Hans Weidel

Hans Weidel (19 July 1903 – 19 September 1985) was a German lawyer, Nazi activist and military judge.

Life Weidel was born in Neustadt, Upper Silesia (now Prudnik, Poland). He studied law in Munich and Breslau. He joined the Nazi Party in 1932, and in July of that same year he became a judicial assessor in Leobschütz. He gained the rank of an Oberscharführer in Oppeln. He was also a member of Luftschutzbund, Bund Deutscher Osten, Reichskolonialbund, NS-Reichskriegerbund and NS-Volkswohlfahrt.

As a "loyal supporter of the [Nazi] movement" he ran for the position of Landrat in Neustadt (then Landkreis Neustadt O.S., present-day Prudnik County) in February 1937. He joined the German army at the start of World War II. In March 1941, he took training as a military judge in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. He became a military judge at the Warsaw commandant's office in July 1941.

In May 1945, he settled in Gütersloh, Westphalia with his family. in October 1936. She was also a member of the Nazi Party. His granddaughter, Alice Weidel, is a co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany party.