Ortsgruppenleiter Mitgliedsbuch grouping

[Finngaill]

Here is small grouping what I get couple days ago to Ortsgruppenleiter Lorenz Goldfuß. He was veteran of the WW1.





Lorenz Goldfuß was born 18.2.1897, in Mistelgau. He joined to NSDAP 1.8.1932 and get membership number 1215892. City where he stationed to Ortsgruppenleiter and lived was Heroldsberg, just 11km away from Nürnberg.

His Mitgliedsbuch is pretty good condition, there is stamps from 1933 to 1943, included reichsparteitag stamps 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939. Good picture of him, wearing political brown shirt (Note position of the party pin and ribbon bar).








At war he served at staff of the 1. Jagddivision, what redesignated 3. Jagddivision on 15 September 1943 and it was immediately reformed on 15 September 1943 in Döberitz from the 4. Jagddivision. Short time that division was named to IX (J) Fliegerkorps (January 1945 – May 1945).

In 1945 he served with rank of the Feldwebel.

In WW1 he awarded with 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class and WWI Wound Badge.


Can anybody help me with his WW1 Campain list, please? I do not understand what it's reading there.






Here small detail what I find about Lorenz Goldfuß.

"In July 1933, the Jewish entrepreneur Oskar Rosenfelder, whose Vereinigte Papierwerke Heroldsberg AG in Nuremberg successfully produced Camelia women's pads and Tempo handkerchiefs, was given the pretext to be the local group leader of the NSDAP, Lorenz Goldfuß. The Nazi accuses him of embezzling canteen money and welcomes him with ten like-minded people. In 1947, Rosenfelder spoke in an affidavit of a "horde of armed SA men" who threatened him with arrest and "physically harassed" him. They ask for 12,000 Reichsmarks. He gives them half and they let him go."

Lorenz Goldfuß actually work in that Vereinigte Papierwerke AG at that time and continue to work there after when the company start to be part of the party's property.







Here is he in group photo with SA, SS and Political personels, I belive Lorenz wear NSBO officer uniform in this picture? (I mark red X top of him).

[Willmore]

Hi,

Sometimes I am ok with the old German script, sometimes not. But this is how I am reading his WW1 service.

17.8.14 bis 24.11.19

bay. Füßart. batl
28. batl. Stab

Bayerische . Fußartillerie. Bataillon
28. Bataillon. Stab

(Fussartillerie-Bataillon).

Hope this helps,

Will.

[Aldo]

That is a fantastic grouping and well presented on this thread. It's not often I read a whole thread when it pertains to documents, but I was intrigued with your presentation. Well done. thanks, Al

[Willmore]

Fussartillerie-Regiment 64 - Germany: Imperial: Rick (Research) Lundstrom Forum for Documentation and Photographs - Gentleman's Military Interest Club

[Finngaill]

Thank you Willmore and Aldo.

Yes it's sure helps me Will, I'm glad for your help. Thank you.


What makes interesting about this grouping that it's feels like Lorenz Goldfuß was member of almost all nazi organisation and there is still lots of to research. From that group picture do not show, but he was also member of Reichskolonialbund and Hitlerjugend Opfer-Ring. Those membership cards is under another books.

[Willmore]

It is a very interesting group!

I’m not an expert in this type of document, but it seems to show what was going on in Germany during this time very well. I found an account about the incident at the Papierwerke in Heroldsberg involving Oskar Rosenfelder. (I used an online translator, so I hope this is right).

Die Papierwerke in Heroldsberg

Oskar und Emil Rosenfelder sind in der Weimarer Republik die Haupt-aktionäre der Vereinigten Papierwerke Heroldsberg AG, im Volksmund auch »Camelia-Werke« genannt. Das Unternehmen ist hochmodern und -profitabel. Es stellt neben Damenbinden und anderen Papierprodukten das »Tempo«-Taschentuch her, eine eigene Erfindung und Weltneuheit.Nach der »Machtergreifung« ist es Ziel der hiesigen Nationalsozialisten, diese Fabrik zu arisieren. Der Terror beginnt im Juli 1933, als der Heroldsberger NSDAP-Ortsgruppenleiter Lorenz Goldfuß Oskar Rosenfelder un-ter dem Vorwand, er habe Kantinen gelder unterschlagen, in die Fabrik bestellt. Dieser in einer eidesstattlichen Erklärung vom August 1947: »Bei der Besprechung hatte er seinen Erpressungsfeldzug bereits bis ins Kleinste organisiert.« Er sei nämlich nicht alleine gekommen, sondern habe u.a. einen Gendarmeriewachtmeister und zehn Leute des »Werk-schutzes« mitgebracht, die vor der Tür postiert waren. »Diese erblickten ihre Aufgabe anscheinend– vermutlich anbefohlenermaßen– darin, den Worten des Ortsgruppenleiters dadurch Nachdruck zu verleihen, dass sie während der ganzen Besprechung ununterbrochen an die Tür schlugen, sonstwie polterten und krakeelten und Drohungen und Beschimpfungen gegen mich ausstießen.« Als Goldfuß auch noch körperlich gegen Oskar Rosenfelder losgeht, sieht dieser sich gezwungen, die Hälfte der geforder-ten 12.000 Reichsmark (RM) zu zahlen. Er wird durch drei Bewaffnete zur Bank eskortiert. Etwa zwei Wochen später sei dann in seinem Büro eingebrochen und das »Geheimjournal« entwendet worden, eine Art internes Bilanzbuch. »Am 8. 8. 1933 kam der mir treu ergebene Mitarbeiter Georg Distler zu mir und teilte mir mit, er habe in Erfahrung gebracht, ich solle noch am gleichen Tag verhaftet werden. Herr Distler riet mir und meinem Bruder, sofort die Flucht zu ergreifen und mich ins Ausland zu.

The paper mills in Heroldsberg

Oskar and Emil Rosenfelder are the main shareholders of the United Papierwerke Heroldsberg AG in the Weimar Republic, popularly known as "Camelia-Werke". The company is state-of-the-art and profitable. In addition to women's ties and other paper products, it manufactures the »Tempo» handkerchief, its own invention and world first. After the "seizure of power", the aim of the local National Socialists is to aryanize this factory. The terror began in July 1933, when Lorenz Goldfuß, head of the Heroldsberg NSDAP, ordered Oskar Rosenfelder into the factory on the pretext that he had embezzled canteen funds. This in an affidavit of August 1947: "At the meeting he had already organized his campaign of blackmail down to the smallest detail." He did not come alone, but, among other things, had come. brought along a gendarmerie guard and ten people of "work protection" who were posted at the door. "They apparently saw their task, presumably ordered, in emphasizing the words of the local group leader by constantly banging on the door throughout the meeting, otherwise banging and squealing, and making threats and insults against me." When Goldfuß also goes physically against Oskar Rosenfelder, he is forced to pay half of the 12,000 Reichsmark (RM) that is being asked. He is escorted to the bank by three gunmen. About two weeks later, he broke into his office and the "secret journal" was stolen, a kind of internal balance sheet. » On August 8, 1933, Georg Distler who was loyal to me, came to me and told me that he had learned that I should be arrested the same day. Mr. Distler advised me and my brother to flee immediately and to take me abroad.

Source - https://www.antogo-verlag.de/pdfs/Zi...nst%202008.pdf

[Finngaill]

Yes, that is the same page what I find also and from there I find out that Lorenz Goldfuß was Ortsgruppenleiter. This information do not read in his membership books, so who knows what can come up next.