Willi Stöhr place of birth Elberfeld
Early life
Born in Wuppertal-Elberfeld the son of a writer, Stöhr attended volksschule and realschule locally through 1922. He joined the Nazi Party in 1923 and was active in the Ortsgruppe (Local Group) in Wuppertal.  He remained active in the Nazi movement even after the party was banned in the aftermath of the Beer Hall Putsch. He worked as a commercial clerk during these years and formally rejoined the party in 1929, also becoming a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA). Around this time he studied economics and political science at the universities in Cologne and Frankfurt. He was a member of the National Socialist German Students' League and became a speaker for this group. In 1932 he left university without completing a degree due to his participation in student riots.
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