August Heissmeyer
August Heissmeyer | |
|---|---|
| Chief, SS Main Office Dienststelle Obergruppenführer Heissmeyer | |
| In office 11 January 1941 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Higher SS and Police Leader "Spree" | |
| In office 2 September 1939 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Chief, SS Main Office | |
| In office 14 May 1935 – 1 December 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Curt Wittje |
| Succeeded by | Gottlob Berger |
| Additional positions | |
| 1933–1945 | Reichstag deputy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August Friedrich Heißmeyer 11 January 1897 Aerzen, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 16 January 1979 (aged 82) Schwäbisch Hall, West Germany |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Spouse | |
| Relations | Kurt Heissmeyer (nephew) |
| Civilian awards | Golden Party Badge |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch/service | Prussian Army Luftstreitkräfte Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1914–1919 1944–1945 |
| Rank | Leutnant SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS |
| Unit | 164th Infantry Regiment Reserve Infantry Regiment 269 |
| Commands | Kampfgruppe "Heissmeyer" |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Military awards | Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class with swords Wound Badge in black |
August Friedrich Heissmeyer or Heißmeyer (11 January 1897 – 16 January 1979), was a German member of the Nazi Party who rose to become an SS-Obergruppenführer in the Schutzstaffel (SS). He held several major commands, including as the chief of the SS Main Office from 1935 to 1939 and as the Higher SS and Police Leader of the Berlin district from 1939 to 1945. He was also headed the National Political Institutes of Education, a network of elite secondary boarding schools established to train future leaders of the Nazi state. He was the husband of Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, the head of the National Socialist Women's League. After the Second World War, Heissmeyer underwent denazification, was convicted as a major offender and served three years in prison.