Heinz Gr

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Origin, school and study

Heinz was born on 15 July 1908 in Leipzig. His father Paul was bookseller in the bookshop created by its father Emil 1884. Paul fell in November 1914 at the west front in Flanders. The unmarried nut/mother had to through-bring three children in difficult time as a post office secretary.

Starting from 1915 Heinz visited the material High School in Leipzig, which it left as the class-best 1928 with the Abitur. With a scholarship of the study donation of the German people it financed its law studies at the University of Leipzig. There it engaged itself as a member of the board of the studentses.

On 31 August 1929 he became acquainted with his future wife on a student birthday celebration. This originated from a civil buyer family, made for 1930 its Abitur and began in the autumn of the same yearly training as a librarian. On 31 August 1932 the engagement took place.

In the house met a circle of five young students, who were active in the economic self-help of the studentses and gave themselves the names "„black hand "“. Also social and political topics determined the interests of this circle. 1928 undertook a travel after Slovenia and into the Steiermark, in order to visit here people-German settlements. In April 1929 it organized a conference in Miltenberg, on which among other things as an adviser the sociologist Hans Freyer (1887 - 1969) spoke. Topics were terms like "„people "“, "„state "“, "„democracy "“and "„parliamentarism "“. 1930 took place again a conference, this time in value home, at which the sociologist Gunther Ipsen (1899 - 1984) the topic "„capitalism and modern social order "“with the students discussed. Among the student participants were several fellow students, who later should meet in relevant function positions in the Central Reich Security Office (RSHA) again; so William Spengler, the later director/conductor of the group of C (culture) in the office III SD-inland and Erhard of the which cooperated starting from 1942 as an adviser for landscape planning in the realm commissioner for strengthening the German nationality at "„the master planner east "“and finally 1944 became directors/conductors of the Referats III A 3 (condition and administration) in the RSHA.

By the National Socialist German student federation (NSDStB) the Wertheimer conference was criticized as Geldverschwendung. The Zwist between the NSDStB and "„the black hand "“affected itself for even still 1938 in its evaluation by the SD-Oberabschnitt northwest, in which it was called "„as intellectual with an expressed pazifistischen direction "“and opponent of the national socialism before the seizure of power.

At the security agency (SD)

After the seizure of power of Hitler approached the new forces on by entry into the LV lawyer federation. It joined a further LV organization on 15 June 1933 however not, but the group of students "„of the steel helmet "“in Leipzig. Also this was critically noted before its assumption into the Probedienst of the Prussian internal administration. When "„the steel helmet was transferred "“in the autumn 1933 in the framework of synchronising in the SA and/or SS, had concerned at the new ruling powers. Now it had to decide whether it should go through or remain apart standing. Despite its opposition to the NSDStB at the Leipziger university, he could identify himself however contentwise with the program of the NSDAP to a large extent, even if he rejected certain of him as plebejisch designated features of the LV movement.

By switching of Erhard which with 1933 its Referendariat at the district court Pirna did and later its brother-in-law became, arrive to at the end of of 1933 at the security agency (SD), the intelligence service of the party. The small and as valid LV organization appeared as suitable vehicle for a political career under appearing the future prospects. In its personal record wrote 1934 that he "„with body and soul "“belong to the SD. Here and in the area of the so-called life area work, thus the systematic observation of all social ranges, contributed for the setting up an information network in Saxonia.

With the secret state police (Gestapo)

After distribution of the Assessorexamens in August 1934 with the unusual note "„"“, at the end of of 1935 occurred property the Gestapo and the state police place (Stapostelle) Kiel was assigned. At expiration of a monatigen Probedienstes it pure hard Heydrich ordered nine due to its "„outstanding abilities and achievements "“to the representative of the director/conductor of the Kieler Stapostelle Dr. Hans Ulrich Geschke. After assumption into the Prussian national service as Regierungsassessor was shifted in October 1937 after Tilsit. Already in November 1937 he transferred the there Stapostelle and thus at the same time the SD-subsection Gumbinnen as a successor of walter Huppenkothen. Here it took contacts to the litauischen state police on and/or after the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in the autumn 1939 to the anticommunist Untergrundbewegung. During the efforts toward the feedback of the Memellandes occupied by the Versailler contract of Germany separated and 1923 of Lithuania rendered deserving help to so that to 22. March 1939 Lithuania the Memelland the German Reich returned.

In November 1938 was appointed the government advice and carried in April 1939 to the In the personnel report from March 1939 of superiors, the inspector of the state police (IdS) northeast and leader of the SD-Oberabschnittes northeast, Jakob Sporrenberg, were still expressed reservations regarding his National Socialist conviction. Afterwards wants to absolutely be considered "„as LV (national socialist), is not however perhaps internally yet completely convinced "“. Its technical achievements were fully recognized, however more National Socialist and SS-moderate attitude was called in.

At the groups of employments of the state police in Poland

With beginning of the Poland campaign was used as a leader of the employment command 1/V in contexts employment of the state police and the SD named the pseudonym "„enterprise fir mountain of the "“in Poland. The employment command 1 (EK 1) marched as part of the group of employments of V after their list within the range all stone/East Prussia under the guidance of Ernst Damzog in the federation to the army group north (v. support) belonging 3. Army of the general George von von Ostpreussen out in Poland, in order to fulfill its order there for liquidating the Polish guidance circles. In the uniform of the SS-combat support force with the SD-lozenge at the left sleeve led about 120 men as its strong EK 1 into northern Poland. On 07 September 1939 announced that he had arranged counting Jewish municipality of Graudenz the application of a person listing for the 600 members by Jewish authorized persons, in order to prepare so the drift of the Jews still remained and create an emigration fund. The male Jews had already fled from Graudenz. Two with the seized Poland were shot on instruction from Berlin.

Between September 1939 and spring liquidated 1940 the groups of employments of the state police 60,000 to 80,000 humans in Poland.