Ludwig Siebert (politician)

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name = Ludwig Siebert

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office = Minister President of Bavaria
term_start = 1933
term_end = 1942
predecessor = Heinrich Held
successor = Paul Giesler
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birth_date = Birth date|1874|10|10
birth_place = Ludwigshafen
nationality = German
death_date = Death date|1942|11|1
death_place = Stock am Chiemsee
party = Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei
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Ludwig Siebert (10 October 1874 in Ludwigshafen - 1 November 1942 in Stock am Chiemsee) was a Nazi politician and Bavarian prime minister from 1933 to 1942.

Life

Siebert was born in Ludwigshafen, in the then Bavarian region of Palatinate, in 1874. He studied law, and after this became a civil servant in the Kingdom of Bavaria. He served as a prosecutor in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, and later in Fürth.Siebert was mayor of Rothenburg ob der Tauber from 1908 to 1919 [ [http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/de/programme/stip_sonst/doc/buka/berichte_00/hagen.pdf] Reflections on German Culture and Leitkultur in Rothenburg ob der Tauber author: Joshua Hagen, accessed: 6 May 2008] . He afterwards, in 1919 [ [http://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/artikel/artikel_44782 Oberbürgermeister] (in German), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 6 May 2008] , became the mayor of Lindau and while serving in this position in 1931, joined the NSDAP from the BVP [ [http://www.br-online.de/bayern/einst-und-jetzt/machtergreifung-1933-DID1202398441152/machtergreifung-nationalsozialismus-hitler-ID1204042814407.xml?_requestid=136628 Machtergreifung 1933 - Bayerns "schwarze" Regierung kapituliert] (in German), accessed: 6 May 2008] .

He became prime minister of Bavaria in 1933 with the Nazi takeover of power in Germany. Bavaria however, did not exist any more in its previous fashion as a Free State. Insted it was subdivided in "Reichsgaue". As the prime minister of Bavaria, Siebert did not have the power and authority his predecesors had in the Weimar Republic. In this position, he was engaged in a power struggle with the "Reichstatthalter" of Bavaria, Franz Ritter von Epp, which he won.

He also held the posts of Minister of Finances (1933-1942) and for Economy (1933-1934/1936-1942) [ [http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Bavaria.html Free state of Bavaria - List of Ministers] accessed: 6 May 2008] .

He initiated the so called "Siebert Program" to fight unemployment in Bavaria. The program turned out to be insufficent to create new employment due to lack of funds within the Bavarian government and support from the German government [ [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ad6Vs508nDkC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=Ludwig+Siebert&source=web&ots=iikMMyhbMj&sig=f9uvmlSYODePStPFLzsAaSOEsBU&hl=en Hitler's Economy: Nazi Work Creation Programs, 1933-1936] google book review, author: Dan P. Silverman, publisher: Harvard University Press, Page 85] .

Siebert also had personal orders from Hitler to look after the restoration of all castles in Germany and was especially interested in the restoration of Rothenburg from 1937 to 1941 [ [http://www.nobeliefs.com/henchmen.htm Quotes from Hitler's Henchmen and Nazi Sympathizers - Ludwig Siebert] accessed: 6 May 2008] .

From 1933 until his death, he was chairman of the board of the "Bayerische Berg-, Hütten- und Salzwerke AG (BHS)", a large Bavarian mining company [ [http://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/artikel/artikel_44417 Bayerische Berg-, Hütten- und Salzwerke AG (BHS)] (in German), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 6 May 2008] . He also served from 1939 to 1942 as the head of the "Deutsche Akademie", a predecesor of the Goethe Institut [ [http://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/artikel/artikel_44466 Deutsche Akademie, 1925-1945] (in German), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 6 May 2008] .

His brother was a highly decorated officer in the Wehrmacht, the Generalmajor Friedrich Siebert (1888-1950) [ [http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/General2/SIEBERT_FRIEDRICH.html General der Infantrie Friedrich Siebert - Biography] (in German), accessed: 8 May 2008] .

Honors

* Honorary citizen of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, alongside with Adolf Hitler and Julius Streicher (revoked after the 2nd world war) [ [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=b8Wpk_BNUXkC&pg=PA188&lpg=PA188&dq=Ludwig+Siebert++Nazi&source=web&ots=CU1b-XO5PT&sig=xlkbdUwYcwf7BEgpyE4w6gV8jF8&hl=en Preservation, Tourism and Nationalism: The Jewel of the German Past] google book review, author: Joshua Hagen, publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., page 188]
* Honorary citizen of Speyer and Augsburg, both revoked after the war [ [http://www.speyer.de/de/rathaus/ehrenbuerger Stadt Speyer: Ehrenbürger] (in German), accessed: 8 May 2008] .

ee also

* List of Premiers of Bavaria

External links

* [http://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/document/artikel_44466_bilder_value_6_deutscheakademie4.jpgPicture of Ludwig Siebert in Nazi uniform, dated 12 March 1936] Bavarian State Library, Bildarchiv Hoffmann (Heinrich Hoffmann-Verlag)

ources

* [http://mdz1.bib-bvb.de/~rt/select.html?suchbegriff=&name=Siebert%2C+Ludwig&schlu=reichstag24&recherche=ja Bayrische Staats Bibliothek] Datenbank der Reichstagsabgeordneten (in German)
* [http://rzblx2.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/blo/boslview/boslview.php?seite=742&band=1 Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg - Boisls bayrische Biography - Ludwig Siebert] (in German), page 726-727

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