Waldemar Magunia (8 December 1902 - 16 February 1974) was the leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA) in East Prussia and Commissioner General in Kiev.
Waldemar Magunia | |
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 Waldemar Magunia (* 8 December 1902 in Königsberg (Prussia); † 16 February 1974 in Oldenburg in Holstein) Reichstagsabgeordneter und SA-Führer | |
| Gauobmann of East Prussia | |
| In office 1937–1941 | |
| Leader | Erich Koch |
| SA-Oberführer of Ukraine | |
| In office 14 February 1942 – 6 October 1943 | |
| Appointed by | Erich Koch |
| Preceded by | Helmut Quitzrau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1902 Königsberg, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 16 February 1974 (aged 71) Oldenburg in Holstein, Federal Republic of Germany |
| Political party | NSDAP |
Life edit
Magunia was born in Königsberg (Prussia). A skilled baker and member of the Freikorps, he joined the Nazi Party in June 1921 and became the first leader of the SA in East Prussia. In 1933 he was elected to the Reichstag and became President of the Handwerkskammer (Chamber of Skilled Crafts) for East Prussia, Head of the Landeshandwerksmeister (Society of professional handicraft workers) of Königsberg and NSDAP Gau Economic Advisor in East Prussia. Re-elected to the Reichstag in 1936 and 1938 he also served as Gauobmann (District Leader) of the German Labor Front (DAF) in East Prussia from 1937 to 1941.
From August 1941 to January 1942 he served as head of the civil administration in Bezirk Bialystok and as Deputy to the East Prussian Gauleiter, Erich Koch. Finally, on 14 February 1942, he was appointed the General Commissioner for the General District of Kiev of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine and SA-Oberführer in the Reichskommissariat Ukraine.
After 1945 Magunia was a manager at a firm in Oldenburg in Holstein. In 1957, Waldemar Magunia was a Bundestag candidate for the German Reich Party. He died on 16 February 1974 in Oldenburg in Holstein.
References edit
- Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Zweite aktualisierte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8, S. 387.
- Erich Stockhorst: 5000 Köpfe – Wer war was im Dritten Reich. Arndt, Kiel 2000, ISBN 3-88741-116-1.