Paul Rahl

Paul Johann Rahl (born October 30, 1877 in Dachau , † June 11, 1926 in Ergoldsbach ) was a German engineer and member of the Reichstag .

Life

After attending the district's secondary school, he began studying civil engineering at the industrial school in Munich. He took up employment with the Royal Bavarian State Railroad in 1896. In Landshut he worked as a senior railway engineer in the building inspection of the Bavarian State Railways .

As a one-year volunteer , he did his military service in the Bavarian Army from 1899 to 1900 and was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve in 1905 . In the First World War he served until November 1918. He is considered the organizer of the German cable car troops. Under his command, the war cable cars were built on the Tyrolean front from 1915 to 1916 . Rahl was last major in the reserve. For his war activities, he was awarded two classes of the Iron Cross , the Military Merit Order , the Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class as well as the Bulgarian Military Order for Bravery IV. Class awarded.

From 1919 to 1923 he worked as a leader in the national youth movement. He was also active in the interests of the civil service. Between May and December 1924 he was a member of the Reichstag for the constituency of Lower Bavaria for the National Socialist Freedom Party , an alliance made up of the NSDAP, which was banned at the time, and the German National Freedom Party . It is not known for certain whether Rahl entered the Reichstag as a representative of the NSDAP.

literature

Cuno Horkenbach: The German Empire from 1918 to today. Berlin 1930.
Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 , p. 380 .

Web links

Paul Rahl in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 488 .
↑ Martin Döring: "Parliamentary arm of the movement." The National Socialists in the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. (= Contributions to the history of parliamentarism and political parties, Volume 130) Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5237-4 , p. 66.

personal data
SURNAME	Rahl, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rahl, Paul Johann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engineer and politician (NSFP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	October 30, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dachau
DATE OF DEATH	June 11, 1926
Place of death	Ergoldsbach

[1] 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. 488 .

[2] Martin Döring: "Parliamentary arm of the movement." The National Socialists in the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic. (= Contributions to the history of parliamentarism and political parties, Volume 130) Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5237-4 , p. 66.