List of Reichstag deputies in the Third Reich (2nd electoral term)

This is a list of Reichstag deputies in the Third Reich (2nd electoral term). The Reichstag of Nazi Germany existed from 1933 to 1945. Its 2nd electoral term began with the parliamentary election of 12 November 1933 and lasted until the members were replaced in the election of 29 March 1936.

Election The 12 November 1933 parliamentary election was the first to be held following the 23 March 1933 passage of the Enabling Act, which effectively vested all legislative power in the hands of Chancellor Adolf Hitler and his cabinet. It was also the first election since the Law Against the Formation of Parties of 14 July 1933 established the Nazi Party (NSDAP) as the only legal political party.

The election took the form of a single-question, asking voters whether they approved of the list of candidates presented for the new Reichstag. According to the official election results, over 43 million votes were cast (95.3% turnout), 92.1% of them for the electoral lists of the NSDAP.

Sessions

The Reichstag members of the 2nd electoral term met for six sessions, the first being on 12 December 1933 and the last being on 7 March 1936. All the sessions were held at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin except for the fifth session, which was held at the (Industrial and Cultural Association of Nuremberg) during the 1935 Nuremberg rally.

The Reichstag passed only four laws during its term. The first was the Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich (30 January 1934), which abolished all state parliaments, transferred the states' sovereign rights to the Reich and effectively replaced the German federal state with a unitary state.Broszat (1981), p. 121. Next was a set of three measures that collectively came to be known as the Nuremberg Laws (15 September 1935): the first redefined German citizenship by excluding Jews and other minorities, the second outlawed marriage or extramarital relations between Germans and Jews and the third established the swastika flag as the official flag of Nazi Germany.

Reichstag Sessions – 2nd Electoral Term Session Date Notable Actions 1 12 December 1933 Hermann Göring is elected Reichstag president. 2 30 January 1934 The Reichstag passes the Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich, effectively replacing German federalism with a unitary state. 3 13 July 1934 Hitler announces and justifies his actions in the Röhm purge 4 21 May 1935 Hitler proclaims a new conscription law. New deputies from the recently-returned Saar are seated. 5 15 September 1935 The Reichstag passes the Nuremberg Laws. 6 7 March 1936 Hitler announces the remilitarization of the Rhineland and repudiates the Locarno Pact. A new Reichstag election is set for 29 March.

Presidium The Reichstag Presidium, consisting of a president and three vice-presidents, was elected en bloc at the first session on 12 December 1933.

Presidium of the Reichstag Title Incumbent President Hermann Göring First Vice-president Hanns Kerrl Second Vice-presidentHermann Esser Third Vice-presidentEmil Georg von Stauss

Members As a result of the July 1933 Law Against the Formation of Parties, in all subsequent Reichstag terms the only parliamentary faction allowed was that of the NSDAP. Members of the Reichstag who did not formally belong to the Nazi Party were listed as "guests" of the Nazi Party faction. There were only 22 such members in the Reichstag seated in the 2nd electoral term. All other deputies were members of the Nazi Party.

A total of 661 Reichstag deputies were elected on 12 November 1933. Sixteen deputies were elected from the national electoral list and the remainder from the 35 individual electoral constituencies. On 1 March 1935, as a result of the return of the Saar to Germany, an additional eight deputies were added to the Reichstag to represent the newly acquired territory.Law on the Representation of the Saarland in the Reichstag of 30 January 1935 The single event affecting the largest change to the Reichstag membership was the Röhm purge (also called the Night of the Long Knives) of 30 June to 2 July 1934, in which thirteen members were murdered. A listing of all Reichstag members follows. Changes in membership due to deaths, resignations or expulsions occurring up until 29 March 1936, and the resulting replacements, are annotated in the "Notes" column.

