Richard Crull
Richard Crull (born February 27, 1900 in Mönchhagen , † April 26, 1991 in Adendorf ) was a German local politician of the NSDAP and from 1942 to 1945 Lord Mayor of Schwerin .
Crull was the son of a postal worker. From 1920 he was in the local administration in Bad Doberan , from 1923 in the city treasury and was involved in the local NSDAP group as a propaganda leader. In 1932 he went to Schwerin as office manager of the state parliament. Then he went to Berlin as director for the German Congregation Day. He rose to the Schwerin Gauleitung in Gau Mecklenburg and headed the office for local politics. From May 1942 to June 12, 1945 he was also Lord Mayor of Schwerin after his predecessor Wilhelm Timmermann had been called up. After Schwerin was given up by the Wehrmacht on April 29, 1945, Crull arranged for the handover to the Americans before the Red Army on May 2.
Crull accompanied the US occupation and the subsequent British occupation until the handover to the Soviets. Then he fled to the British zone. In Wentorf near Hamburg he was hired as a refugee helper. He moved to Ventschau and spent the last few years in Adendorf .
Fonts
- From the memories , in: Kurt Redmer (Ed.): Forgotten? Recall! Admonishing story: Documentation about events in Mecklenburg during the Hitler fascism , Pinnow 2015 From the memories online
- (Ed.): Mecklenburg: Becoming and being of a Gaues , Bielefeld 1938
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| SURNAME | Crull, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German municipal official and mayor of Schwerin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mönchhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 1991 |
| Place of death | Adendorf |