Robert Rigel

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Robert Rigel (born March 6, 1872 in Bremen , † February 5, 1951 in Großgmain ) was an Austro-German officer, most recently major general , and SA leader, most recently with the rank of SA Obergruppenführer .

Live and act

Rigel was the son of an employee. In his youth he was educated in a cadet school , from which he graduated with the Matura . He then became a career officer in the Imperial and Royal Army . In this he belonged to the 69th Infantry Regiment since 1901 (?). He officially remained with this unit until 1918, although he was also used in air force units during the First World War . By the war he had reached the rank of captain and during the war he rose to lieutenant colonel .

After the end of the war, Rigel was taken over into the Austrian army . In 1926 he was forced to retire as major general . In the following years he was involved in the Home Guard movement.

Rigel joined the NSDAP on November 30, 1930 ( membership number 361,522). On May 1, 1931, he also became a member of the SA . He reached his highest rank in the SA when he was promoted to SA-Obergruppenführer in 1942.

In 1933 Rigel fled to Germany to avoid persecution by the Austrian authorities. There he became a member of the Austrian Legion , within which he took over the management of the Wöllerhof camp in the Upper Palatinate . In 1935 Rigel moved to the SA Reichsführer-School as an educator . From there he came in August 1937 as head of department in the main education office of the Supreme SA leadership .

From 1938 to 1940 Rigel was managing director of the Vienna Airport Company.

In April 1940 Rigel took over the management of the SA group Danube on behalf of Reschny. From April 1, 1942 to March 16, 1945 he also served as councilor of the City of Vienna, replacing district leader Hirsch, who fell in World War II .

promotion

Army promotions
  • November 1, 1898: First Lieutenant
  • May 1, 1909: Captain
  • May 1, 1915: Major
  • February 1, 1918: Lieutenant Colonel
Promotions in the SA
  • 1932: SA standard leader
  • 1933: SA Oberführer
  • 1935: SA brigade leader
  • March 1942: SA-Obergruppenführer

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literature

  • Maren Seliger: Sham parliamentarism in the Führer state , 2010. (also a photo there)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.berlin.de/rubrik/hauptstadt/verbanned_buecher/detail.php?referer=%3Fbuchstabe%3DD&id=72204
personal data
SURNAME Rigel, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-German officer and SA leader
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH 5th February 1951
Place of death Grossgmain