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Fiehler, Karl

Date of birth:
August 31st, 1895 (Braunschweig, German Empire)
Date of death:
December 8th, 1969 (Dießen am Ammersee/Bavaria, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 91.724 // NSDAP-Nr.: 37
Nationality:
German

Biography

Karl Fiehler was a German Nazi Party (NSDAP) official and Mayor of Munich from 1933 until 1945. He was an early member of the Nazi Party having joined in 1920. In 1933, he became a Reichsleiter in the party and was a member of the Reichstag. In March of 1933, he was appointed Mayor of Munich and held that post until the end of World War II in Europe. During his time as mayor, Fiehler was zealously anti-Semitic and saw to it that the Jewish population of the city was persecuted. After the war in January 1949, Fiehler was sentenced to two years in a labour camp, but the sentence was suspended given the previous three-and-a-half years of detention he had already served.

31.07.1933: promoted to SS-Standartenführer
24.12.1933: promoted to SS-Oberführer
27.01.1934: promoted to SS-Gruppenführer, SS-Ehrenführer des Oberabschnitts Süd
30.01.1942: promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer, Stab RFSS

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Unit:
Stoßtrupp Adolf Hitler
Awarded on:
November 9th, 1933
Nr. 16
Ehrenzeichen des 9. November 1923 (Blutorden)
Awarded on:
February 1934
Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1935
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
SS-Ehrenring
Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes, 1.Stufe
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 1st, 1939
Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP 10 Jahre
Awarded on:
April 1st, 1939
Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP 15 Jahre

Sources

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  • - Tixier, Thierry, Allgemeine SS - Polizei - Waffen-SS Volume 3 (2019), SS OGRUF

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