1. Julius Lippert was a German Nazi Party politician who served as the Staatskommissar for Berlin from 1933 to 1937 and as its Oberburgermeister and Stadtsprasident from 1937 to 1940.
19 Facts About Julius Lippert
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Julius Lippert was educated in the gymnasium in Wiesbaden and passed his abitur in 1914.
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Julius Lippert joined the Imperial German Army at the outbreak of the First World War, was wounded twice, and ended the war as a Leutnant of reserves in the artillery.
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Julius Lippert was a member of the Black Reichswehr, and then worked as a journalist and editor at several newspapers from 1923 to 1927.
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On 19 April 1927, Julius Lippert enrolled in the Nazi Party and became prominent due to his rabid antisemitism.
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Julius Lippert became a protege of Joseph Goebbels, the Gauleiter of Berlin and became the editor-in-chief of Goebbels' paper, Der Angriff from June 1927 to January 1933.
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Julius Lippert was elected to the Berlin City Council in November 1929, becoming the deputy leader and then the leader of the Nazi faction on the Council.
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However, shortly after the Nazi seizure of power, Julius Lippert was appointed the Staatskommissar for Berlin on 14 March 1933.
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Julius Lippert purged the capital's government of opposition and was responsible for much of the early persecution of Jews in Berlin.
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Julius Lippert was appointed to the Prussian State Council by Prussian Minister President Hermann Goring.
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Also in 1937, Julius Lippert was named as a senator of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society.
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Julius Lippert did not seek to remove Lippert, but continued to express his displeasure over the following months and his criticism increased.
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Finally Adolf Hitler, who had become increasingly hostile to Julius Lippert, agreed to his removal in July 1940.
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Julius Lippert was succeeded by his deputy, Ludwig Steeg, and his departure from his prominent position led to rumors that he had been executed.
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Julius Lippert then was transferred to Belgium where he was the commandant of Arlon from May 1943 to August 1944.
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Julius Lippert was extradited to Belgium in January 1946 for trial.
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Julius Lippert was sentenced to six years of hard labor on 29 June 1951, for involvement in war crimes.
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Julius Lippert was prohibited from holding political office or receiving a public pension.
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Julius Lippert lectured at universities until his death on 30 June 1956, in Bad Schwalbach.