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Alfred Siepmann

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Alfred Siepmann
Alfred Siepmann c. 1924
Member of the Kreistag of Arnsberg
In office
1933–1944
Personal details
Born
Alfred Hugo Heinrich Siepmann

(1899-06-27)27 June 1899
Warstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died6 February 1974(1974-02-06) (aged 74)
Warstein, West Germany
Political partyNazi Party (1933-44)
Christian Democratic Union (after 1944)
Spouse
Jenny Wilkesmann
(m. 1928; div. 1943)
Annaliese Bobring
(m. 1944)
RelationsSiepmann family
Children5
ParentHugo Siepmann (father)
OccupationBusinessman, industrialist, military officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/serviceImperial German Army
Waffen-SS
Years of service1917-44

Alfred Hugo Heinrich Siepmann (German pronunciation: [ˈalfʁeːt ˈziːpman]; 27 June 1899 - 6 February 1974) was a German businessman, industrialist and military officer of the Waffen-SS during Nazi Germany.[1][2] Since 1933, he served as a member of the Kreistag of Arnsberg, initially for the Nazi Party and later for the Christian Democratic Union. He was a member of the supervisory boards of Gerling-Konzern and Dresdner Bank.[3] Siepmann was a member of the Siepmann family.

Early life and education

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Siepmann was born 27 June 1899 in Warstein, Kingdom of Prussia (presently Germany), the second of three children, to Hugo Siepmann, an industrialist, gentleman farmer and partner in Peters & Co, and Louise Siepmann (née Lämmerhirt). He was named after his maternal grandfather Alfred Lämmerhirt, his father and paternal grandfather.

He was raised in a Evangelical family and attended the local schools in Warstein and Lippstadt. During World War I, he served in the German Imperial Army, where he was promoted to Fahnenjunker Unteroffizier. Between 1919 and 1921 he completed his studies in Economics at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Personal life

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On 13 June 1928, Siepmann married Jenny Wilkesmann (1906–1959), a daughter of Ewald Wilkesmann and Hanny (née Rautenbach) of Cologne, Germany. The brides grandfather was the founder of the Rautenbach concern (since 2005 part of Nemak) of Solingen and Wernigerode. They had five children. In 1944, he remarried to his former secretary, Annaliese Bobring.

Literature

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  • Dr Felix Rexhausen; Mit dem Blasrohr leben In: Der Spiegel, 1965 (in German)
  • Hermann August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel; Siepmann, Alfred In: The German Who is Who?, 1970 (in German)

References

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  1. ^ https://upgr.bv-opfer-ns-militaerjustiz.de/uploads/Dateien/Links/NTK-Art-301.-Siepmann-Werke-Belecke-Warstein-F-Iwan-Scharow-u-Andere.pdf
  2. ^ German Federal Archives
  3. ^ Who's who in Germany. Intercontinental Book and Publishing Company, German editor R. Oldenbourg Verlag. 1972.