Ludwig Siebert

Ludwig Siebert (17 October 1874 in Ludwigshafen – 1 November 1942 in Stock am Chiemsee) was a Nazi politician and Bavarian prime minister from 1933 to 1942.

For the German bobsledder, see Ludwig Siebert (bobsleigh).
Ludwig Siebert
Minister President of Bavaria
In office
12 April 1933 – 1 November 1942
Preceded byHeinrich Held
Succeeded byPaul Giesler
Personal details
Born(1874-10-17)17 October 1874
Ludwigshafen, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died1 November 1942(1942-11-01) (aged 68)
Stock am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyNational Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)

Biography

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.[1] He afterwards, in 1919,[2] became the mayor of Lindau and while serving in this position in 1931, joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party from the Bavarian People's Party.[3]

He became prime minister of Bavaria in 1933 with the Nazi takeover of power in Germany. As the prime minister of Bavaria, Siebert did not have the power and authority his predecessors 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.

In May 1933, Siebert arrived in Passau for the opening of the Ostmarkmuseum.[4]

He also held the posts of Minister of Finances (1933–1942) and for Economy (1933-1934/1936-1942).

He initiated the so-called "Siebert Program" to fight unemployment in Bavaria. The program turned out to be insufficient to create new employment due to lack of funds within the Bavarian government and support from the German government.[5]

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 the historical town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber from 1937 to 1941.[6]

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.[7] He also served from 1939 to 1942 as the head of the Deutsche Akademie, a predecessor of the Goethe Institut.[8]

His brother was a highly decorated officer in the Wehrmacht, Generalmajor Friedrich Siebert (1888–1950).

Honors

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-05-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Reflections on German Culture and Leitkultur in Rothenburg ob der Tauber author: Joshua Hagen, accessed: 6 May 2008
  2. Oberbürgermeister (in German), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 6 May 2008
  3. Machtergreifung 1933 – Bayerns "schwarze" Regierung kapituliert Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine (in German), accessed: 6 May 2008
  4. Anna Rosmus: Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 69ff
  5. Hitler's Economy: Nazi Work Creation Programs, 1933–1936 google book review, author: Dan P. Silverman, publisher: Harvard University Press, Page 85
  6. Joshua Hagen (2004) The Most German of Towns: Creating an Ideal NaziCommunity in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Annals of the Association of American Geographers
  7. Bayerische Berg-, Hütten- und Salzwerke AG (BHS) (in German), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 6 May 2008
  8. Deutsche Akademie, 1925–1945 (in German), Historisches Lexikon Bayerns, accessed: 6 May 2008
  9. Preservation, Tourism and Nationalism: The Jewel of the German Past google book review, author: Joshua Hagen, publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., page 188
  10. Stadt Speyer: Ehrenbürger Archived 2012-09-12 at Archive.today (in German), accessed: 8 May 2008
Political offices
Preceded by
Heinrich Held		 Prime Minister of Bavaria
1933–1942		 Succeeded by
Paul Giesler
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