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SS-Führer im Stab Alfred Wilhelm Arnold (* June 16th, 1888 in Ellhofen - † May 27th, 1960 in Ingelfingen) was a German SS-Brigadeführer and Politician in the Waffen SS and NSDAP during World War II.

Life
Arnold attended from 1894 to 1902, the unity and junior high school and then worked for two years on various farms. In the winters of 1904-05 and 1905-06, he attended a course at the agricultural college in Heilbronn. Of 12 October 1907 to 24 September 1909, he was one of the volunteer Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment Nr. 29 in. From October 1909 he was then employed to February 1914 as agricultural officials on various goods. In February 1914, he took over a private courtyard, but had to begin his military service in the following summer. 2 August 1914 to 1916 he participated in the 1st battery replacement Field Artillery Regiment 65 at the First World War in part. He then led his court further. From 1923 he was a member of the Free Corps volunteer corps, and on 1 January 1931, he joined the NSDAP (membership no. 595088) at. From January 1931 to April 1933 he was county agricultural consultants and farmers' speakers of the NSDAP.

Careers in National Socialism
Arnold was in 1932 in the Landtag of Württemberg elected, he was a member until its dissolution in 1933. Then he took from November 1933 to 1945 the constituency 31 in the Reichstag. On April 10, 1933, he became the state commissioner for agricultural tasks in Württemberg State Minister for Economic Affairs, as well as agricultural Gaufachberater the Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern the NSDAP. In 1933 he was also still Württemberg State Agriculture Commissioner and Chairman of the Württemberg Chamber of Agriculture. Arnold worked as Gauredner and as Reich expert speakers of the NSDAP. It was 1933 member of the Economic Council of the German Foreign Institute in Stuttgart and from 1933 to April 1941 Member of the German Reich Farm Council. On December 15, 1933 Arnold joined the SS in (membership no. 146716) and was promoted to 1935 to Standartenführer. In October 1936 he was lecturer in the department four-year plan of the Gau Württemberg-Hohenzollern. On 30 January 1937 he was Oberführer. He was a member of the honorary presidency of Reichsgartenschau 1939 in Stuttgart, and between September 1939 and 1945 he was head of the country's food office in Württemberg. In addition, Arnold was from April 1941 to 1945 Member of the Advisory Board kingdom for food and agriculture. On 9 November 1942, he was brigade leader of the SS, and on 1 May 1944, he was on the staff of SS-Obersturmbannführer section for part-time SS leader Southwest appointed.

Postwar
Arnold came on May 6, 1945 in immigration detention and was later held in detention 74 and 77 in Ludwigsburg and in stock 76 in Hohenasperg, where he in on 21 June 1948 denazification of the denazification of the detention center Ludwigsburg as the main culprit was classified. The proceedings before the Central Appeals Chamber on 6 April 1949 resulted in a classification as Loaded, and he was sentenced taking into account the internment to one year labor camp on January 16, 1959. In addition, it 30% of its assets were withdrawn and he was imposed a restriction on his choice of profession for five years. He sent several appeals for clemency to the Prime Minister. For the FDP / DVP he joined the parliamentary elections of 1957 as a parliamentary candidate in the constituency Crailsheim, but was not elected. He died in 1960 in Ingelfingen.

Awards

 * Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse


 * Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse


 * Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer


 * Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS


 * SS-Ehrenring