Reichswahlvorschlag (Reich Electoral List) The Reichswahlvorschlag was allocated 16 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesPaul Bang18791945Heinrich Claß18681943Werner Daitz18841945Friedrich Everling18911958Oskar Farny18911983Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff18961944Rudolf Hess18941987Alfred Hugenberg18651951Franz von Papen18791969Jakob Pirro18991962Ernst Röhm18871934Murdered in the Röhm purge, 1 July 1934Gerhard Rühle19051949Rudolf Schaper18811945August Schirmer19051948Replaced Ernst Röhm, 12 July 1934Hermann Schmitz18811960Franz Seldte18821947Karl von Wedel-Parlow18731936

Constituency 1 (East Prussia) East Prussia was allocated 22 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesErich Behrendt19041941Ernst Duschön 19041981Gottfried Feder 18831941Erich Fuchs 18941945Replaced Waldemar Weißel, 26 February 1935Ferdinand Grossherr18981945Erich Koch18961986Adolf Kob18851945Karl-Siegmund Litzmann18931945Werner Lorenz18911974Waldemar Magunia19021974Erwin Nötzelmann19071981Ewald Oppermann18961965Egbert Otto19051968Hermann Paltinat19051974Ernst Penner18831940Replaced Max Stülpner, 26 February 1935Claus von Platen18911964Eugen Plorin19011943Alfred Preuss18871947Hans-Adolf Prützmann19011945Max Stülpner18821959Resigned, 26 February 1935Heinrich von Sybel18851969Georg Usadel19001941Nikolaus Wehner19011942Waldemar Weißel18971964Resigned, 26 February 1935

Constituency 2 (Berlin) Berlin was allocated 18 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesJoachim von Blücher18881980Replaced Elhard von Morozowicz, April 1934Karl Bombach18911945Replaced Karl Ernst, 4 September 1934Otto Born18921945Replaced Achim Gercke, 23 April 1935Otto Braß18871945Johannes Engel18941973Karl Ernst 19041934Murdered in the Rohm purge, 30 June 1934Hans Fabricius18911945Hans von Freyberg18811945Achim Gercke 19021997Expelled, 9 April 1935Joseph Goebbels 18971945Artur Görlitzer18931945Paul Harpe19021983Max Henze18991951Erich Hilgenfeldt18971945Elhard von Morozowicz18931934Died, 31 January 1934Wilhelm Petzold18981945Ernst Graf zu Reventlow18691943Heinrich Schnee18711949Walter Schuhmann18981956Alfred Spangenberg18971947Rudolf Weiß18991945

Constituency 3 (Potsdam II) Potsdam II was allocated 19 seats.

+NameImageBirthDeathNotesKurt Daluege18971946Richard Fiedler19081974Waldemar Geyer18821947Karl Hanke19031945Berthold Hell19011945Hans Hinkel 19011960Heinrich Hunke19022000Károly Kampmann19021945Moritz Kraut19051941Replaced Walther Schulze-Wechsungen, 11 February 1936Richard Kunze 18721945Gerhard Schach 19061945Rudolf Schultz19051941Replaced Hermann Voß, 8 June 1934Walther Schulze-Wechsungen19021944Expelled, 28 January 1936Werner Schwarz19021942Paul Skoda19011945Karl Spiewok18921951Franz von Stephani18761939Hermann Voß18921934Died, 3 April 1934Werner Wächter19021946Kurt Wege18911947Martin Wülfing18991986

Constituency 4 (Potsdam I) Potsdam I was allocated 22 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesWilhelm Decker 18991945Hermann Göring18931946Anton Hauk18861971Richard Kackstein19031966Otto Kannengiesser 18931958Walter Kühle18881972Karl Litzmann18501936Martin Löpelmann18911981Willi Luckner18961975Replaced Siegfried Seidel-Dittmarsch, 3 April 1934Siegfried Polack18991944August Wilhelm Prinz von Preussen18871949Joachim von Ribbentrop18931946Willi Ruckdeschel19001974Karl Schröder1897unknownKarl Schultz19021977Siegfried Seidel-Dittmarsch18871934Died, 20 February 1934Helmut Stellrecht18981987Martin Stumpf18861974Fritz Tittmann18981945Alexander Freiherr von Wangenheim18721959Wilhelm Weiss18921950Martin Wendt18861947Heinz Wohlleben19051972

Constituency 5 (Frankfurt an der Oder) Frankfurt an der Oder was allocated 17 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesFritz Adam 18891945Martin Albrecht18931952Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski 18991972Martin Bormann19001945Reinhard Bredow 18721945Eberhard Bütow 18941946Karl Friedrich 18971945Siegfried Kasche 19031947Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger18941945Wilhelm Kube 18871943Arno Manthey18881941Otto Merker18961950Michael Münster19011986Theodor Adrian von Renteln1897unknownWalter Ruppin18851945Werner Schmuck18991940Wilhelm Wigand18951945

