# Hans Weidel > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hans_Weidel > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hans_Weidel.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Weidel > Source revision: 1353406384 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Hans Weidel** (19 July 1903 – 19 September 1985) was a German lawyer, [Nazi](/source/Nazism) activist and [military judge](/source/Military_judge). ## Life Weidel was born in Neustadt, [Upper Silesia](/source/Upper_Silesia) (now [Prudnik](/source/Prudnik), Poland).[1] He studied law in [Munich](/source/Munich) and [Breslau](/source/Wroc%C5%82aw).[2] He joined the [Nazi Party](/source/Nazi_Party) in 1932,[3][4] and in July of that same year he became a judicial assessor in [Leobschütz](/source/G%C5%82ubczyce).[5] Later, he started working as a lawyer. He joined the [SS](/source/Schutzstaffel) in January 1933.[3][4][5][6] He gained the rank of an *[Oberscharführer](/source/Oberscharf%C3%BChrer)* in [Oppeln](/source/Opole). He was also a member of [Luftschutzbund](/source/Reichsluftschutzbund), [Bund Deutscher Osten](/source/Bund_Deutscher_Osten), [Reichskolonialbund](/source/Reichskolonialbund), [NS-Reichskriegerbund](/source/Kyffh%C3%A4userbund) and [NS-Volkswohlfahrt](/source/National_Socialist_People's_Welfare).[7] As a "loyal supporter of the [Nazi] movement" he ran for the position of [Landrat](/source/Landrat) in Neustadt (then [Landkreis Neustadt O.S.](/source/Landkreis_Neustadt_O.S.), present-day [Prudnik County](/source/Prudnik_County)) in February 1937.[7] He opened his law office by the [Prudnik Town Hall](/source/Prudnik_Town_Hall).[5] He bought shares in a local brewery and a disused cement plant, where he arranged apartments and rented warehouses.[7] From 1939 to 1941, Weidel was *Kreisgruppenführer* (district group leader) of the [National Socialist Association of Legal Professionals](/source/National_Socialist_Association_of_Legal_Professionals) in the district of Leobschütz.[8] He joined the German army at the start of [World War II](/source/World_War_II). In March 1941, he took training as a military judge in Nazi-occupied [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw). He became a military judge at the Warsaw commandant's office in July 1941.[7] On 12 October 1944, [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler) appointed him a Chief Staff Judge. He was responsible for sentencing opponents of the [Third Reich](/source/Nazi_Germany).[9] In May 1945, he settled in [Gütersloh](/source/G%C3%BCtersloh), [Westphalia](/source/Westphalia) with his family.[7] In November 1948, the [Bielefeld](/source/Bielefeld) tribunal opened a case against Weidel for "membership of a criminal organization".[2] He defended himself by claiming he was insignificantly involved in Nazi politics, and that he joined the Nazi Party and SS in spring 1933. In actuality, he joined those organisations before Hitler's rise to power.[7] During the Nazi era, he declared loyalty to the Nazi Party: "Even before the [September 1930 election](/source/1930_German_federal_election), I voted National Socialist and actively campaigned in the movement’s election propaganda".[2] During a 1948 hearing, Weidel claimed to have no knowledge of Nazi's treatment of [Jews](/source/Jews) and of the SS's crimes.[7] Prosecutors closed the case against Weidel, citing a lack of evidence.[5] He opened a law office in Gütersloh.[5] He became a leader of the local [Federation of Expellees](/source/Federation_of_Expellees) and sought compensation for his abandoned property in Upper Silesia.[7] In the 1970s, police in [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia) and [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) reopened investigations into Weidel, but did not prosecute him.[2] ## Personal life He married Lucie Plümpe, teacher of the girls' class at the agricultural school in Neustadt,[10] in October 1936. She was also a member of the Nazi Party.