Richard Klewer

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Richard Klewer (1932)

Richard Klewer (born April 9, 1898 in Arnsberg ; † 1973 ) was a German local politician. He was mayor of the cities of Werl and Iserlohn and district administrator of the Iserlohn and Olpe districts .

Life

Richard Klewer began in 1917 as an employee of the district office of the Arnsberg district . He remained in this position until 1934. The seizure of power by the Nazis in Werl took place on March 28, 1933. At noon the provincial government in Arnsberg on leave telegraph the incumbent mayor Friedrich (Fritz) Nachtsheim, with the simultaneous appointment Klewers as the new mayor. Klewer had worked in administration in Meschede, Grevenbroich and Mönchengladbach. At first he was appointed provisional. The Soest government assessor van der Sandt was appointed to him to continue the administrative business .

When he took up his post, party members took over important administrative positions. Leave of absence and retirement were issued and press campaigns and discrimination were threatened. The Nazi terror did not shy away from physical abuse either. His predecessor, Nachtsheim, was attacked and mistreated in his apartment on the night of July 5th to 6th, 1933. He was taken into so-called protective custody by the SA .

The certificate for the appointment of Franz von Papen as an honorary citizen of the city of Werl bears his signature. The celebrations in the presence of the Vice Chancellor were one of the most important events of his term in office. Adolf Hitler and Paul von Hindenburg were also made honorary citizens during this period . However, they did not appear personally for the appointment, but thanked them with handwritten letters. On February 8, 1934, Hitler personally received the letter of honorary citizenship from Klewer in the Reich Chancellery . Klever delivered the letter for Hindenburg to the presidential office on February 9, 1934.

The construction and opening of the Werl Air Base , which he strongly promoted, also fell during his term of office . He hoped to create jobs and stimulate the city's economy.

Klewer was deposed in 1943 at the instigation of the SA-Hauptsturmführer, councilor of the NSDAP and factory director Fritz Heinrich, who had great influence in the Werler party, and replaced by Walter Riedel .

On February 1, 1943, Klewer was appointed mayor of Iserlohn. He remained in this position until May 4, 1945. From April 19, he held the title of Lord Mayor and also headed the District Office of the Iserlohn district. The latter remained under his administration until July 20, 1945, when he moved to the District Office of Olpe in the same position. In the course of the administrative structure changes under the British military government , Richard Klewer switched to the newly created office of senior district director on February 21, 1946, who was now the head of administration. On December 9, 1946, he was transferred to temporary retirement. After 1948 Klewer was employed as a member of the board of directors of the Meschede district administration .

literature

  • District Assembly of North Rhine-Westphalia (ed.): Documentation on the district administrators and senior district directors in North Rhine-Westphalia 1845–1991, Knipping, Düsseldorf 1992.
  • Helmuth Euler : Werl under the swastika. Brown everyday life in pictures, texts, documents. Contemporary history 1933–1945, 2nd edition, Werl 1984.
  • Amalie Rohrer / Hans Jürgen Zacher (eds.): Werl. History of a Westphalian city, Volume 2, Bonifatius Druck Buch Verlag, Paderborn 1994, ISBN 3-87088-844-X .

Press

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c District Assembly of North Rhine-Westphalia (ed.): Documentation on the district administrators and senior district directors in North Rhine-Westphalia 1845–1991, Düsseldorf 1992, p. 666.
  2. ↑ Amalie Rohrer / Hans Jürgen Zacher (eds.): Werl. History of a Westphalian city, Volume 2, Bonifatius Druck Buch Verlag, Paderborn 1994, ISBN 3-87088-844-X , p. 828.
  3. ↑ Amalie Rohrer / Hans Jürgen Zacher (eds.): Werl. History of a Westphalian city, Volume 2, Bonifatius Druck Buch Verlag, Paderborn 1994, ISBN 3-87088-844-X , p. 895.
personal data
SURNAME Klewer, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (NSDAP), district administrator and senior district director
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnsberg
DATE OF DEATH 1973