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Karl Emil Oskar Beier (29 November 1893,
Vápenná Vápenná (until 1949 Zighartice; german: Setzdorf) is a municipality and village in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Vápenná lies approximately north-west of Jeseník, north of Olo ...
– 12 May 1985,
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) was a German
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politician and SS- Sturmbannführer (Major) during the
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(1938–1945). From 1940 to 1945, he was the mayor of
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, Czechoslovakia. Beier was put into place for Josef Hinner, who was deposed for being "too soft" on Czech officials. As mayor, he initiated the annexation of 12 municipalities into Ostrava ( Heřmanice, Hrabová, Hrušov, Kunčice,
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, Michálkovice,
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, Nová Bělá, Radvanice, Slezská Ostrava, Stará Bělá, and Výškovice). He also established the mining museum and expanded road communications. Beier wrote the book ''Mährish Ostrau'', which was published in
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by the SS in 1942. After the liberation of Ostrava, he was briefly replaced by Josef Lampa.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beier, Emil 1893 births 1985 deaths Nazi Party politicians Mayors of Ostrava SS-Sturmbannführer People from Jeseník District Sudeten German people