Theodor of upper countries

Theodor of upper countries (* 1. May 1905 in Meiningen; † 4. May 1998 in Bonn) was a German politician.

After the study of the land and national economy upper countries 1923 in the Hitlerputsch and joined 1933 the NSDAP participated. It was twice attained a doctorate.The first time 1929 in Berlin to the Dr. agr. with the work the agricultural bases of the country Lithuania. Then 1933 to the Dr. rer. pole. in king mountain with a thesis over the migration from the land in Germany and its fight by agrarian measures. Upper countries belonged already in thatIntermediate wartime to an important representative of the east research.

As a SA main tower leader it was from 1934 to 1937 realm leaders of the federation the German east (BDO). After Vertretungsprofessuren in Danzig, king mountain and Prague he became during the Second World War both with the Ukrainian armed forces itsness “nightingale” and laterat the battalion “miner”, which both crimes could be proven against the civilian population, as an officer assigned. In the GDR he was therefore condemned 1960 in absence to lifelong penintentiary. This judgement was waived in the year 1993 by the regional court Berlin with the argument that it itselfthe 1960 submitted proofs around “secretofficial falsifications” acted.

After the Second World War it became in Bavaria first FDP - member, joined 1950 the Bavarian regional organization of the GB/BHE then however already . For this it drew 1950 into the federal state parliament and became undersecretary of state for refugee questions. 1953 were selected upper countries into the German Bundestag and appointed the Federal Minister for refugees, refugees and war-damaged. It put thereupon office and mandate in Bavaria to 24. October 1953 down.

To 12. July 1955 it left the GB/BHE, its Federal leader it since the resignation from Waldemar Kraft 1954 was, and stepped together with this and other delegate (so-called. K.O. - Group) to 20. March 1956 into the CDU . After his party crossing upper countries 1957 into the German Bundestag one selected again. It belonged to the parliament again until 1961 and of 9. May 1963, when it advanced for the deceased Elizabeth Vietje, until on 1965. To 4. May 1960 withdrew upper countries because of its LV past as a Federal Minister, after the SPD had requested a committee of inquiry to this topic. Into the 1970er years engages itself it in the societyfor free journalism and in the association for the Deutschtum abroad. Upper countries was 1982 co-signatory of the Heidelberger of communist manifesto, which expressed itself against a further Zuwanderung to Germany.

Theodor of upper countries is the father of the historian Erwin of upper countries

literature

  • Götz Aly:Power, spirit, illusion. Continuities of German thinking. Berlin 1997
  • Philipp Christian wax: The case of upper countries (1905 - 1998). A didactic drama of German history. Frankfurt/Main 2000

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