Werner Küchenthal

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Werner Küchenthal (born January 13, 1882 in Münchehof ; † June 20, 1976 in Hedeper ) was a German lawyer , administrative officer and politician ( DNVP , NSDAP ).

Life

After graduating from high school, Küchenthal began studying law , which he completed in 1903 with the first state examination in law. During his studies he became a member of the student union Turnerschaft Eberhardina Tübingen (today: Alte Turnerschaft Eberhardina-Markomannia Tübingen). In 1907 he was at the University of Leipzig to Dr. jur. doctorate (dissertation: on the acquisition of ownership of poachers' property and the claims and legal powers of those entitled to hunt against the poacher ).

Küchenthal joined the civil service as a court assessor and shortly afterwards became a public prosecutor. He was later a judge at the local and regional court and then a councilor and permanent member of the Imperial Supervisory Office for private insurance in Berlin . He took part in the First World War as a war volunteer and during this time worked as a consultant in the War Ministry. After his appointment to the senior government council in 1920, he worked in the tax department of the state tax office in Hanover , most recently as deputy head of the Braunschweig department .

Küchenthal had been a member of the DNVP since 1919. From January 22, 1926 to December 13, 1927 he was Minister of State for Finance in the government of the Free State of Braunschweig led by Chairman Gerhard Marquordt . As such he tried to push through austerity measures. From 1928 to 1930 he took over the management of the state tax office in Hanover.

After the formation of a coalition of DNVP and NSDAP, Küchenthal was elected chairman of the state ministry on October 1, 1930 with the votes of the civil unity list (BEL) and the NSDAP and at the same time took over the management of the finance and justice ministries. The Ministry of the Interior and National Education was headed by NSDAP member Anton Franzen until July 27, 1931 . His successor was the National Socialist Dietrich Klagges on September 15, who succeeded Küchenthal as Prime Minister on May 9, 1933. During his tenure as Prime Minister Küchenthal supported Adolf Hitler's naturalization .

Küchenthal joined the NSDAP on May 1, 1933 . After Oskar Stübben was dismissed, he took over as President of the Braunschweigische Staatsbank on March 24, 1933 , which he held until his removal from office on August 13, 1945. At the same time, he was a member of the supervisory board of various companies. After 1945 he worked as a farmer in Hedeper.

Critical re-evaluation of lifetime achievement

In the context of the debate about an appreciation of the political life work of the Brunswick politician Minna Faßhauer , the SPD parliamentary group in the Brunswick city council made a motion in August 2013, in this context also the lives of other Brunswick politicians from the time of the November Revolution in Brunswick , the Weimar Republic to to subject the city to a critical reassessment towards the time of National Socialism . This proposal was supported by the CDU parliamentary group. The people whose life achievements are to be reevaluated include: Otto Grotewohl (first Prime Minister of the GDR ), Carl Heimbs ( DVP , responsible for the naturalization of Adolf Hitler ), Werner Küchenthal, August Merges ( USPD , first President of the Socialists Republic of Braunschweig ), Josef Oerter ( anarchist , USPD , Prime Minister of Braunschweig, later NSDAP ) and Ernst August Roloff ( DNVP , founder of BEL ).

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  1. ↑ SPD application of August 26, 2013: From Ernst August to August Merges to Heinrich Jasper - The time of the Weimar Republic in Braunschweig from the beginnings to the beginning of fascism (PDF file)
personal data
SURNAME Küchenthal, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, administrative officer and politician (DNVP, NSDAP), Prime Minister of the State of Braunschweig
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Münchehof
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1976
Place of death Hedeper