Alfred Siepmann Explained

Alfred Siepmann
Allegiance:
  • (until 1933)
  • (from 1933 to 1945)
Birth Name:Alfred Hugo Heinrich Siepmann
Children:5
Birth Date:27 June 1899
Birth Place:Warstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death Place:Warstein, West Germany
Office:Member of the Kreistag of Arnsberg
Term Start:1933
Term End:1944
Occupation:Businessman, industrialist, military officer
Parents:Hugo Siepmann (father)
Relations:Siepmann family
Branch:Imperial German Army
Waffen-SS
Serviceyears:1917-44
Spouse:
    Signature:Alfred_Siepmann_signature.png
    Party:Nazi Party (1933-44)
    Christian Democratic Union (after 1944)
    Honorific Suffix:Dipl.-Kfm.

    Alfred Hugo Heinrich Siepmann (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

    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

    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

    Notes and References

    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. Book: Who's who in Germany . 1972 . Intercontinental Book and Publishing Company, German editor R. Oldenbourg Verlag .