1. Hermann Muhs was a German lawyer and Nazi Party politician who served as State Secretary and leader of the Reich Ministry for Church Affairs in Nazi Germany.
24 Facts About Hermann Muhs
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The son of a farmer, Muhs attended school in Gottingen and graduated in 1914.
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Hermann Muhs volunteered for military service in the First World War and served successively with Field Artillery Regiments 46,254 and 43.
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Hermann Muhs saw action on the Western Front and was wounded twice, earning the Iron Cross, 2nd Class.
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Hermann Muhs studied economics and law at the University of Gottingen and received his doctorate in law in 1922.
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Hermann Muhs passed his first state law exams and was employed as a junior barrister with the regional court in Celle until 1926.
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Hermann Muhs then opened a law firm in Gottingen where he worked as an attorney and a notary until 1933.
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On 7 October 1930, Hermann Muhs succeeded Karl Dincklage as Deputy Gauleiter for the Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick.
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Hermann Muhs served as the Gau Organization Leader and the Kreisleiter of Kreis Gottingen from September 1931.
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On 24 April 1932, Hermann Muhs was elected to the Prussian Landtag, serving until March of the following year.
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On 17 August 1932 Hermann Muhs succeeded Bernhard Rust as Gauleiter of Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick when Rust was promoted to the new position of Landesinspekteur, overseeing several Gaue.
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Hermann Muhs resumed his position as Deputy Gauleiter, serving until 15 April 1933.
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Hermann Muhs was named Chairman of the Administrative Court in Hildesheim.
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Hermann Muhs became a member of the League of National Socialist German Lawyers in 1933.
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In July 1933, Hermann Muhs became a Senator for the State Church of Hanover.
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Also, Prussian Minister president Hermann Muhs Goring appointed him as a member of the Prussian State Council.
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Hermann Muhs had been a member of the Schutzstaffel since 1 June 1931.
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Hermann Muhs attained the rank of SS-Oberfuhrer on 9 November 1938 and was attached to the staff of Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler.
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However, on 17 March 1941, Hermann Muhs attended the funeral of Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte in Cologne Cathedral wearing his SS uniform.
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Hermann Muhs assumed the duties of the deceased Reichsminister, though without the official title.
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Hermann Muhs's appointment was made permanent on 16 January 1942 and he continued to head the Ministry until the end of the Nazi regime on 8 May 1945.
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Hermann Muhs retained his position as State Secretary and succeeded Kerrl as Leader of the Reich Office of Regional Planning.
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Hermann Muhs was at first acquitted by a Denazification Court in Bielefeld on 16 April 1948.
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Hermann Muhs was not further incarcerated and in 1952 he resumed legal work in Gottingen, dying there on 13 April 1962.