Eugen Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny.

About Eugen Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny

Eugen Franziskus de Paula Joseph Maria Alban Kaspar Graf von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny was a German nobleman, professional army officer, business executive and politician. A member of the Reichstag from 1930 until his death, he first represented the conservative Bavarian People's Party (BVP). He became a supporter of Adolf Hitler and, following the Nazi seizure of power at the end of January 1933, he briefly served as the Minister of Economics in Bavaria from April to June of that year and also was appointed as a Bavarian plenipotentiary to the Reichsrat. After the dissolution of the BVP in June 1933, he became a "guest" of the Nazi Party faction in the Reichstag, and formally joined the Party on 1 May 1937. He also became a member of the Allgemeine SS, attaining the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer in September 1938.