Otto Herzog

Otto Friedrich Herzog (30 October 1900 Zeiskam - 6 May 1945 Breslau) was a member of the German Reichstag, SA general and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Herzog was a volunteer in World War I and after joined the Freikorps Epp in which he participated in suppressing the Munich Social Republic. He joined the Reichswehr but was dismissed due to his participation in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. Herzog joined the Nazi Party in 1926. From 1927 he lived in Oldenburg, where he led the nazi group 'Varel'. From 1928 to 1929 he was led the NSDAP district administration in Oldenburg and from 1929 to 1933 took the office of district organisation leader in Gau Weser-Ems. From 1930, Herzog worked full-time for the NSDA and from 1933 to 1934, Herzog published the "Oldenburgische Staatszeitung".[1]

From 1931 until the abolition of the state parliament in 1933, he was chairman of the NSDAP parliamentary group in the Oldenburg state parliament. In July 1932 he was elected to the Reichstag but was not re-electioned in November 1932. From March 1933 until the fall of the Third Reich he was again a Reichstag deputy.[1]

Herzog was an SA member who was appointed as Stabsführer in 1936 and promoted to Obergruppenfuhrer in 1938. By 1945 he was a commander of the Volkssturm in Breslau where he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his service. He committed suicide as the city surrendered to the Red Army.[2]

References
  1. Wener Vahlenkamp: Herzog, Otto. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte des Landes Oldenburg. Hrsg. im Auftrag der Oldenburgischen Landschaft. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5, S. 308 f. (pdf, 12,3 MB).
  2. Scherzer 2007 p.387

Sources

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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