Peter Högl

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Peter Högl (born August 19, 1897 in Poxau , district of Dingolfing , † May 2, 1945 in Berlin ) was a German detective and SS leader .

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After attending primary school, Högl learned the miller's trade. After the outbreak of the First World War , he initially worked in an armaments factory before actively participating in the war from 1916 to 1918, in which he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class, among other things . After being discharged from the army in 1919, Högl was a member of the Munich protection team from October 1 to December 31, 1919.

On January 1, 1920, Högl was accepted into the Bavarian police. On October 27, 1921 he married Maria Stein (born October 9, 1901 in Munich). The marriage resulted in two daughters. In 1932 he was assigned to the Paul Heyse police station with the rank of chief sergeant.

In the spring of 1933, Högl was assigned to the " Command for the Protection of the Fuehrer " formed at the instigation of Heinrich Himmler , which was responsible for the personal protection of Adolf Hitler together with the so-called Fuehrer Accompanying Command , a protection unit made up of SS members as early as 1932. Unlike the escort command, the criminal command consisted of professional criminologists with personal protection experience who had become accessible to the National Socialists as a result of their entry into the government and the associated access to the police. At that time, Högl was transferred from the criminal police to the Bavarian Political Police. In June 1933 Högl joined the NSDAP ( membership number 3.289.992).

Later in 1933, the command for the protection of the Führer was renamed Kriminalkommando. Högl took on the rank of deputy to the command leader, Johann Rattenhuber , within the unit, which eventually received its final name as the Reich Security Service (RSD) .

On July 1, 1934, Högl was officially incorporated into the SS with the rest of the Kriminalkommando (SS No. 249.998), in which he immediately received the rank of Obersturmführer in accordance with his police rank according to the principle of equalization of rank. In the following years Högl was promoted to Hauptsturmführer (January 30, 1937) and Sturmbannführer (March 1, 1940) in the SS. In the police service, Högl had been appointed detective commissioner in the spring of 1934. This was later promoted to government inspector (July 1934) and finally to criminal director (1944). Högl was also the owner of the SS skull ring , the sword of honor and the Julle chandelier .

According to Rochus Misch's memories , Högl was handed over to Hermann Fegelein on April 29, 1945 after his arrest. Högl also presided over the court martial, which ultimately sentenced Fegelein to death for high treason. The sentence was carried out by a man from the Reich Security Service .

On April 30, 1945, Högl witnessed Adolf Hitler's suicide in the Führerbunker under the Reich Chancellery . He died on May 2, 1945 in an attempted breakout at the Weidendammer Bridge in Berlin from Soviet machine gun fire.

Promotions

  • 4th July 1934: SS-Obersturmführer
  • January 30, 1937: SS-Hauptsturmführer
  • March 1, 1940: SS-Sturmbannführer

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Memoir literature

Individual evidence

  1. SPIEGEL online: The devil's bodyguard. The secrets of the last living confidante of Hitler. Retrieved February 14, 2014 .
  2. Hans Baur: With mighty ones between heaven and earth. P. 285ff. Verlag KW Schütz KG, Preußisch-Oldendorf, 1971, 1st edition