Walter Antz
Walter Antz (born June 19, 1888 in Kaiserslautern , † July 15, 1955 in Ansbach ) was a German police chief and Bavarian state official .
Life
After his military service as a one-year volunteer in the 22nd Bavarian Infantry Regiment , Walter Antz studied law and was a trainee lawyer from August 1, 1912 to June 30, 1919 . During this time, from August 3, 1914 to December 12, 1918, he also served in the war .
He passed the Grand State Examination in 1919, was an accessist to the government of the Palatinate from June 1, 1919, and held the position of district administrator in Zweibrücken from December 1, 1919 to October 31, 1926 . In the meantime, he was expelled from the Palatinate by the French occupation on April 12, 1923 and was then clerk for the "Defense in the Palatinate" in the Bavarian State Commissariat for the Palatinate in Munich . In this capacity he played a key role in the defense against separatism and in the so-called Palatinate Liberation, in particular in the preparation and financing of the Speyer assassination attempt on January 9, 1924 on Palatine separatists and on Heinz-Orbis , the then “Prime Minister” of the “ autonomous Palatinate” ".
On May 11, 1926, Antz received approval from the inter-allied Rhineland Commission to return to the Palatinate, whereupon he resumed his work at the Zweibrücken district office . On November 1, 1926, he became a first class member of the government at the Munich Police Department and on December 1, 1930, Police Director in Ludwigshafen . From July 25, 1939 to March 23, 1945, he was police chief in Ludwigshafen.
He was captured on March 23, 1945 and was interned in England and France until 1947 . Dismissed from this position, he was classified in group V, “exonerated”, in a panel proceedings .
From June 1, 1948, he worked as a legal advisor in Nördlingen and from May 11, 1949 as a government director in Ansbach. From July 1, 1950, he held the office of government vice-president and retired on July 1, 1953.
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| SURNAME | Antz, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German police president and Bavarian state official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaiserslautern |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1955 |
| Place of death | Ansbach |