Wilhelm Heerde

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Wilhelm Heerde

Wilhelm Heerde (born September 21, 1898 in Neustadt , † October 23, 1991 in Evessen ) was a German sculptor and politician (NSDAP).

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Heerde attended the elementary school in Wartenberg in East Prussia and the village school in Holzkathen in the Stolp district , then the humanistic grammar school in Aachen and the grammar schools in Krone adBr. and Schwedt . In May 1915, after attaining the upper secondary qualification , Heerde volunteered in the Rear Pomeranian Field Artillery Regiment No. 53 in Bromberg , with which he took part in the First World War until November 1918 . In the war that he witnessed on the fronts in Russia and France, he was wounded once lightly and once seriously. He was also awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and the Wound Badge .

From January 1919 to November 1919 Heerde belonged to a free corps (Landesjägerkorps and Guard Cavalry Rifle Division ), with which he participated in the Spartacus battles in Berlin, Halle and Braunschweig. In 1921 and 1922 Heerde worked in agriculture in the provinces of Silesia and Saxony . From 1922 to 1927 Heerde studied painting and sculpture for ten semesters at the Kunstgewerkschule Kiel, at the Bauhaus in Weimar and at the Breslau Art Academy. There Heerde became a master student of the sculpture class. During this time he went on study trips to Holland and Italy. He then worked as a practicing artist in painting and sculpting workshops.

Since February 1927 Heerde worked for the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) ( membership number 56.403). In July 1929 Heerde also joined the Sturmabteilung (SA), in which he achieved the rank of brigade leader in March 1934.

In the Reichstag elections of July 1932 Heerde was a candidate of the Nazi Party for the constituency 7 (Breslau) in the Reichstag voted, which it initially belonged until March 1933rd In the March 1933 election , he was unable to maintain his mandate. In the meantime he was a member of the Prussian state parliament . In November 1933 Heerde received another mandate for constituency 7 in the now National Socialist Reichstag , to which he belonged from then on without interruption until the end of the National Socialist dictatorship in May 1945. From March 1936 , Heerde no longer represented constituency 7, but constituency 8 (Liegnitz).

During the Nazi era , Heerde mainly worked as an editor of the military books . Heerde led SA Brigade 20 (Breslau) until July 1935. In July 1935 Heerde was entrusted with the leadership of SA Brigade 19 (Görlitz). After a serious car accident, he left the full-time SA service on August 1, 1938 and then worked again as a sculptor.

On January 30, 1938, Heerde was awarded the NSDAP's golden party badge . During the Second World War , he was deployed in 1940 and 1941. From March 1941 to March 1943 he was director of the State School of Applied Arts in Cracow ; then he worked as a sculptor in Vienna . From there he moved to Radeburg in the Dresden district in September 1943 .

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. 217 f .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth according to the Reichstag handbook for the 7th electoral term, date of death according to Joachim Lilla / Martin Döring: extras in uniform. The members of the Reichstag 1933-1945. 2004, p. 217.
  2. ^ Klaus D. Patzwall : The Golden Party Badge and its honorary awards 1934-1944 . Patzwall, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-931533-50-6 . P. 71.
personal data
SURNAME Heerde, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and politician (NSDAP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1991
Place of death Evessen