Philipp Wurzbacher

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Philipp Wurzbacher

Philipp Wurzbacher (full name Johann Philipp Wurzbacher , born May 26, 1898 in Selbitz (Upper Franconia) , † March 31, 1984 in Altdorf near Nuremberg ) was a German politician and SA leader, most recently with the rank of SA brigade leader. He was a member of the Reichstag from 1933 to 1945.

Life

The German Imperium

Wurzbacher was born the son of a factory weaver . In his youth he attended elementary school in his native Selbitz. He then completed an apprenticeship at the commercial college in Nuremberg.

During the First World War , Wurzbacher was trained in the Pioneer Battalion in Nuremberg from December 1, 1916. He was then transferred to the mine thrower company of the 11th Bavarian Division, with which he took part in the trench warfare at Chemin-des-Dames (France) in 1917. After spending several months in a hospital because of an injury, he returned to his unit.

Weimar Republic

After the end of the war, he was released from military service on January 24, 1919. In the first post-war period, Wurzbacher began to get involved in circles of the extreme political right. After he had temporarily belonged to the Freikorps Roßbach , the Organization Consul and the Bund Wiking , he joined the NSDAP for the first time on October 21, 1922.

During this time, Wurzbacher worked as a self-employed businessman (manufacture and sale of hand embroidery), and later as the publishing director of the Völkischer Beobachter in Franconia .

After the NSDAP was banned in November 1923 and re-established in 1925, Wurzbacher rejoined it on August 8, 1927 (membership number 65,782). After the collapse of the SA in Franconia, which had also been re-established from 1925 onwards, as a result of internal conflicts, Wurzbacher was entrusted with rebuilding the Franconian SA together with Julius Streicher .

Wurzbacher was confirmed as leader of SA Standard 1 "Franconia" (Nuremberg) on ​​January 1, 1929 and promoted to SA Standard Leader on May 8, 1931 . From May 8, 1931 to April 13, 1932, Wurzbacher led SA Standard 14, which he took over again on July 1, 1932 after the temporary SA ban issued in 1932 was lifted.

From 1929 Wurzbacher was also the district chairman of the Nuremberg-South welfare office.

time of the nationalsocialism

After the transfer of power to the National Socialists, Wurzbacher retained the leadership of SA Standard 14 in Nuremberg. In April 1933, Wurzbacher was involved in the organization and implementation of the anti-Jewish boycott in Nuremberg. During the Nuremberg Rally in 1933 he was promoted to SA Oberführer.

From August 24, 1934 to 1945, Wurzbacher was the leader of SA Brigade 78 “Middle Franconia” and was finally promoted to SA Brigade Leader on May 1, 1937. Wurzbacher was the holder of the gold medal of honor of the NSDAP .

In the Reichstag election of March 1933 , Wurzbacher entered parliament . In the elections of November 1933 , March 1936 and April 1938 his mandate was confirmed, so that he was a member of the National Socialist Reichstag until May 1945 as a representative of constituency 26 (Franconia).

In the Second World War he participated as a volunteer in the Wehrmacht from the beginning of the war until the surrender in May 1945 . First in Infantry Regiment 213, from 1940 with Infantry Regiment 186 (Eastern Front), last until May 1945 with the Panzerjägerabteilung of the 334th Infantry Division in Italy. At the end of the war he was in the rank of captain.

post war period

After being captured by the Americans and interned in an internment camp, Wurzbacher was released back home in mid-1953. Wurzbacher died in Altdorf near Nuremberg in 1984 .

family

Wurzbacher was married and had two children. He lived in Nuremberg and Schwarzenbruck .

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 , p. 743 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Selbitzer Bockpfeifer , # 13/1969 , p. 51
  2. ^ Reichstag handbooks 1938 , January 26, 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / mdz12.bib-bvb.de
  3. ^ The Jews in Nuremberg 1839-1945. (PDF) Bernhard Kolb, Gerhard Jochem, June 2007, accessed on June 10, 2017 (January 2003 / June 2007).
  4. ↑ History: The Nuremberg Trial. One hundred and seventeenth day. Tuesday April 30, 1946; Morning session. Zeno.org , 2017, accessed June 10, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Reichstag handbooks 1936 ( Memento of the original dated June 30, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 26, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mdz12.bib-bvb.de
personal data
SURNAME Wurzbacher, Philipp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wurzbacher, Johann Philipp (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Selbitz (Upper Franconia)
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1984
Place of death Altdorf near Nuremberg