Bodo Lafferentz (27 July 1897 – 17 January 1974) was a member of the Nazi Party from 1933 and an SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) from 1939. He served in World War I and received the Iron Cross 2nd Class in 1916.
In 1928, he completed his doctorate at the University of Kiel in "Economic Planning and Price Regulation". He subsequently worked in the management of the German Employers' Association, and from 1929 was voluntarily on the man...
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Bodo Lafferentz (27 July 1897 – 17 January 1974) was a member of the Nazi Party from 1933 and an SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) from 1939. He served in World War I and received the Iron Cross 2nd Class in 1916.
In 1928, he completed his doctorate at the University of Kiel in "Economic Planning and Price Regulation". He subsequently worked in the management of the German Employers' Association, and from 1929 was voluntarily on the management board of the National Institute of Benefits and Insurance for the Unemployed.
On 1 May 1933, Lafferentz became a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, and was made leader of the "Office for Travelling, Rambling and Holidays" (which was later amalgamated into the Strength Through Joy organisation).
In January 1938, Lafferentz was promoted to Reich Agency Leader, and was given sole leadership of the Agency in the Central Office of the German Labour Front in Berlin. In May 1937, he was made a manager (along with...
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