Herbert Albrecht

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Dr. Herbert Albrecht was a Gauleiter of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) from 1930 until 1931.

[edit] Life

Dr. Albrecht was born in Altenburg (Thüringen) on January 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 High-School 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 un-paid 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 “Völkischen Beobachters” 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-Chaiman 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.

[edit] References

“Der Grossdeutsche Reichstag 1938” (Berlin 1938: R.v. Decker’s Verlag, G Schenk, p.145)

“Axis Biographical Research” Website by Michael D. Miller & Gareth Collins (http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/)