Peter Vogt (politician, 1897)

Peter Vogt

Peter Vogt (born June 15, 1897 in Herischdorf ; † July 11, 1941 in the Soviet Union ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and SA brigade leader .

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After attending the grammar school in Brieg and the Pforta state school in Wohlau, Vogt joined the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95 as an active officer . During the First World War he belonged to the Reserve Infantry Battalion 21 and the 6th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 95. He was also honored with the Iron Cross of both classes, the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords, the Wound Badge and other awards.

After the war Vogt belonged to various volunteer corps . He then earned his living as a merchant. On October 21, 1923, Vogt took part in the Küstriner putsch , which is why he was sentenced to six months in prison by the Kottbus Special Court . Nevertheless, he was able to take part in the Hitler-Ludendorff putsch in November 1923 .

In 1931 Vogt rejoined the NSDAP. In the spring of 1931 he assumed duties as a leader in the military arm of the Nazi movement, the SA . In the SA he initially held the post of adjutant of the SA group east. In July 1931 he took over the leadership of the Gausturm in Pomerania as well as the position of staff leader of the SA group east. In July 1932 Vogt was transferred to the staff of the SA Group in Saxony. From September 1933 he was the leader of SA Brigade 34 in Chemnitz and later of SA Brigade 82 in Amberg. In January 1938 Vogt was appointed staff leader of the Lower Saxony SA group, a post he held until his death. He reached his highest rank in the SA when he was promoted to SA brigade leader on July 1, 1933.

From November 1933 to March 1936 Vogt was also a member of the National Socialist Reichstag as a member of constituency 30 (Chemnitz-Zwickau). In his function as SA-Oberführer in Amberg , based at Am Anschuß 4, he ran again in the Reichstag election on March 29, 1936, but this time did not receive a seat.

Vogt died in July 1941 during the Second World War as a captain and company commander of a tank regiment in the German attack on the Soviet Union .

literature

• 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 .
• Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).

Web links

• Peter Vogt in the database of members of the Reichstag