Karl Fiehler was a German Nazi Party official and Mayor of Munich from 1933 until 1945.
11 Facts About Karl Fiehler
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Karl Fiehler was an early member of the Nazi Party having joined in 1920.
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Karl Fiehler served in World War I and was decorated with the Iron Cross, second class.
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Karl Fiehler was made a member of the Academy for German Law.
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From November 1933 until 1945 Karl Fiehler was a member from electoral constituency 24, Upper Bavaria-Schwabia, of the Nazi Reichstag which existed after the Enabling Act of 1933 and the so-called Gleichschaltung.
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On 30 January 1942, Karl Fiehler was promoted to SS-Obergruppenfuhrer and was assigned to the Stab Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler on 1 April 1936 where he remained until 9 November 1944.
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On 20 May 1933 Karl Fiehler received the title "Oberburgermeister", a title that did not exist in Munich prior to that time.
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Munich under Karl Fiehler became the vanguard wherever it concerned actions against Jews.
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Munich's Municipal Cemeteries Department under Karl Fiehler behaved in an absurd, strictly anti-Semitic, manner.
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Karl Fiehler had already left a long time before the occupation of Munich took place.
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In January 1949 Karl Fiehler, who was married and had three daughters, was sentenced to two years in a labour camp, the confiscation of one fifth of his property and a twelve-year employment ban after Spruchkammerverfahren.