- Herbert Albrecht
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cleanup = August 2008
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wikify = August 2008Dr. Herbert Albrecht (* 1900 - ±
13 March 1945 ?) was a "Gauleiter " of theNational Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) from 1930 until 1931.Life
Dr. Albrecht was born in
Altenburg ,Thuringia onJanuary 12 1900 . Protestant. He attended the "Realgymnasium" and in 1918 he was admitted as an army officer-Cadet in "Anh.Infanterie-Regiment 93". In 1919 he took his final highschool examination in Halle, classes for war veterans, and was part of "Freikorps Halle" and "Freikorps Anhalt".In September of 1919, Albrecht was assigned to "Reichwehr Infanterie-Regiment 49" as officer candidate ("Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter"). He was a member of the "Reichshammerbundes" (Theodor Fritsch) and the "Deutsche-Völk. Schutz-und Trutzbundes". Between 1919 and 1925, Albrecht was an agricultural worker, apprentice and a civil-servant in Holstein. He also was a student in Berlin, Rostock and Giessen.
In 1920, Albrecht helped organize the "Deutsch Sozialen Partei" in Berlin. Between 1923 and 1925 he was successively "Gruppen-, Zugführer and Fahnenträger" in the "Nationsozialistische Hundertschaft Charlottenburg" (later Sturm 33, Maikowski).
In 1925, Albrecht received his doctorate ("phil.agr.") and in 1926-27 he was an unpaid administrator in Vogtland. In 1926 Albrecht was a candidate for the "Sächs. Landtag" and on May 11, 1926 he joined the NSDAP (member 35 916). In 1927, as a private citizen in Altenburg, Albrecht was active in the NSDAP becoming one of their speakers and writers. He was also a contributor to the Nazi newspaper "
Völkischer Beobachter " since 1924.In July 1930, Albrecht was made "Gauleiter" of "Mecklenburg-Lübeck" and in September was made a member of the "Reichstag" for Dresden-Bautzen (Wkr.28). He voluntarily resigned as "Gauleiter" in 1931 and from 1931 to 1933 he was chairman of the Faction for Economics in the "Reichstag" and deputy chairman of the Committee of Supply. He was a member of the Economic Counselors for the Reich-Leadership and in 1933 was deputy to the "Reichsrat" (Reich-Counselor) – Thüringen. He was also Special Representative of the Thüringen Government in Berlin. Other activities in 1933 include being a member of the "Kleinen und Grossen Arbeitskonvents" of the "Deutsche Arbeitsfront" (DAF), and a member of the "Verwaltungsrats der Reichspost".
References
Further reading
*“Der Grossdeutsche Reichstag 1938” (Berlin 1938: R.v. Decker’s Verlag, G Schenk, p.145)
*“Axis Biographical Research” Website by Michael D. Miller & Gareth CollinsExternal links
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