Walter Dönicke

Walter Dönicke
Oberbürgermeister of Leipzig
In office
12 October 1937 – 11 October 1938
Preceded byRudolf Haake (acting)
Succeeded byRudolf Haake (acting)
Kreishauptmann, Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig
In office
October 1933 – 11 October 1937
Preceded byKurt von Burgsdorff
Succeeded byKurt von Burgsdorff
Additional positions
1933President, Landtag of Saxony
Personal details
BornKurt Walter Dönicke
(1899-07-27)27 July 1899
Died19 April 1945(1945-04-19) (aged 45)
Cause of deathSuicide
PartyNazi Party
OccupationCarpenter
Military service
AllegianceGerman Empire
Branch/serviceRoyal Saxon Army
Years of service1917–1918
UnitInfantry Regiment 107 (8th Royal Saxon),
58th Infantry Division (5th Royal Saxon)
Battles/warsWorld War I
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Kurt Walter Dönicke (27 July 1899 – 19 April 1945) was a German Nazi Party official and politician who became the Oberbürgermeister of Leipzig in Nazi Germany. Removed from office in 1938, he committed suicide in the last days of the Second World War when the city fell to the US Army.