Friedrich Hildebrandt ( German: Friedrich Karl Heinrich August Hildebrandt , September 19, 1898 - November 5, 1948 ) - German party leader of the Nazi Party , Gauleiter (1925-1945), Obergruppenführer SS (January 30, 1942).
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| Birth | September 19, 1898 Kikindemark , Mecklenburg , German Empire | ||||||||
| Death | November 5, 1948 (aged 50) Landsberg am Lech , Bavaria | ||||||||
| The consignment | NSDAP | ||||||||
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| Years of service | November 1916 - January 1919 | ||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | ||||||||
| Rank | volunteer | ||||||||
| Battles | World War I | ||||||||
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Biography
The early years
The son of the factory director, brother of Richard Hildebrandt and Ernst Hildebrandt .
He attended a public school in Benzin near Lubitz , in Gross-Luben and Legde . He was an agricultural worker, worked on the railway. In November 1916, he volunteered for the 24th Reserve Infantry Regiment, participated in battles on the Western Front . In January 1919, he was demobilized. Both of his brothers also participated in battles on the Western Front and later also became high-ranking Nazi functionaries. After demobilization, he returned to his homeland, joined the Brandis Volunteer Corps. He participated in the corps in the battles in Silesia and the Baltic . July 6, 1919 was captured in Riga , was soon released. In January-June 1920 he served in the police in Galle . After that he worked as an agricultural worker, a gardener. In the years 1921-1922. Chairman of the Westbridge District Group of Brandenburg Agricultural Workers Union. In the years 1924-1926. Member of the Landtag Mecklenburg-Schwerin from the German People's Party of Freedom.
Career at the NSDAP
In 1925 he joined the NSDAP (ticket number 3 653). From 1925 to 1930 and from 1931 to 1945 Gauleiter of Mecklenburg and Lübeck. Since 1930, deputy of the Reichstag. Since 1933, the imperial stalthalter Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Lübeck. In 1934 he joined the SS (ticket number 128 802). He published the newspapers Der Niederdeutsche Beobachter, Lübecker Beobachter, and Strelitzer Beobachter. Since September 1939, the imperial commissar of defense of the II district. Since November 1942, the imperial commissar of defense of Mecklenburg. In May 1945, he was arrested by American troops. At the trial of the American Military Tribunal in Dachau in March-April 1947, he was found guilty of executions of American pilots and sentenced to death. Hanged.
Rewards
- Iron Cross 1st and 2nd grade.
- Sign for the wound (in silver) (1918)
- Honorary Cross of a War Veteran
- 1st degree military merit cross with swords
- 2nd degree military merit cross with swords
- Golden party badge of the NSDAP
- Medal of Merit at the NSDAP in bronze, silver and gold
- Ring "Dead Head"
- Reichsfuhrer SS Honor Saber
Literature
- Bernd Kasten . Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898-1948) - Ein Landarbeiter als Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter von Mecklenburg und Lübeck. // Zeitschrift des Vereins für Lübeckische Geschichte und Altertumskunde. - Bd. 86 (2006). - S. 211-227.
- Zalessky K.A.S. Security detachments of the NSDAP. - M .: Eksmo , 2005 .-- 672 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-699-09780-5 .