Ganzenmüller, Albert (NSDAP)

Date of birth:: February 25th, 1905 (Passau/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: March 20th, 1996 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Service number:: SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.: 483.916
Nationality:: German

Biography

Albert Ganzenmüller served from 1942--1945 as the state secretary of the Reich Transportation Ministry.
An engineer, Ganzenmuller began working for the German railways in 1928 and joined the Nazi Party and the Storm Troopers (SA) in 1931.
In 1937 he transferred to the Reich Transportation Ministry's railway section. Ganzenmuller volunteered to serve on the eastern warfront, and was charged with renovating the Main Railway Directorate East. After successfully completing this task, he was made state secretary of the Reich's Transportation Ministry. In this post, Ganzenmuller played a vital part in the "Final Solution" by supplying the SS with the trains used to deport Jews to extermination camps.
After the war Ganzenmuller escaped to Argentina, and only returned to Germany in 1955.
He was finally brought to trial in 1973, but he had a heart attack soon after the trial began.

Promotions:
01.04.1931 Eintritt in die NSDAP (Mitgliedsnr. 483.916)
01.09.1931: entered the SA
30.01.1942: SA-Oberführer
09.11.1942: SA-Brigadeführer

01.04.1934: Reichsbahnrat
01.10.1938: Oberregierungsrat
01.10.1940: Abteilungspräsident
06.10.1941: Reichsbahn-Vizepräsident

Career:
1928: Entered German Railways Service
1937: Assigned to railway section, Reichsverkehrsministerium
16.02.1942: Reichsbahn-Kommissar für den Bereich der Haupteisenbahn-Direktion Ost
27.05.1942-05.1945: Staatssekretär in Reichsverkehrsministerium