the chief training department on March 6, 1934 as a defense officer (= M-agent). As a court assessor, he built up the defense organization in the Magdeburg area and at the same time applied for service in the secret state police , where he was transferred on June 16, 1935 on a leave of absence from the judicial authorities. Leitsmann also joined the SS in July 1935 and in 1935 completed a ten-day course in the school of the security service of the Reichsführer SS in Berlin-Grunewald. Leitsmann worked in the Secret State Police Office in Berlin until March 1936 , where he was initially employed in subdivision II 1 and later took over its management. On March 23, 1936, he was appointed head of the Hildesheim state police station and on June 16, 1936, he was promoted to the government council of the Prussian Inner State Administration. From March 17 to May 16, 1937 he served in Flak Regiment No. 7, and in 1938 he was promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer .
On January 1, 1940, Leitsmann finally took over the management of the State Police Station in Linz , although in October 1940, contrary to his own wishes, he was released from military service. Due to several months of sick leave from December 1940 to May 1941, Gerhard Bast took over as head of the Linz Gestapo. In 1942 Leitsmann was promoted to Oberregierungsrat and SS-Obersturmbannführer , but due to his severe gallbladder disease, he applied for a transfer to Karlsbad to take a cure in the same year . However, this request could not be met due to the prevailing lack of housing. In 1943 Josef Auinger had to represent Leitsmann from the Stapostelle Vienna. In February 1943 he fell ill with a serious intestinal infection and finally left the Secret State Police in 1943 at his own request.
In July 1943, Leitsmann was appointed to act as head of subdivision IV c (economy and labor) of the Upper Danube Reich Governorate. From October 1943 to May 1945 he finally represented the district administrator in Kaplitz.
Leitsmann was a member of the Lebensborn association .
Awards
Web links
- Biography of Paul Leitsmann on the server of the federal state of Upper Austria .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leitsmann, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leitsmann, Paul Heinrich Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Gestapo officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pearl Mountain |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1945 |
| Place of death | Krenglbach |