DI Dkfm. Dr. Ernst Krumhaar

Ernst Krumhaar first studies at the University of Soil Culture in Vienna after the Matura and closes here with the title Dipl. Ing. He then insulates at the University of World Trade. At the end of this study with the title Dkfm. he begins his legal training, which he started with the doctorate for Dr. iur. 1935 concluded.1931 he joined the student association Nibelungia . As of 1.10.1936, he is appointed as an official candidate in the preparatory service for the editorial service of the “Amtliche Nachrichtenstelle” (ANA).

After the connection, he is taken on 14.4.1938, but still receives references. He is retired with 30.11.1938 and is initially employed as “ § 4 official” in the state service. After the “Musterung zum Heeresdienst” on 16.5.1940, Ernst Krumhaar is assigned to the spare reserve II. Between 1941 and 1943, he is serving the Navy. During the war, he works as “official in the State Office of People’s Food I Ministerial Secretary”. It also maintains contacts with Resistance group in order to establish the university professor Dr. Karl Meithner (deceased 13.12.1942 in prison) and Otto Kühnel, who joined communist circles. On 16.1.1942, Ernst Krumhaar is therefore heard and treated by the Gestapo because of “communist activity”. He is accused of “not showing a high treason”, but acquitted in the process.