Adolf von Bomhard
Adolf von Bomhard (born 6 January 1891 in Augsburg – 19 July 1976) was an SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Ordnungspolizei in the German Third Reich. In the post-war era he was Bürgermeister of Prien am Chiemsee.
During the First World War, Bomhard saw service as an officer in the Bavarian Army, eventually finishing the war as adjutant to Franz Ritter von Epp.[1] Bomhard would later write and publish the history of his regiment.[1]
Bomhard was sent to Kiev in November 1942 to succeed Otto von Oelhafen as head of police in Reichskommissariat Ukraine. Bomhard followed the same path as his predecessor of integrating police operations with the murderous activities of the SS in the area.[2] Holding the role until October 1943, Bomhard took an important role in ideological instruction of the Ukrainian police in the Nazi Weltanschauung.[3]
After the Second World War Bomhard served between 1960 and 1966 as mayor of Prien am Chiemsee and received honorary citizenship there in 1971.[citation needed] He was also involved in societies for former members of the police.[4]
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class
- Military Merit Order, 4th class (Bavaria)
- Knight of Honour of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) (1921)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip W. Blood, Hitler's bandit hunters: the SS and the Nazi occupation of Europe, Potomac Books, 2006, p. 27
- ↑ Ray Brandon, Wendy Lower, The Shoah in Ukraine: history, testimony, memorialization, Indiana University Press, 2008, p. 46
- ↑ Wendy Lower, Nazi empire-building and the Holocaust in Ukraine, UNC Press Books, 2005, p. 254
- ↑ In Härte und Größe from Der Spiegel
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- 1891 births
- 1976 deaths
- People from Augsburg
- People from the Kingdom of Bavaria
- Nazi Party members
- SS-Gruppenführer
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
- Recipients of the Military Merit Order (Bavaria), 4th class
- Nazis who served in World War I
- German military personnel of World War I
- German police chiefs
- Mayors of places in Germany
- Military personnel of Bavaria
- Police of Nazi Germany
- Reichskommissariat Ukraine
