the "decisive importance" of the Jewish question. Post-war After the Second World War he was interned in Bielefeld until being fined 10,000 Marks in August 1948 for membership of a criminal organisation and released. He withdrew from politics and worked initially in construction before operating his own wholesale lumber business, as well as publishing various editions of his diaries. He died in Hamburg in 1978. References External links 1889 births 1978 deaths Businesspeople from Hamburg Nazi Party politicians Mayors of Hamburg