Karl Wahl

Karl Wahl (* September 24, 1892 in Aalen, † February 18, 1981 in Stetten father ) was Gauleiter of the Gau Swabia during the Nazi regime.

Life

Election attended the elementary school and the vocational training school of his hometown 1899-1910. In 1910 he took up a teaching locksmith. In the same year he entered as a two- year volunteer in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry Battalion in Aschaffenburg. In 1911, he joined the Army Medical Service; In 1912 he was transferred to the career of a sanitary sub- officer. From 1912 he was stationed in Landau; From 1913 he was head of its Armed Forces Health School of the II Bavarian Army Corps.

In World War election was used from August 1914 to December 1918 as a front paramedics. In July 1917 he was promoted to the medical sergeant. Until October 1919 he was head of the Institute founded by Friedrich Hessing Hessingschen in Goeggingen. Last head of the chief medical office of the garrison hospital Augsburg, was adopted election in November 1921 the army. Between 1921 and 1933 he was employed by the city of Augsburg.

1921 election occurred in the Augsburg branch of the NSDAP and the SA. While the ban on the NSDAP, he worked in Völkisch - social block; after the re-registration of the party he joined the NSDAP on February 26, 1925 again at ( Mitglieds-Nr. 9803 ). Between 1925 and 1929 election operated as local leaders and district leader of the NSDAP in Augsburg and a leader of the local SA Standard. In the state elections in May 1928, he was elected to Parliament. On 1 October 1928 he was appointed Gauleiter of Swabia. In February 1931, he founded the National Socialist New National -Zeitung of Augsburg, whose editor he remained until 1945.

After the transfer of power to the Nazis election was a mandate in non-functioning parliament in November 1933. 1934 he was appointed President of the Government of Swabia. In August 1934 election honor of the SS ( Mitglieds-Nr. 228 017 ) with the rank of SS - group leader. On February 2, 1942 election asked Himmler to in writing, why he - had not been promoted to SS -Obergruppenführer - unlike other Gauleiter as Murr, Sauckel or Hildebrandt. Himmler's demands led to a report in the SD main branch of Augsburg, under the Gauleiter, the SS is not preferred promotes and rarely auftrete in SS uniform. Choice, however, would be coming to SS leaders in emergency special assistance. Himmler summoned on March 31, 1942 election, the failed transport is due to the fact that he did not like the other Gauleiter was also imperial governor. The rank of SS - Obergruppenführer choice finally reached on 1 August 1944; previously he had been appointed Reich Defense Commissioner for the Gau Schwaben in November 1942 after the reorganization of the Reich Defense districts.

Augsburg was the American troops surrendered without a fight on 28 April 1945. In their ultimatum to hand over reacted a freedom of movement of citizens. "Election saw no reason to take action, he remained in the city. " On May 10, 1945 election in Augsburg was captured by American troops.

Prior to the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals of choice was questioned in July 1945 as a witness. In the denazification choice was classified in December 1948 as a " major offender " and sentenced to three and a half years of forced labor, although 40 months imprisonment were set off against the sentence. In addition, assets and personal property were confiscated. After election had already spent because of physical weakness several months in hospital, he was released on 23 September 1949. Initially worked as a textile agent, was election from 1958 to 1968 Head of the Library at the company Messerschmitt AG in Munich.