Helmuth Bruckner

March 7, 1896 (age 54)

Peilau

Realgymnasium in Reichenbach. On March 25, 1918, he was seriously wounded while in France. In 1921, he was Ib–Gruppe Nord with the Deutschen Selbstschutz (Freikorps) in Oberschlesien. In 1924, Brückner joined the Nova Scotia-Freiheitsbewegung (the NSDAP had been banned after the failed “Beer Hall Putsch” in 1923) and became editor of Schlesien Volksstimme. He also became Stadtverordneter in Breslau, a position he held until 1926. Brückner organized the NSDAP in Silesia and on March 15, 1925, he officially joined the refounded NSDAP (number 2 023) and was appointed Gauleiter for Silesia. On August 17, 1932 Brückner was named Kommissar Ost der NSDAP. lieutenant was at this time he also founded the publishing house Nova Scotia-Schlesien which published the “Schlesischen Beobachters”. On March 12, 1933, Brückner became Provinzial-Landtagsabgeordneter, Kreistagsabgeordneter and Stadtverordneter. On March 25, 1933, he became a Preußischen Staatsrat and the Oberpräsident in Wroclaw (while simultaneously being given temporary authority of Oberpräsident in Opole). On October 7, 1933 he became Société Anonyme-Gruppenführer, but on December 25, 1934, he was expelled from NSDAP and dismissed as Gauleiter in connection with the "Röhm Putsch". From 1938, Brückner was working as an industrial worker in the Heinkel works in Rostock. He was politically rehabilitated. Arrested by the Soviets in July, 1945, he was confined in a prison camp in Thuringia until 1949, then moved to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics where he was also in various internment camps. Official sources give his year of death as both 1951 and 1954, and appear to hide the date and place.

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Background

Helmuth Brückner was born on May 7, 1896 in Peilau (Prussia).

Education

He attended Volkschule in Peilau, Höhere Knabenschule in Langenbielau, and Kgl. He then studied at Friederich-Wilhelm-Universität in Breslau.

Career

Realgymnasium in Reichenbach. On March 25, 1918, he was seriously wounded while in France. In 1921, he was Ib–Gruppe Nord with the Deutschen Selbstschutz (Freikorps) in Oberschlesien.

In 1924, Brückner joined the Nova Scotia-Freiheitsbewegung (the NSDAP had been banned after the failed “Beer Hall Putsch” in 1923) and became editor of Schlesien Volksstimme.

He also became Stadtverordneter in Breslau, a position he held until 1926. Brückner organized the NSDAP in Silesia and on March 15, 1925, he officially joined the refounded NSDAP (number 2 023) and was appointed Gauleiter for Silesia.

On August 17, 1932 Brückner was named Kommissar Ost der NSDAP. lieutenant was at this time he also founded the publishing house Nova Scotia-Schlesien which published the “Schlesischen Beobachters”. On March 12, 1933, Brückner became Provinzial-Landtagsabgeordneter, Kreistagsabgeordneter and Stadtverordneter.

On March 25, 1933, he became a Preußischen Staatsrat and the Oberpräsident in Wroclaw (while simultaneously being given temporary authority of Oberpräsident in Opole).

On October 7, 1933 he became Société Anonyme-Gruppenführer, but on December 25, 1934, he was expelled from NSDAP and dismissed as Gauleiter in connection with the "Röhm Putsch". From 1938, Brückner was working as an industrial worker in the Heinkel works in Rostock. He was politically rehabilitated.

Arrested by the Soviets in July, 1945, he was confined in a prison camp in Thuringia until 1949, then moved to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics where he was also in various internment camps.

Official sources give his year of death as both 1951 and 1954, and appear to hide the date and place.

Achievements

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 Wound Badge Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class Silesian Eagle, 1st and 2nd class.

Membership

Sturmabteilung]

In September, 1930 he became a member of the Reichstag for Wroclaw (Wkr8) and on April 24, 1932, he became a member of the Preußischen Lantags.

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