Erich Hilgenfeldt

Erich Hilgenfeldt
Leader of the National Socialist People's Welfare
In office
20 April 1931  May 1945
Appointed byJoseph Goebbels
Reich Commissioner for the Winterhilfswerk
In office
21 September 1933  May 1945
Personal details
Born(1897-07-02)2 July 1897
Heinitz, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died25 April 1945(1945-04-25) (aged 47)
Likely in Berlin
Political partyNazi Party
Spouses
Marie-Charlotte Köhler
(m. 1922; div. 1940)
    Leopoldine Statischek
    (m. 1940; died 1945)
    Children2
    ProfessionCivil servant
    Civilian awardsGolden Party Badge
    Military service
    Allegiance German Empire
     Nazi Germany
    Branch/serviceImperial German Army
    Schutzstaffel
    Years of service1914–1918
    1937–1945
    RankHauptmann
    SS–Gruppenführer
    UnitField Artillery Regiment 55 (2nd Thuringian)
    Aviation Detachment A 206
    Military awardsIron Cross, 1st and 2nd class
    Danzig Cross

    Georg Paul Erich Hilgenfeldt (2 July 1897 – April/May 1945) was a German high ranking official in the Nazi Party and Nazi government. He served as a deputy in the Reichstag and was also an SS-Gruppenführer. He went missing during the Battle in Berlin, was presumed killed and was legally declared dead in 1957.