Walter Dönicke
Walter Dönicke | |
|---|---|
| Oberbürgermeister of Leipzig | |
| In office 12 October 1937 – 11 October 1938 | |
| Preceded by | Rudolf Haake (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Haake (acting) |
| Kreishauptmann, Kreishauptmannschaft Leipzig | |
| In office October 1933 – 11 October 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Kurt von Burgsdorff |
| Succeeded by | Kurt von Burgsdorff |
| Additional positions | |
| 1933 | President, Landtag of Saxony |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kurt Walter Dönicke 27 July 1899 |
| Died | 19 April 1945 (aged 45) |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Party | Nazi Party |
| Occupation | Carpenter |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Branch/service | Royal Saxon Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1918 |
| Unit | Infantry Regiment 107 (8th Royal Saxon), 58th Infantry Division (5th Royal Saxon) |
| Battles/wars | World 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.