Wilhelm Schäfer (politician)

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Karl Wilhelm Schäfer (born September 24, 1896 in Frankfurt am Main ; † July 17, 1933 ibid) was a German politician ( NSDAP ) and a member of the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse in the Weimar Republic .

Family and work

Wilhelm Schäfer was the son of Karl Schäfer and his wife Maria Elisabeth, nee Langbein. He was married to Dora, nee Sander. Wilhelm Schäfer completed his studies as a commercial teacher and worked as a company lawyer in Offenbach am Main .

politics

Wilhelm Schäfer was the district leader of the NSDAP in the Offenbach district . From 1931 to 1932 he was a member of the state parliament. On July 17, 1933, he was found murdered in the Frankfurt city forest .

Schäfer had left the NSDAP after an internal party dispute with Werner Best and passed on the Boxheimer documents written by Best to the police on November 25, 1931 . The Hessian police , which was subordinate to the Social Democratic Interior Minister Wilhelm Leuschner , initiated an investigation against Best and informed the press. Schäfer himself took part in the deliberations at the Boxheimer Hof near Lampertheim .

The background to the internal party dispute was the allegation that he allegedly made false statements in his résumé. He was urged by Best to resign from his Landtag mandate; his home was searched by members of the SA .

Shortly after the National Socialists came to power , Schäfer was murdered by four revolver shots on the night of July 17, 1933 in the Frankfurt city forest. It was obvious that Best was the client, but he was acquitted in July 1950 for lack of evidence.

literature

  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 323.
  • Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 742.
  • Hans Georg Ruppel, Birgit Groß: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, ISBN 3-922316-14-X , p. 225.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Herbert: Best. Biographical studies on radicalism, worldview and reason. 1903-1989. 3. Edition. Dietz, Bonn 1996, p. 128.
  2. ↑ Deutsche Zeitung of November 27, 1931, quoted in at Tilman Koops (ed.), files of the Reich Chancellery . Weimar Republic. Die Kabinette Brüning I and II , Boldt Verlag, Boppard 1982/1990, no. 572, note 3 online
  3. ↑ Cuno Horkenbach (Ed.), Das Deutsche Reich von 1918 bis today , Vol. 2, Verlag für Presse, Wirtschaft und Politik, Berlin 1934, p. 292.
  4. ↑ Ulrich Herbert: Best. Biographical Studies on Radicalism, Weltanschauung and Reason 1903 to 1989 , Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf., Bonn 1996, p. 449.
personal data
SURNAME Shepherd, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schäfer, Karl Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the State Parliament of Hessen
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1933
Place of death Frankfurt am Main