[7] His granddaughter, [Alice Weidel](/source/Alice_Weidel), is a co-chairwoman of the far-right [Alternative for Germany](/source/Alternative_for_Germany) party.[2] ## References 1. Kunz, Samira (2024-11-03). ["Alice Weidels Grossvater machte grosse NS-Karriere"](https://www.20min.ch/story/ss-vergangenheit-alice-weidels-grossvater-machte-grosse-ns-karriere-103213668) [Grandfather of Alice Weidel had a great career in the Nazi era] (in German). *20 Minuten*. Retrieved 2025-02-12. 1. Banse, Dirk; Müller, Uwe; Nöstlinger, Nette (2024-11-02). ["The hidden Nazi heritage of Germany's far-right leader"](https://www.politico.eu/article/hidden-nazi-heritage-germany-far-right-leader-afd-alice-weidel-hans-weidel-warsaw/). *Politico*. Retrieved 2025-02-05. 1. ["Alice Weidel: Die unbekannte Geschichte von Weidels Großvater - WELT"](https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus254277656/Alice-Weidel-Die-unbekannte-Geschichte-von-Weidels-Grossvater.html) (in German). *DIE WELT*. 2024-11-15. [Archived](https://archive.today/20241223130832/https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus254277656/Alice-Weidel-Die-unbekannte-Geschichte-von-Weidels-Grossvater.html) 2024-12-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-02-25. 1. ["The hidden Nazi heritage of Germany's far-right leader"](https://www.politico.eu/article/hidden-nazi-heritage-germany-far-right-leader-afd-alice-weidel-hans-weidel-warsaw/). *POLITICO*. 2024-11-02. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241102113905/https://www.politico.eu/article/hidden-nazi-heritage-germany-far-right-leader-afd-alice-weidel-hans-weidel-warsaw/) 2 November 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-01-04. 1. Ogiolda, Krzysztof (2025-01-31). ["Liderka AfD ma opolskie korzenie. Nie wymawia polskiej nazwy tego miasta"](https://opolska360.pl/alice-weidel-liderka-skrajnie-prawicowej-afd-ma-opolskie-korzenie-nazwa-glubczyce-nie-przejdzie-jej-przez-gardlo) (in Polish). *Opolska360*. Retrieved 2025-02-05. 1. ["Nazi-Vergangenheit: Alice Weidels Grossvater war Mitglied bei NSDAP und SS"](https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/alice-weidel-ihr-grossvater-war-mitglied-bei-nsdap-und-ss-645715569345) (in German). *Tages-Anzeiger*. 2024-11-03. Retrieved 2025-02-05. 1. ["Mroczna przeszłość dziadka szefowej skrajnie prawicowej partii w Niemczech. Ślady prowadzą do Głubczyc i Prudnika"](https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/swiat/dziadek-alice-weidel-ma-mroczna-przeszlosc-slady-prowadza-do-polski/q5besx6) (in Polish). *Onet Wiadomości*. 2024-11-02. Retrieved 2025-02-05. 1. Rademacher, Michael (2000). *Handbuch der NSDAP-Gaue 1928–1945: Die Amtsträger der NSDAP und ihrer Organisationen auf Gau- und Kreisebene in Deutschland und Österreich sowie in den Reichsgauen Danzig-Westpreußen, Sudetenland und Wartheland* [Handbook of the Nazi Party Gaue 1928–1945: The Officials of the Nazi Party and Its Organisations at Gau and District Level in Germany and Austria as Well as in the Reichsgaue Danzig-West Prussia, Sudetenland and Wartheland] (in German). Vechta: Author's edition. pp. 178–179. ISBN 3-8311-0216-3. 1. ["NSDAP, SS und Militärrichter: Alice Weidel will nichts von der NS-Karriere ihres Großvaters gewusst haben"](https://www.spiegel.de/politik/alice-weidel-will-nichts-von-der-ns-karriere-ihres-grossvaters-gewusst-haben-a-4d5ad2b0-3e43-40b1-aeac-c8540594a5ea) (in German). *Der Spiegel*. 2024-11-02. [ISSN 2195-1349](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2195-1349). Retrieved 2025-02-05. 1. ["Wir haben uns verlobt!"](https://sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/195423/edition/184116). *Der Oberschlesische Wanderer*. Gleiwitz: Neumanns Stadtbuchdruckerei. 1936-08-20. p. 12. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hans Weidel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Weidel) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Weidel?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.