Otto Erbersdobler was a Nazi Party official who served as the Gauleiter of Lower Bavaria from 1929 to 1932.
17 Facts About Otto Erbersdobler
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Otto Erbersdobler attended Volksschule in Furstenzell and Realschule in Passau.
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Otto Erbersdobler then worked as an apprentice in brick works, granite works and agriculture in his parents' and other companies.
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From May 1915 to December 1918, Otto Erbersdobler took part in World War I as a member of the Bavarian 15th Infantry Regiment.
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Otto Erbersdobler was discharged from military service as a Vizefeldwebel in the Reserves.
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Otto Erbersdobler joined the Nazi Party in October 1923, shortly before the party was banned as a result of the Beer Hall Putsch.
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Otto Erbersdobler then served as an Ortsgruppenleiter in his hometown for the Volkisch-Social Bloc, a Nazi front organization active during the ban.
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Otto Erbersdobler rejoined the NSDAP on 27 February 1925, just as soon as the party was again legalized.
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Otto Erbersdobler became an Ortsgruppenleiter in Furstenzell and briefly in Bayreuth.
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On 1 March 1929, Otto Erbersdobler succeeded Gregor Strasser as Gauleiter for the Gau of Lower Bavaria.
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On 1 April 1932, Otto Erbersdobler was replaced as Gauleiter of Lower Bavaria by the Gauleiter of the Upper Palatinate, Franz Maierhofer.
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In July 1932, Otto Erbersdobler was elected to the Reichstag from electoral constituency 25.
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From 20 June 1933 to 31 March 1943, Otto Erbersdobler was President of the Passau Chamber of Industry and Trade.
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Otto Erbersdobler served as Deputy President of the District Council of Lower Bavaria-Upper Palatinate.
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Otto Erbersdobler served in the Sturmabteilung, attaining the rank of SA-Sturmhauptfuhrer.
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In December 1935, Otto Erbersdobler switched from the SA to the National Socialist Motor Corps, where he served as the Liaison Leader for Ideological Indoctrination in the Motorbrigade of Gau Bavarian Eastern March.
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Otto Erbersdobler was promoted to NSKK-Standartenfuhrer on 20 April 1943.