Franz Josef Huber
| Franz Josef Huber | |
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| Born | 22 January 1902 Munich |
| Died | 30 January 1975 (aged 73) Munich |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch | Munich Police 1922–1934 Gestapo 1934–1945 |
| Years of service | 1933–1945 |
| Rank | Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei |
| Commands held | Chief of the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) and Gestapo for Vienna, the "Lower Danube" and "Upper Danube" regions |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |
War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords |
Franz Josef Huber (22 January 1902 – 30 January 1975) was an SS general (SS number: 107,099) who rose to the rank of SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei. He was a police official under both the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. Huber joined the Nazi Party in 1937 and worked closely with Gestapo chief Heinrich Müller. After the annexation of Austria in 1938, Huber was posted to Vienna, where he was appointed chief of the Security Police (SiPo) and Gestapo for Vienna, the "Lower Danube" and "Upper Danube" regions. He was responsible for the deportations of Jews from the area. After the war ended, Huber never served any prison time and died in Munich in 1975.
Huber was born on 22 January 1902 in Munich. He attended school through "seven classes of gymnasium". In his last year of school, Huber served as a Zeitfreiwilligen (timed volunteer) which were reserve units that could be mobilized on short notice by the army. In mid-1922 he entered the Munich police service and by 1923 was a "auxiliary assistant". Huber was promoted to "office assistant" and by 1926 joined the political police department. In January 1928, Huber was made a "police assistant" and later a police inspector. During the years of the Weimar Republic he worked with Heinrich Müller, then chief of the political department of the Munich police. Huber was involved in the suppression of the Nazi Party, communist, and other political groups.
In 1933, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler became chief of the Munich Police and Reinhard Heydrich was commander of Department IV, the political police. Heydrich did not dismiss Huber, Müller or Josef Albert Meisinger as he perceived correctly that these men were thorough professionals and Heydrich needed such men in the national police service. Heydrich was appointed chief of the Gestapo on 22 April 1934. Immediately thereafter, Heydrich transferred to the Berlin office of the Gestapo, and took with him colleagues: Müller, Meisinger and Huber, referred to as the Bajuwaren-Brigade (Bavarian Brigade). Thereafter, in 1937 Huber joined the Nazi Party as member number: 4,583,151 and also joined the SS with number 107,099.
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