Walter Borlinghaus

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Walter Borlinghaus (born February 2, 1906 in Halver , † April 14, 1945 in Iserlohn ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ).

Live and act

After attending school, Walter Borlinghaus lived in Lüdenscheid as a clerk, savings bank board member, freelance sales representative and operations manager . In 1923 he joined the NSDAP and participated in the founding of the local group Lüdenscheid. From 1927 to 1929 and from mid-1930 to 1935 Borlinghaus was the local group leader of the NSDAP in Lüdenscheid.

From May 1, 1935 to May 29, 1943 Borlinghaus acted as an honorary district leader of the Altena district. On January 1, 1944, he took over the post of district leader in Dortmund . On April 9, 1945, Borlinghaus left the city together with employees of the district administration "fleeing at night and in fog". On April 14, 1945, shortly before the end of the war, he shot himself in Iserlohn.

On February 18, 1944, Borlinghaus joined the National Socialist Reichstag as a member of the National Socialist Reichstag , in which he represented constituency 18 (Westphalia South) until his death in the replacement procedure for Ernst Riemenschneider, who left in October 1943 .

literature

  • Michaela Häffner: “Social profile of a representative of the regional Nazi leadership corps. The NSDAP district leader Walter Borlinghaus ”, in: Dies./Eckhard Trox: Lure and compulsion. The city of Lüdenscheid under National Socialism , Lüdenscheid 1999, pp. 69–90.
  • Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the ethnic and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924. Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 .
  • Erich Stockhorst : 5000 people. Who was what in the 3rd Reich . 2nd Edition. Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1 .
  • Wolfgang Stelbrink: The district leaders of the NSDAP in Westphalia and Lippe , Münster 2003. ISBN 3-932892-14-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd A. Rusinek : End of War 1945 , 2004, p. 112.
personal data
SURNAME Borlinghaus, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Halver
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1945
Place of death Iserlohn