Hermann von Lüninck

Hermann Joseph Anton Maria Freiherr[a] von Lüninck (3 May 1893 – 16 May 1975) was a German lawyer and agricultural specialist who became the Oberpräsident (Senior President) of the Rhine Province in Nazi Germany.

On 3 June 1932, in a personal letter to the State Secretary in the Presidential Chancellery, Otto Meissner, Lüninck advocated including the Nazi Party in the Reich government.

[3] In 1933 Lüninck gave up his agricultural posts when the Prussian Minister-President Hermann Göring appointed him Oberpräsident of the Rhine Province on 25 March 1933.

[1] However, Lüninck began to withdraw his support for the regime, shocked by the murders committed during the Röhm purge and by the persecution of the Catholic Church.

[4] After constant quarrels with the local Nazi leaders, Lüninck finally was removed as Oberpräsident on 4 March 1935 and replaced by the Party Gauleiter of Gau Essen, Josef Terboven.

Brought before the People's Court on 18 January 1945, Hermann's case was continued several times and finally dismissed; he was released from the Lehrter Straße prison on 22 April 1945.