Hermann Czirniok

Hermann Richard Paul Czirniok (23 December 1903 – 3 January 1982) was a politician and a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party in Nazi Germany. From 1932 to 1933 he was a member of the Landtag of Prussia, and in 1934, a mayor of Szczecin (now located in Poland).

Biography Hermann Czirniok was born on 23 December 1903 in Hamburg, German Empire. After graduating from a primary school, he had completed an apprenticeship as a confectioner, attended a business school, and later worked as a confectioner's assistant.

On 16 October 1925 Czirniok had joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and later become a chairperson of the local party division in Szczecin. In 1929 he became a member of the city council, and the chairperson of the party parliamentary group. In 1930 Czirniok became party district leader (Kreisleiter). From 1932 to 1933 he was a member of the Landtag of Prussia. In 1934 Czirniok was a mayor of Szczecin, until the office was disestablished, and its functions merged with the role of the high mayor. During the 1936 elections, he unsuccessfully run for office of a member of the Reichstag (the national parliament).