Hans Josef Maria Globke (10 September 1898–13 February 1973) was a jurist and high ranking public servant after World War II in the newly formed Federal Republic of Germany. September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

Early life and studies

Hans Globke was born in Düsseldorf to Josef Globke and Sophie Erberich, both devout Catholics and Zentrum-supporters. Shortly after Globke's birth the family moved to Aachen, where his father opened a draper's shop. When he finished his highschool studies at the Catholic Kaiser-Karl-Gymnasium in 1916, he was drafted into the army until 1918, when he subsequently *** studied Law and Political Sciences at the universities of Bonn and Cologne, graduating in 1922 at the university of Gießen with a dissertation on the immunity of the members of the Reichs- and Landtags. Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... The German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei or merely Zentrum), often called the Catholic Centre Party, was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. ... Aachen, Dutch Aken, French Aix-la-Chapelle, Spanish Aquisgrán, Latin Aquisgranum, Ripuarian Oche) is a spa city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. ... For other uses, see Cologne (disambiguation). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... theatre in Giessen Architecture in Giessen Giessen (German spelling Gießen) is a city in the German federal state (Bundesland) of Hesse, capital of both the Giessen district and the Giessen Administrative Region. ... The Reichstag (German for Imperial Diet) was the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, and of Germany until 1945. ... A Landtag (Diet) is a representative assembly, with some legislative authority, of a political entity called Land (i. ...

During his studies -- having joined while being enlisted in the army -- he was a member of Katholische Deutsche Studentenverbindung Bavaria Bonn, which was the local chapter of the Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen. The close contacts with fellow KdStV-members will, together with his membership since 1922 of the Zentrum-Party, play a significant role in his later (political) life. This was also true for Augusta Vaillant, who was a sister of one of Globke's Bundesbruders and whom he married in 1934. Cartellverband The Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen or Cartellverband (CV) is a german umbrella organisation of catholic student fraternities (Studentenverbindung). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Pre-war public service

Having finished his Assessorexamen in 1924, he was briefly active as a judge in the police court of Aachen, after which he climbed to vice police-chief of Aachen in 1925 and Regierungsassessor in 1926. In December 1929 Globke became administrative councillor to the Prussian Ministry of the Interior. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aachen, Dutch Aken, French Aix-la-Chapelle, Spanish Aquisgrán, Latin Aquisgranum, Ripuarian Oche) is a spa city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 Prussia (German: ; Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Lithuanian: ; Polish: ; Old Prussian: Prūsa) was, most recently, a historic state originating in East Prussia, an area which for centuries had substantial influence on German and European history. ...

Role in Nazi Germany

He helped to formulate the emergency legislation that gave Hitler unlimited dictatorial powers. He was also the author of the law concerning the dissolution of the Prussian State Council in 10 July 1933 and of further legislation which 'co-ordinated' all Prussian parliamentary bodies.^[1]

He also wrote a law commentary on the new Reich Citizenship Law (The Nuremberg Laws-introduced at Hitler's request at the Nazi Party Congress in Sept.1935, it revoked the citizenship of German Jews). ^{[1] [2]}

His membership application for the Nazi Party was rejected on 24 October 1940 by Martin Bormann due to his close alliance with the Zentrum-Party which had been representing the Catholic voters in Weimar Germany.^[3] He thus escaped de-Nazification and the War Crime Trials. The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: , or NSDAP), generally known in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Martin Bormann Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 - c. ... Anthem: Das Lied der Deutschen The Länder of Germany during the Weimar Republic, with the Free State of Prussia (Freistaat Preußen) as the largest Capital Berlin Language(s) German Government Republic President  - 1919-1925 Friedrich Ebert  - 1925-1933 Paul von Hindenburg Chancellor  - 1919 Philipp Scheidemann  - 1933 Adolf Hitler... Denazification (German: Entnazifizierung) was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary and politics of any remnants of the Nazi regime. ... Chief prosecutor Telford Taylor opens the prosecution case in the Krupp Trial The Subsequent Nuremberg Trials (or, more formally, the Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT)) were a series of twelve U.S. military trials for war crimes against surviving members of the military, political, and...

Post-war public service and controversy

He was Director of the Federal Chancellory of West Germany between 1953 and 1963 and as such was one of the closest aides to Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. He is reported to have placed numerous former Nazis in top posts in West Germany.^{[citation needed]} Bundeskanzleramt, Berlin, Germany The Bundeskanzleramt (federal chancellory), or more common: Kanzleramt, is the administrative body of the Chancellor of Germany. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The head of government of Germany is called Chancellor (German: Kanzler or Bundeskanzler meaning federal chancellor). ... For other uses, see Konrad Adenauer (disambiguation). ...

Globke's key position as a national security advisor to Adenauer and his involvement in anticommunist activities in post-war West Germany made both the West German government and CIA officials wary of exposing his Nazi past. This led for instance to the withholding of Adolf Eichmann's alias from the Israeli government and Nazi hunters in the late '50s, and CIA pressure in 1960 on Life magazine to delete references to Globke from its recently obtained Eichmann memoirs.^{[4] [5]} The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... Adolf Eichmann, Germany 1940. ... A Nazi hunter is a private individual or group who tracks down and gathers information on former Nazis so that they can be punished for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Holocaust. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ...

Works

• Globke, Hans (1922). Die Immunität der Mitglieder des Reichstages und der Landtage. Gießen, Germany: n/a.

• Stuckart, Wilhelm; Hans Globke (1936). Kommentar zur deutschen Rassengesetzgebung. Munich, Germany: n/a.

Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart (November 16, 1902 – November 15, 1953) was a Nazi Party lawyer and official and member of the Interior Ministry. ...

See also

• Theodor Oberländer

Theodor Oberländer (May 1, 1905 – May 4, 1998) was a German politician, military leader, and agricultural scientist. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Wistrich, Robert (2002). Who's Who in Nazi Germany. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-26038-8.
2. ^ (Polish) Bartosz Wieliński (2006). "CIA kryła Eichmanna". Gazeta Wyborcza (2006-06-08). Retrieved on 2006-06-08.
3. ^ Norbert Jacobs (1992). "Der Streit um Dr. Hans Globke in der öffentlichen Meinung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1949-1973".
4. ^ Yen, Hope. "Papers: CIA knew of Eichmann whereabouts", Associated Press, June 6 2006. Retrieved on 2006-06-07.
5. ^ Shane, Scott. "Documents Shed Light on CIA's Use of Ex-Nazis", The New York Times, June 6 2006. Retrieved on 2006-06-07.