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SA-Brigadeführer Willy Ziegler (* July 31st, 1899 in Epfenbach - † KIA January 19th, 1942 in Orjol) was a SA-Führer in the SA during World War II.

Life and work
After attending elementary school and trade school in Heidelberg Ziegler took the Infantry Regiment "Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm" (3 Badisches) no. 111 on the First World War in part. He returned severely wounded (30% war damaged) back.

From 1920 to 1932 Ziegler orthopedic technician in the hospital workshops of professors Vulpius and Gorres in Heidelberg. From 1925 to 1927 he was a member of the Stahlhelm, Bund soldiers at the front.

In the 1920s, Ziegler joined the NSDAP. In October 1930 he became a member of the Heidelberg City Council. From July 1932 until his death in 1942 he sat for his party as a deputy in the Reichstag, where he represented the constituency 32 (Baden). As a Member, he agreed, among other things for the Enabling Act of March 1933 which established the Nazi dictatorship legally.

In the Sturmabteilung (SA), had entered the Ziegler 1927 he became (1931 1 May) and the leader of the SA Brigade 53 (Black Forest North) appointed leader of the standard 110.

On August 1, 1937 Ziegler was of Hermann Goering in his capacity as an agent for the four-year plan for the Reich Commissioner appointed for scrap use.

Ziegler died in 1942 as a soldier of the Wehrmacht in Oryol in the occupied part of the Soviet Union (now Russia ).