Kurt Daluege

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Kurt Daluege

Kurt Daluege (September 15, 1897 – October 24, 1946) was an SS-Oberstgruppenführer

Oberstgruppenführer

Oberstgruppenf?hrer was the highest commissioned officer SS rank with the exception of Reichsf?hrer-SS, which was a special rank held by Heinrich Himmler....
and Generaloberst der Polizei

Ordnungspolizei

The Ordnungspolizei was the name for the uniformed regular Germany police force in existence during the period of Nazi Germany, notably between 1936 and 1945....
, officer of the Central Reich Security Office (RSHA

RSHA

The RSHA, or Reichssicherheitshauptamt , was a subordinate organization of the Schutzstaffel. The RSHA was created by Heinrich Himmler on September 22 1939 through the merger of the Sicherheitsdienst , the Gestapo , and the Kriminalpolizei ....
) and ruled the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia as Deputy Protector.

Early life and career
Kurt Daluege, a son of a Prussia

Prussia

Prussia was, most recently, a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on Germany and European history....
n state official, was born in small Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Lower Silesia is to the northwest. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, Kingdom of Bohemia, Poland, Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, Kingdom of Prussia, and later of unified German Reich....
n town Kreuzburg

Kluczbork

Kluczbork [] is a town in southwestern Poland with 26,670 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Kluczbork County and an important railroad junction....
(now Kluczbork) on September 15, 1897. He entered the German Army

German Army

The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of the Army, the Deutsche Marine, and an Luftwaffe after World War I....
in 1916 and served with the 7.Garde Regiment West.

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Kurt Daluege (September 15, 1897 – October 24, 1946) was an SS-Oberstgruppenführer

Oberstgruppenführer

Oberstgruppenf?hrer was the highest commissioned officer SS rank with the exception of Reichsf?hrer-SS, which was a special rank held by Heinrich Himmler....
and Generaloberst der Polizei

Ordnungspolizei

RSHA

Early life and career

Kurt Daluege, a son of a Prussia

Prussia

Upper Silesia

Kluczbork

German Army

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
Daluege was severely wounded a number of times (declared 25% disabled) and also decorated for bravery.

1920s

After the war Daluege became leader of Selbstschutzes Oberschlesien (SSOS) - Upper Silesian Self Defense - an Upper Silesian veterans’ organization, which was engaged in combat with the Poles in that region. In 1921 he became also active in the Freikorps

Freikorps

File:Bundesarchiv Bild 119-1983-0012, Kapp-Putsch, Marienbrigade Erhardt in Berlin.jpgThe designation of Freikorps was originally applied to voluntary armies formed in German lands from the middle of 18th century onwards....
Roßbach while studying engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
at the Technical University in Berlin. Two years later, Daluege joined the National Socialist German Workers Party, NSDAP and in 1926 the Sturmabteilung (SA

SA may stand for:...
) eventually becoming the leader of Berlin's SA and Goebbels'

Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German people politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was one of German dictator Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers....
deputy gauleiter

Gauleiter

A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP or the head of a Gau or of a Reichsgau....
, a deputy party-leader, in Berlin.

SS and Police Leader

In July 1930, Daluege in accordance with Hitler's wishes resigned from SA

SA may stand for:...
and joined the Schutzstaffel SS with the rank of SS-Oberführer

Oberführer

Oberf?hrer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. Translated as ?Senior Leader?, an Oberf?hrer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region....
. His main responsibility was to spy on the SA

SA may stand for:...
and political opponents of NSDAP. In 1932 Daluege became an NSDAP delegate in the Prussian state parliament and in November 1932 was elected to the Reichstag

Reichstag (institution)

The Reichstag was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945. The main chamber of the German parliament is now called Bundestag , but the building in which it meets is still called "Reichstag" ....
for Electoral District Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
-Ost, a seat he retained until 1945. At the same time, Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Hermann Wilhelm G?ring was a Germany politician, military leader and a leading member of the Nazi Party. Among many offices, he was Hitler's designated successor and commander of the Luftwaffe ....
moved him to the Prussian Ministry of the Interior, where he took over the police force. In 1936, the entire German police force was reorganized and placed under the direction of the Ministry of Interior. The same year, Daluege was appointed, by Wilhelm Frick

Wilhelm Frick

Wilhelm Frick was a prominent Nazism official, serving as Minister of the Interior of the Third Reich. After the end of World War II, he was executed for war crimes....
, the chief of the Ordnungspolizei, Orpo, which gave him control of all police in Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
. During the course of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, he was also responsible for the personal protection of Hitler and other party leaders. He commanded the Ordnungspolizei

Ordnungspolizei

The Ordnungspolizei was the name for the uniformed regular Germany police force in existence during the period of Nazi Germany, notably between 1936 and 1945....
for the rest of the war reaching the rank of SS-Oberstgruppenführer
Oberstgruppenführer

Oberstgruppenf?hrer was the highest commissioned officer SS rank with the exception of Reichsf?hrer-SS, which was a special rank held by Heinrich Himmler....
und Generaloberst der Polizei. Following the assassination

Operation Anthropoid

Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the assassination of top Nazi Germany leader Reinhard Heydrich. He was the chief of the RSHA , the acting Protector of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and a chief planner of the Final Solution, the Nazi Germany programme for the genocide of the Jews of Europe....
of Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich was an Schutzstaffel-Obergruppenf?hrer und General der Polizei, chief of the RSHA and Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia....
, Daluege also served as the Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia

Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was the majority Czech people protectorate which Nazi Germany established in the central parts of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia in what is today the Czech Republic....
, ordering among other things, the destruction of villages Lidice

Lidice

Lidice is a village in the Czech Republic just north-west of Prague which, as part of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, was completely destroyed by the Germans in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich during World War II....
and Ležáky

Ležáky

Le??ky was a village in Czechoslovakia. In 1942 it was razed to the ground by Nazis during the Occupation of Czechoslovakia.Le??ky was a settlement inhabited by poor stone-cutters and little cottagers....
in Bohemia

Bohemia

History...
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