Walter Gustav Julius Maass was a Nazi Party politician who served briefly as the Deputy Gauleiter and Acting Gauleiter in the Free City of Danzig.
15 Facts About Walter Maass
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Walter Maass was a member of the Schutzstaffel throughout the Nazi regime.
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Walter Maass worked as an assistant to the Magistrate of Danzig until January 1919 when he entered military service.
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Walter Maass served as a cannoneer in Artillery Regiment 2 of the Reichswehr until discharged with the rank of Gefreiter on 31 October 1920.
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Walter Maass then worked as an assistant office manager to a notary in Danzig until 31 August 1922.
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Walter Maass left that job to become an administrative clerk with the State Customs Office, a position he would hold until 1933.
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Walter Maass became a member of the German Social Party, an anti-Semitic and volkisch organization in 1922.
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Walter Maass later joined the SA after the ban was lifted and served until 1931.
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Walter Maass was one of the leading Nazis in Gau Danzig and served as the Gau's Deputy SA-Fuhrer from 1927 to 1928.
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Walter Maass later served as the Gau Propaganda Leader from March 1931 to March 1933.
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On 16 November 1930, Walter Maass was elected to the Danzig Volkstag where he would serve until its dissolution on 1 September 1939 when Danzig was annexed by Nazi Germany.
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On 15 March 1933, Walter Maass was dismissed from his position in the Customs Office for his part in a violent demonstration that resulted in breaking the windows at the Social Democratic newspaper, Danziger Volksstimme.
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Walter Maass then served for a time as a clerical employee of the Volkstag until 1 November 1933 when, having passed the necessary examination, he became a Volkstag Obersekretar.
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Walter Maass led SS-Sturm formations of the 36th SS-Standarte in Danzig between January 1934 and June 1937.
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On 1 May 1940, Walter Maass was assigned to the SS-Sicherheitsdienst District Office in Danzig with the rank of Sturmbannfuhrer.