Walther Heitmüller

Walther Heitmüller

Walther Willy August Heitmüller (born October 22, 1900 in Zeulenroda , † April 21, 1945 in Loitze ) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and SA leader .

Live and act

Early life and the Weimar Republic

From 1907 to 1918 Heitmüller attended elementary and secondary school in Plauen. In 1918 he briefly took part in the First World War. In 1919, Heitmüller apparently failed because he was accepted into the Bauhaus in Weimar. Between 1919 and 1921 he studied interior design and architecture in Plauen, Leipzig and Hamburg. In 1922 he continued his studies in Munich. From 1925 he worked as a technician and architect in Munich, Plauen and Hanover.

In 1919, Heitmüller joined the German National Guard and Defense Association , the German National Youth Association (DNJ) and a German National Gymnastics Club. In 1920 he belonged to the Ehrhardt Brigade and the Consul organization . During the third uprising in Upper Silesia , Heitmüller was active in self-protection in Upper Silesia in 1921 .

In 1922, Heitmüller joined the NSDAP. 1923 took part in the Hitler putsch the following year . During the ban on the NSDAP and SA as a result of the coup, Heitmüller was active in the Frontbann , a substitute organization for the banned SA, in 1924 . After the re-admission of the NSDAP, he rejoined the party on June 19, 1925. He also became a member of the SA

Nazi era

After the transfer of power to the National Socialists, Heitmüller became a full-time SA leader in 1933.

A few weeks after Ernst Röhm was purged of the SA leadership in the summer of 1934 ( Röhm Putsch ) and Viktor Lutze took over leadership of the SA , Heitmüller von Lutze was appointed to the Supreme SA leadership (OSAF). On September 1, 1934, he took over the position of a consultant in the OSAF. Four months later, on January 1, 1935, Heitmüller was appointed second adjutant to Lutze. On March 20, 1937, he then took over the post of head of the adjutantage of OSAF.

As a close associate of the SA chief of staff, Heitmüller was constantly promoted in the following years, most recently in January 1941 to the rank of SA group leader.

On April 1, 1941, Heitmüller was appointed head of the "Construction Office" in the Supreme SA leadership. In this position he was responsible for OSAF buildings and properties.

From September 9, 1939 to September 9, 1940, Heitmüller took part in the Second World War.

In November 1941 Heitmüller became a member of the National Socialist Reichstag : On November 19, 1941, Heitmüller joined the Reichstag as a new member of the Reichstag in the replacement procedure for Horst Raecke, who died on September 18, 1941 . In this he represented constituency 15 (East Hanover) until the end of the Nazi regime.

Heitmüller died on April 21, 1945 in combat operations.

Promotions

• January 15, 1933: SA Sturmführer
• October 15, 1933: SA-Sturmbannführer
• April 1, 1934: SA Obersturmbannführer
• November 9, 1934: SA Standartenführer
• April 20, 1936: SA Oberführer
• May 1, 1937: SA Brigade Leader
• January 30, 1941: SA group leader

literature

• Joachim Lilla , Martin Döring, Andreas Schulz: extras in uniform: the members of the Reichstag 1933–1945. A biographical manual. Including the Volkish and National Socialist members of the Reichstag from May 1924 . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-5254-4 , p. 221 .
• Beatrix Herlemann , Helga Schatz: Biographical Lexicon of Lower Saxony Parliamentarians 1919–1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Volume 222). Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2004, ISBN 3-7752-6022-6 , p. 147.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Website of the archives in Thuringia - Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar: Inquiries and inquiries about admission as an apprentice or for artistic further education Entry: Walter Willy August Heitmüller 1919. (Accessed November 27, 2013).