About Erich Neumann (politician)
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. == Early life, education and war service == Neumann was born into a Protestant family in Forst (Lausitz) where his father was a factory owner. He attended the local Volksschule and a boarding secondary school. After receiving his Abitur in 1911, Neumann enrolled at the University of Freiburg to study law and economics where he also joined the Corps Rhenania Freiburg fraternity. He continued his studies at the University of Leipzig and the University of Halle-Wittenberg. After passing his first state law examination in August 1914, he joined the Imperial German Army after the outbreak of the First World War. He served in the 2nd Mounted Light Infantry Regiment (Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 2) on the eastern front before being discharged on 30 October 1917 due to a severe hand wound.
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