Rudolf Weiß (SS member)

Rudolf Weiss

Rudolf August Vinzent Weiß , also Rudolf Weiss , (born May 31, 1899 in Berlin , † February 22, 1945 in Lieberose ) was a German politician of the NSDAP . He was a member of the Reichstag as well as an SS and Police Leader (SSPF) and was last promoted to SS Brigade Leader in 1939 .

Life

From 1905 to October 1, 1915, Weiß attended elementary school in Berlin-Niederschönhausen and the Realschule in Berlin-Steglitz , which he finished with the upper secondary school leaving certificate. On the day he graduated from school, he registered as a volunteer in World War I and was deployed in Grenadier Regiment 2 in Stettin. On March 1, 1916, he was transferred to Infantry Regiment 140 and promoted to Vice Sergeant in 1918. He was released from military service on December 23, 1918. On January 7, 1919, he joined the Freikorps von Klewitz, later the 6th Reichswehr Regiment, and worked from 1919 to 1930 in the organizations Wehrwolf and the Rossbach Sturmabteilung . From November 1919 he worked for the Reichspost , where he rose to the position of chief telegraph inspector.

In May 1930, Weiß joined the NSDAP ( membership number 237.711) and the SS (SS number 4.299). From August 1932 to August 1934 he was the leader of the 42nd SS Standard . After the seizure of power in 1933, he was appointed to the Reich and Prussian Ministry of the Interior as a councilor. From March 1933 he was a city councilor in Berlin. From November 1933 he was a member of the Reichstag for constituency 2 (Berlin West) and from 1938 for constituency 6 (Pomerania) until his death. He was also a councilor in Berlin in 1934. He was accepted into the Prussian Ministry of the Interior on March 28, 1934, where he worked as a ministerial officer. In September 1934, after ignoring an order from a police officer during a June 1934 deployment, he was given a simple reprimand. In the following October he was severely reprimanded by the SS-Oberabschnittsführer Ost. From January 1, 1935 to April 1, 1939 he was given leave of absence from the Ministry of the Interior in order to find employment in the SS. Until March 1936 he was the full-time leader of SS Section 39 in Mannheim. On December 10, 1935, he was sentenced to four days' imprisonment for negligent bodily harm and driving fast. From March 1936 until July 1938 he was the full-time leader of SS Section 13 in Stettin and from 1938 to November 1944 he was the regional group leader of the Westphalia regional group of the Reich Air Protection Association. In July 1939 he was promoted to General Air Defense Leader. From December 1, 1942 to August 31, 1943, he was called up for military service and, on his return, served in the Waffen SS . From October 1943 to officially March 21, 1944 he was deputy SS and police leader in Nikolayev . From January to April 1944 he was police chief in Saarbrücken . In addition, since January 1944 he was officially the police chief in Metz .

After the Allies approached Metz, he fled on September 1, 1944. For this reason, he was transferred to the Dirlewanger SS special unit led by Oskar Dirlewanger in the following October . Two months later, investigative proceedings were initiated against him because of his official offense, but this was suspended until the end of the war. Weiß fell in combat in Lieberose near Cottbus at the end of February 1945.

literature

• Joachim Lilla : extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933-1945 , Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 2004, p. 719.

Web links

• Rudolf Weiß in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Entry on Rudolf Weiß in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database