Carl Vincent Krogmann (3 March 1889, in

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– 14 March 1978, in Hamburg) was a German banker, industrialist and

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politician. He served as

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for the majority of the Nazi period of government.

Early years

Krogmann was born into one of Hamburg's old

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families and married Emerentia Krogmann, who was noted for her

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views. He came from a leading shipping family and inherited one of the city's leading maritime concerns as a result. Krogmann was a founder member of the

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, an influential group of

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industrialists established in 1932 by

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. Unlike Keppler he was not a member of the Nazi Party until 1933, a fact that left him with little influence within the movement in later years.Bajohr, ''"Aryanisation" in Hamburg'', p. 48

Mayor

He was appointed mayor of Hamburg on 8 March 1933 after being endorsed by a new coalition controlling the city made up of 8 Nazis, four members of the

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and one each from the

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and the

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. His power was increased soon afterwards when the Nazis dissolved the

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and awarded Krogmann power of decree. His appointment was ratified in no small degree because of his status as a member of one of Hamburg's pre-eminent mercantile families and as such it was hoped that he would appeal to the business community in the city, much of which was sceptical about the Nazis. However, Krogmann had an early rival in the form of Reichstatthalter (Governor)

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, and by 1936, he had been named

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of Hamburg, denting Krogmann's power.Bajohr, ''"Aryanisation" in Hamburg'', pp. 47-48 Initially mayor, he had been given the stronger title Regierender Bürgermeister following the dissolution of the Hamburg Parliament. However, as Kaufmann's power grew so Krogmann's status diminished so as by 1937 he had been demoted to the lesser title of First Councillor of the Municipal Authority. Despite his shaky status, Krogmann, a devotee of the writings of

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and

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, was a staunch believer in

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, especially its antisemitic aspects, and rigorously enforced anti-Jewish laws within Hamburg whilst publicly speaking in support of them elsewhere. He demonstrated this in particular in a speech he delivered to the ''Ostasiatischer Verein'' in 1935 in which he rounded on members of the business community who were critical of the racial policy of the

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, whilst emphasising the "decisive importance" of the Jewish question.

Post-war

After the

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he was interned in

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until being fined 10,000 Marks in August 1948 for membership of a criminal organisation and released. He withdrew from politics and worked initially in construction before operating his own wholesale lumber business, as well as publishing various editions of his diaries. He died in Hamburg in 1978.Ernst Klee, ''Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich''. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main, 2007, p. 342

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