Erich Neumann (politician)

Erich Neumann
State Secretary
Four Year Plan
In office
23 July 1938 – 1 August 1942
Ministerial Director
Four Year Plan
In office
23 October 1936 – 23 July 1938
Ministerial Director
Prussian State Ministry
In office
11 February 1933 – 23 October 1936
Additional positions
1933–1942Prussian State Councilor
1932–1934Deputy Plenipotentiary
Reichsrat
Personal details
Born
Adolf Walter Erich Neumann

31 May 1892
Forst, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died23 March 1951 (aged 58)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyNazi Party
Other political
affiliations
German National People's Party
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
University of Leipzig
University of Halle-Wittenberg
OccupationCivil servant
ProfessionLawyer
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
 Nazi Germany
Branch/serviceImperial German Army
Heer
Schutzstaffel (SS)
Years of service1914–1917
1935–1937
1934–1945
RankLeutnant der Reserves
Rittmeister der Reserves
SS-Oberführer
UnitMounted Light Infantry Regiment 2
Reiter Regiment 9
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsIron Cross, second class
Wound Badge

Erich Neumann (31 May 1892 – 23 March 1951) was a German lawyer and civil servant, a member of the Nazi party and an SS-Oberführer. Neumann was a participant in the Wannsee Conference that determined the implementation of the Final Solution. He was interned at the end of the Second World War but was released in 1948 due to ill health and was never prosecuted.