Rudolf Buttmann (politician, 1885)

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Rudolf Buttmann
Signing of the Reich Concordat in Rome, July 20, 1933. From left: Prelate Ludwig Kaas , Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen , Undersecretary of State Giuseppe Pizzardo , Cardinal State Secretary Eugenio Pacelli , Substitute Alfredo Ottaviani and Rudolf Buttmann

Rudolf Hermann Buttmann (born July 4, 1885 in Marktbreit ; † January 25, 1947 in Stockdorf ) was a German lawyer , librarian and politician ( NSDAP ). Among other things, he was a member of the Reichstag .

Life and work

Rudolf Hermann Buttmann was born in Marktbreit on July 4, 1885 as the son of the senior teacher and historical researcher Rudolf Buttmann . After attending grammar school in Zweibrücken , he began studying law and political science at the universities in Munich , Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin , which he completed in 1907 with the first state examination in law. A year later he began an internship at the Royal Bavarian Court and State Library in Munich. During his studies he became a member of the Academic Choral Society in Munich . In 1910 he received his doctorate in political science in Munich. From October 1, 1910, he worked at the Bavarian State Parliament Library . In addition, he went on trips at home and abroad. From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War as a lieutenant in the Landwehr . For his services he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class.

Buttmann was married to Karoline Schandl from 1916, with whom he had three sons.

Immediately after November 7, 1918, Buttmann tried unsuccessfully to win other officers and middle-class circles for a league of those loyal to the war to restore the monarchy in Bavaria by force of arms. As a result, Buttmann made the concept of vigilantes to own, a paramilitary organization whose purpose it was to support the organs of state security in maintaining peace and order and in ensuring a Constituent National Assembly against left-wing forces. On November 12, 1918, Erhard Auer decreed a decree instructing the district offices and municipal administrations to take precautions themselves to protect the lives and property of the citizens. With the announcement of the relevant implementation regulations on November 18, 1918, Buttmann had the security officer at the Ministry of the Interior, Major Paul von Jahreiß, approve the establishment of a vigilante group. Buttmann was referred to the Ministry of Military Affairs regarding the procurement of weapons. The Minister of State for Military Affairs Albert Roßhaupter promised Buttmann in a personal conversation on November 29, 1918 that he would make weapons available to the vigilante group and advised him to also officially involve the free trade unions. In 1918 he also became a member of the Deutschvölkischer Schutz- und Trutzbund . After November 9, 1918, Buttmann continued his work in the Bavarian State Parliament Library and was promoted to senior librarian there.

From December 1933, Rudolf Buttmann was head of the “Chancellery of Bavarian Members of the Reichstag in Munich” and in the same year became chairman of the German Language Association . In 1933 and 1934 Buttmann acted as editor of the journal Völkische Kultur . In 1933 Buttmann was one of the founding members of the Academy for German Law . From 1933 until his leave of absence in 1935, he served as a ministerial director and head of the cultural policy department in the Reich Ministry of the Interior . As such, as negotiator on the German side, he played a key role in the talks with the Holy See to implement the Reich Concordat. Frustrated by the lack of willingness on the German side to implement the Concordat agreements, he applied in 1935 for the vacant position of General Director of the Bavarian State Library , which he held from 1935 to 1945. From 1935 Buttmann was also the chairman of the German language maintenance office and co-editor of the journal Völkische Kultur . From 1936 he worked with the Reich Institute for the History of New Germany and was a member of the advisory board of the “ Research Department for the Jewish Question ” within this institution .

Buttmann died on January 25, 1947 in Stockdorf near Munich.

Parties

During the time of the German Empire Buttmann was a member of the National Liberal Party . After the November Revolution he joined the German National People's Party (DNVP), which he co-founded , was expelled from it again in 1922, has been active in the Völkische Movement since 1922 , and on January 6, 1924, together with Alexander Glaser and Rudolf von Xylander, founded the Völkische block in Bavaria and was incorporated on 27 February 1925 as member number 4 in the Nazi Party, for which he as from February 27, 1925 Empire speaker worked. In late 1929 he tried, together with Wilhelm Frick the Bavarian Interior Minister Karl Stützel the naturalization of Adolf Hitler to achieve, but this was rejected by the Bavarian State Government. In 1932/33 Buttmann was a department head in the Reich leadership of the NSDAP.