Constituency 6 (Pomerania) Pomerania was allocated 19 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesGottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen19011949Willi Bloedorn18871946Walther von Corswant18861942Richard Walther Darré18951953Willy Fruggel18851957Expelled, 23 August 1935Otto Gohdes18961945Hermann Harbauer18991945Replaced Peter von Heydebreck, 4 September 1934 Otto Hergt18971945Konstantin Hierl18751955Max Heydebreck18821951Peter von Heydebreck18891934Murdered in the Röhm purge, 30 June 1934Wilhelm Karpenstein19031968Expelled, 3 August 1934Kurt Lüdtke18981991Max Luyken18851945Karl Müller18791944Erich von Neindorff18941993Adolf Schmidtsdorff18781945Siegfried Schug18981961Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg18651939Replaced Wilhelm Karpenstein, 4 September 1934Robert Schulz19001974Max Tietböhl1902unknownOtto Wetzel19051982Replaced Willy Fruggel, 29 August 1935

Constituency 7 (Breslau) Breslau was allocated 19 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesHelmuth Brückner18961951Expelled, 6 December 1934Axel von Freytagh-Loringhoven18781942Paul Geburtig18961946Wilhelm von Grolman18941985Wilhelm Heerde18981991Richard Hildebrandt18971951Hans Huebenett18961940Ernst Jenke18831950Heinrich Kersken18941960Gustav Adolf Kulisch19031982Fritz Marx19001985Karl Peschke18821943Johannes von Reibnitz18821939Baldur von Schirach19071974Albrecht Schmelt18991945Hermann Schneider18721953Josef Schönwälder18971972Walter Steineck18891942Replaced Helmuth Brückner, 19 December 1934Richard Türk19031984Udo von Woyrsch18951983

Constituency 8 (Liegnitz) Liegnitz was allocated 12 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesHans Frank19001946Paul Franke18921961Walter Gottschalk18931952Edmund Heines18971934Murdered in the Röhm purge, 30 June 1934Ferdinand von Hiddessen18871971Replaced Edmund Heines, 12 July 1934Kurt Hunholz19061987Franz-Werner Jaenke19051943Konrad Jenzen18821975Rudolf Klieber19001980Replaced Emil Sembach, 12 July 1934Hans-Karl Koch18971934Murdered in the Röhm purge, 1 July 1934Konrad Ritsch1906Missing since 1944Emil Sembach18911934Murdered in the Röhm purge, 1 July 1934Georg Trzeciak18861968Replaced Hans-Karl Koch, 12 July 1934Alwin Uber1884unknownMax Wockatz18981947

Constituency 9 (Oppeln) Oppeln was allocated 13 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesJosef Adamczyk19011971Werner Altendorf19061945Paul Binus19011981Max Fillusch18961965Paul Hoenscher18871937Josef Heukeshoven19011993Karl Krichbaum18991971Replaced Hans Ramshorn, 12 July 1934Fritz Kleiner18931974Richard Preiß1902unknownHans Ramshorn18921934Murdered in the Röhm purge, 1 July 1934Erich Rußek18931945Johannes Slawik18921969Wolfgang Graf Yorck von Wartenburg 18991944Wilhelm Werner 18881945

Constituency 10 (Magdeburg) Magdeburg was allocated 17 seats. +NameImageBirthDeathNotesGeorg Ay19001997Detlef Dern19051941Replaced Gustav Leidenroth, 29 August 1935Joachim Albrecht Eggeling18841945Karl Fiedler18971945Felix Jacke18971954Karl Janowsky19031974Paul Krause18941954Replaced Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper, 5 November 1935Rudolf Krause18941971Fritz Ritter von Kraußer18881934Murdered in the Röhm purge, 2 July 1934Erich Krüger19051941Replaced Konrad Schragmüller, 12 July 1934Gustav Leidenroth1885unknownExpelled, 27 August 1935Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper18831935Died, 23 October 1935Rudolf Michaelis 19021945Hermann Müller 19001970Ludwig Oldarch18881987Replaced Fritz Ritter von Kraußer, 12 July 1934Johannes Schäfer19031993Alexander Schrader18871956Konrad Schragmüller18951934Murdered in the Röhm purge, 2 July 1934Karl Selig18891945Walter Sommer1903Missing since 1942Expelled, 26 October 1934Wilhelm Trippler19051941Replaced Walter Sommer, 10 December 1935Hans von Tschammer und Osten18871943