Rolf Diercks
Rolf Diercks (born December 17, 1915 in Preetz , Holstein ; † February 16, 2012 ) was a German agricultural scientist .
time of the nationalsocialism
Diercks joined the SS on May 1, 1933 (SS no. 80.149) and on May 1, 1937 the NSDAP ( membership number 5,274,242). He attended NAPOLA Plön from Easter 1933 to Easter 1936 , where he graduated from high school in 1936. As a high school graduate, he was suitable for an officer career and from October 1, 1937, he attended the 5th Peace Junker course at the SS Junker School in Bad Tölz as an SS leader candidate . Gerhard Bremer and Gustav Knittel were among his comrades on the course . Diercks and the other graduates of the Tölzer course from 1937/38 were appointed SS-Untersturmführer on November 9, 1938 in a solemn ceremony in Munich. Promotion to SS-Obersturmführer followed on April 20, 1940 and he was promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer on November 9, 1942 .
Awards during the Nazi era
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
- German cross in gold on April 24, 1943 as adjutant of the SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment "Germany" / SS Panzer Grenadier Division "Das Reich"
- Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42
Career after the war
Diercks studied agriculture, passed the diploma examination in 1950 and obtained his doctorate in 1952. agr. After his habilitation in 1965, he was appointed adjunct professor at the Technical University of Munich in 1971 . In 1979 he retired.
He was head of the crop protection department and vice president of the Bavarian State Institute for Natural Resources and Life Sciences .
literature
- Mark C. Yerger : German Cross in Gold Holders of the SS and Police. Volume I: The Empire: Kurth Amlacher to Heinz Lorenz. R. James Bender Publishing, San Jose (Cal.) 2003.
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 19th edition. Saur, Munich 2003.
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diercks, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 17, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Preetz , Holstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 2012 |