Career
Abt was the son of Karl Abt and Frau Margaretha, née Kogel. Abt has worked as a salesman and was then employed in the publishing of the Hessian State newspaper. In the Nazi Party he was a local group leader and then, in 1932, a district leader of Darmstadt.
In 1929 he was elected as a city councilman in Darmstadt.
During World World War II he performed military service, and fell in the last days of the war in Kurland-Kessel.