Wilhelm Fischer (SA member)

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Fischer (born September 9, 1901 in Berlin- Zehlendorf) was a German SA leader , most recently with the rank of SA brigade leader .

Life and activity

Fischer was the son of a room foreman (born August 30, 1873, † November 3, 1926). After attending school, he completed a three-and-a-half year apprenticeship in precision mechanical engineering. He also attended advanced training schools and technical schools.

In the period after the First World War he was a member of the Black Reichswehr . In the 1920s, Fischer was part of the German National Freedom Party and from 1926 to 1929 the Stahlhelm . On October 1, 1929, Fischer joined the NSDAP (membership number 153.754) and the SA. He reached the high point of his career on April 20, 1944 when he was promoted to SA Brigadefuhrer.

During the initial phase of the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s, Fischer played a leading role in the street terror and acts of violence that the Berlin SA carried out against political opponents at the time: he became involved in the anti-Semitic Kurfürstendamm riot of September 1931 sentenced by the rapid lay jury to jail for ringleadership in breach of the peace, but acquitted in the second instance for lack of evidence.

After the National Socialists came to power in the spring of 1933, Fischer was entrusted with the management of SA Standard 17 on August 6, 1933, which he was to maintain until January 30, 1936. In this position he was primarily responsible for the terrorist measures carried out in the area of ​​responsibility of his standard against political opponents of the newly established Nazi dictatorship, which the SA carried out on a large scale in Berlin during the first year after the NSDAP came to power. This included, in particular, the deportation of people with a different opinion to makeshift SA prisons, where they were often subjected to severe abuse.

On January 30, 1936, Fischer took over the leadership of SA Standard 7, which he led until October 31, 1938. From November 1, 1938 to August 31, 1939, he then acted as a personnel officer for the SA group in Berlin-Brandenburg . He was then given the job of leading the SA group school on September 1, 1943 and, after having proven himself in this position, was appointed regular leader of the group school on April 1, 1940. He was relieved of this position on May 31, 1943. On June 1, 1943, Fischer was temporarily commissioned to lead SA Brigade 7 in Köslin .

From 1940 Fischer was a member of the Wehrmacht . In the early phase of the Second World War , Fischer was employed in France for coastal protection. From August to October 1941 and from April to October 1942 he was employed as a platoon leader in Russia and in between November 1941 to March 1942 in the homeland war zone. In the period from October 1942 to March 1943, Fischer was placed in a hospital because of illness. He was then used as an Abwehr officer until October 1943. During his military service, Fischer was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class (August 16, 1942) and 1st class (August 26, 1942).

On January 1, 1944, according to the personnel decree of the Supreme SA Leadership (OSAF) ​​of January 28 , 1944, Fischer was commissioned to lead SA Brigade 29 in Berlin. With effect from September 27, 1944, he was made indispensable by the military .

family

Fischer was married to Frieda Schwarz (born April 25, 1906 in Wilkersdorf, Neumark). From the marriage the daughters Doris (born August 27, 1931), Anneliese (born February 21, 1935) and Renate (born September 9, 1940) as well as the son Bernhard (born December 11, 1938 † June 1939) emerged.

Promotions

• November 1, 1930: SA squad leader
• February 1, 1931: SA troop leader
• May 1, 1931: SA Sturmführer
• January 1, 1932: SA-Sturmbannführer
• August 6, 1933: SA Obersturmbannführer
• October 15, 1933: SA Standartenführer (Führer order no.20 of December 1, 1933)
• November 9, 1937: SA Oberführer (Führer order No. 57 of November 9, 1937)
• April 20, 1944: SA Brigadefuhrer (Command No. 85)

estate

Personnel records on Fischer have been preserved in the Federal Archives. In particular, there is an SA personnel file in the former Berlin Document Center (SA 144, pictures 727–743).