Willy Weidermann

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Willy Weidermann (born November 25, 1898 in Ziegenrück ; † February 28, 1985 ) was a German police president and SS leader during the National Socialist era .

biography

Weidermann had been a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 12.194) and SS (SS number 296) since 1925 . As SS-Sturmbannführer Weidermann was leader of the 7th SS Standard from 1932 to 1934.

On September 13, 1936, he was promoted to SS-Oberführer . During this time he worked at the main security service office, having previously been SD section leader in Chemnitz . Weidermann was police chief in Chemnitz from 1937 to 1942. As such, he participated in the inauguration of the Grenzlandfeierstätte in Schwarzenberg / Erzgeb in 1938 . part. After the German invasion of Czechoslovakia , he took over the post of Police President in Prague from July 1942 and held this position until May 1945. On September 1, 1944, Weidermann was appointed SS Brigade Leader and Major General of the Police.

At the end of the war, Weidermann was arrested and taken to Moscow . From there he was extradited to Czechoslovakia via Berlin at the end of 1948, where he was sentenced to several years imprisonment in Prague on the basis of the Retribution Decree.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Weidermann from SS seniority list on http://www.dws-xip.pl
  2. ↑ a b Carsten Schreiber: Elite in the Hidden. Ideology and regional domination practice of the security service of the SS and its network using the example of Saxony. Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, ISBN 3486585436 , p. 336.
  3. ↑ http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/1936/1936.html
  4. ^ Sudetenpost of September 4, 1970
personal data
SURNAME Weidermann, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German police president and SS leader
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Ziegenrück
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1985