Wilhelm von Wedel (Chief of Police)
Wilhelm Alfred Karl Leo Graf von Wedel (born November 18, 1891 in Berlin , † October 19, 1939 in Potsdam ) was a German police chief and SS brigade leader .
origin
Wilhelm Alfred Karl Leo Graf von Wedel was born on November 18, 1891 in Berlin. His father was Ernst August Graf von Wedel (born June 5, 1838 in Osnabrück; † November 25, 1913 in Weimar), since 1890 head stable master at the court of Kaiser Wilhelm II , previously in the same position at the court of the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar , 1892 Your Excellency, 1905 Obertruchsess. His mother was Johanna Marie Leonie von Wagner (* December 20, 1858 in Aachen, † March 16, 1932 in Weimar), daughter of the Aachen cloth manufacturer and commercial councilor Emil von Wagner (1814-1897). Wilhelm had three brothers ( Emil , Jürgen-Ernst and Alfred) and a sister (Alice).
Live and act
Wedel was the son of an imperial head stable master. After attending the Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium in Weimar and graduating from high school in Easter 1911, Wedel joined the Gardes du Corps regiment in Potsdam as a flag junior in 1911 and was promoted to lieutenant the following year . He took part continuously in the First World War. Wedel retired from the army in 1919 and worked for a Berlin bank. In 1925 he bought the manor Lohm II in Ostprignitz , which he subsequently managed. He joined the Stahlhelm in 1930 and became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 971.340) and SA in 1932 , where he rose to senior leader in the SA group Berlin-Brandenburg .
After the National Socialist " seizure of power " on August 2, 1933, he became a deputy district administrator in the Ostprignitz district with his office in Kyritz and was officially entrusted with this function on August 1, 1934.
Wedel moved from the SA to the SS in 1935 with the rank of Oberführer (SS No. 254.391). In December 1935 he succeeded Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff on a provisional basis in the office of Police President of Potsdam and officially took over this office in June 1936. In personal union he also headed the Gestapo in the Potsdam administrative region. He was also an assessor at the People's Court . In April 1938 he was promoted to SS brigade leader.
literature
- Jürgen W. Schmidt: The district administrators of the Ostprignitz district from 1920 to 1945 , in: Mitteilungen des Verein für Geschichte der Prignitz , Vol. 14 (2014), pp. 151–184, especially pp. 174–178.
- Rainer Bookhagen: Protestant child care and the inner mission in the time of National Socialism, mobilization of the communities ; Volume 1: 1933-1937 ; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-525-55729-9 , p. 619.
- Wolf Christian von Wedel Parlow : East Elbian nobility under National Socialism. Family memories using the example of the fronds. V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-8470-0758-6 . Pp. 53-60.
Family / genealogy
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the count's houses . Justus Perthes, Gotha 1928, p. 656.
- Gottfried Count Finck v. Finckenstein / Christoph Franke (arrangement): Genealogical manual of the count's houses , vol. XIX. Limburg an der Lahn 2009, pp. 568–569.
Web links
- Short biography and photo of Wilhelm von Wedel (Polish language)
Individual evidence
- ^ W. Ribbe (Ed.): The situation reports of the secret state police on the province of Brandenburg and the Reich capital Berlin 1933 to 1936, Part I: The administrative district of Potsdam, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-412-12096-0 , p. 10.
- ↑ Annual report on the Wilhelm-Ernst-Gymnasium in Weimar from Easter 1910 to Easter 1911. S.19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wedel, Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wedel, Wilhelm Alfred arl Leo Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Police President and SS Brigade Leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1939 |
| Place of death | Potsdam |