Sepp Helfrich

Sepp Helfrich (* July 7, 1900 in Lugos , German Lugosch , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary , † January 27, 1963 in Graz ) was an Austrian National Socialist and brief governor of Styria.

Life

After attending the elementary schools in Weißkirchen (Serbian: Bela Crkva), Stein an der Donau and Göllersdorf , the secondary school in Stockerau and the secondary school in Graz , Sepp Helfrich did several months of military service in Italy in 1918. From 1921 he studied agronomy and construction at the Technical University in Graz and then at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna . In 1926 he graduated as a graduate engineer. During his studies he became a member of the Association of German Students in Graz . In 1928 he joined the Agricultural Technical Service at the Provincial Governor of Graz .

In March 1937 he was arrested for Nazi activity. After the " Anschluss of Austria " he was immediately released and on March 12, 1938 he was appointed Governor of Styria . However, he only held this office for ten days. From 1938 Helfrich belonged to the National Socialist Reichstag .

Helfrich was arrested in 1945 because of his Nazi past. After his dismissal, he worked from 1949 to 1963 as an agricultural construction officer at the Styrian regional government in Graz.

literature

Erich Stockhorst: 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 (unchanged reprint of the first edition from 1967).
Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banat Germans . Th. Breit Druck + Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2 , p. 2198 .

Web links

Sepp Helfrich in the database of members of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

↑ Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 86.
^ Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banater Deutschtums . Th. Breit Druck + Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2 , p. 2198 .

personal data
SURNAME	Helfrich, Sepp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austro-German politician, MdR, Governor of Styria
DATE OF BIRTH	July 7, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lugoj Lugos , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	January 27, 1963
Place of death	Graz

[1] Louis Lange (Ed.): Kyffhäuser Association of German Student Associations. Address book 1931. Berlin 1931, p. 86.

[2] Anton Peter Petri : Biographical Lexicon of the Banater Deutschtums . Th. Breit Druck + Verlag GmbH, Marquartstein 1992, ISBN 3-922046-76-2 , p. 2198 .