Hans Zimmermann

Hans Zimmermann (18 October 18 1906 in Nuremberg – 1984 in Bayreuth) was a German politician of the Nazi Party.

Life

After attending school in Nuremberg, Zimmermann studied mechanical engineering at the Technical State School. Zimmermann joined the Nazi Party in early November 1930 (membership number 377,977) and in the same year the Sturmabteilung (SA). In Nuremberg, Zimmermann operated from 1930 to 1933 as section leader of the Party, then as a local leader and from mid-July 1934 as district leader. On 27 June 1933, he became managing director of the Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse (AOK, a medical insurance company) in Nuremberg, and from 16 May 1939 to 1945 director of the National Federation of Local Health. From 1933 to 1935, he was on the city council of Nuremberg and thereafter until 1945 as councilor.

Between February 1940 and April 1942, Zimmermann was Gauleiter of Franconia, at first provisionally and then officially, after Julius Streicher had been suspended from this post. From April 1942 to November 1943, he performed military service. After his return, he was an SA-Oberführer and Hauptbereichsleiter of the NSDAP. During the Battle of Nuremberg, he escaped from the city on 18 April 1945.