MP

Buttmann was elected to the Bavarian State Parliament in 1924 for the list Der Völkische Block (DVB) , of which he was a member until 1933. In September 1925 he switched to the NSDAP parliamentary group, which he headed from 1925 to 1933 as chairman. 1932/33 he was deputy chairman of the committee for transport issues. From 1933 to 1945 he was a member of the Reichstag . Buttmann strove for the office of Bavarian Prime Minister in a coalition government of the NSDAP with the Bavarian People's Party , especially since he was very well known with Hans Ritter von Lex . After January 30, 1933, Ernst Röhm , Adolf Wagner and Hans Schemm, on the other hand , advocated a revolutionary takeover of power in Bavaria.

literature

  • Michael Grüttner : Biographical Lexicon on National Socialist Science Policy (= Studies on Science and University History , Volume 6). Synchron, Heidelberg 2004, p. 34, ISBN 978-3-935025-68-3 .
  • Reichs Handbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft - The handbook of personalities in words and pictures . First volume, Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, p. 254. Microfiche edition, Saur, Munich undated ISBN 3-598-30664-4 .
  • Gerd Simon: Chronologie Buttmann, Rudolf (PDF, free of charge, 26 pages, 173.99 KB), University of Tübingen first version March 21, 2006 last change September 30, 2008.
  • Susanne Wanninger: Dr. Rudolf Buttmann - Party Member No. 4 and Director General of the Munich State Library . In: Marita Krauss: Right careers in Munich. From the Weimar period to the post-war years . Volk Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-937200-53-8 .
  • Susanne Wanninger: "Herr Hitler, I declare my willingness to cooperate." Rudolf Buttmann (1885–1947), politician and librarian between bourgeois tradition and National Socialism (= contributions to books and libraries , volume 59). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2014, ISBN 978-3-447-10318-3 (Slightly revised and updated version of the dissertation University of Augsburg 2012/2013, 591 pages).
  • Wolfgang Mück: Nazi stronghold in Middle Franconia. The Volkish Awakening in Neustadt ad Aisch 1922–1933. Schmidt, 3rd edition Neustadt an der Aisch 2016, pp. 84, 89, 123, 132 and 253.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of Alter SVer (VASV): Address book. Membership directory of all old men. As of October 1, 1937. Hanover 1937, p. 143.
  2. ↑ Buttmann's statement in the Erhard Auer / Albert Winter Munich Post No. 28 trial on February 4, 1925.
  3. ^ Rudolf Buttmann: Memories from the Bavarian Revolution. In: Illustrated Observer . 1927, pp. 282-286.
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Mück (2016), p. 253.
  5. ^ Thomas Dietzel, Hans-Otto Hügel: German literary journals 1880-1945: Ein Repertorium, 5 volumes, Ed .: Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Verlag: KG Saur, 1988, ISBN 3598106459 .
  6. ^ Yearbook of the Academy for German Law, 1st year 1933/34. Edited by Hans Frank. (Munich, Berlin, Leipzig: Schweitzer Verlag), p. 252
  7. ↑ For an evaluation of this activity see Buttmann and Heigl - Divergent Paths in Difficult Times by Werner Dees ( Memento from August 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) and Major Libraries in Europe (lecture by Peter Zahn) ( Memento from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
  8. ^ Völkischer Aufbruch . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 2004 ( online ).
  9. ↑ a b Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945 . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Second updated edition, Frankfurt am Main 2005, p. 89.
  10. ↑ Wolfgang Mück (2016), p. 253.
  11. ^ Robert Probst: Völkischer Block in Bayern (VBl), 1924/25. In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria . November 25, 2013, accessed February 25, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Wolfgang Dierker , I don't want zeros (PDF file; 1.58 MB), but bulls, Hitler's coalition negotiations with the Bavarian People's Party in March 1933
personal data
SURNAME Buttmann, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buttmann, Rudolf Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, librarian and politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Market wide
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1947
Place of death Stockdorf