Marinebrigade Ehrhardt
Böhme attended "Volksschule" and worked as a freight forwarder. He was politically involved in the "Jungstahlhelm", the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt and the Freikorps Oberland. Böhme joined the NSDAP in 1930 (Nazi Party membership number 236,651). At the same time, he became a member of the SS (membership number 2,821). After promotion to SS-"Untersturmführer" (4 July 1934) and SS-"Obersturmführer" (9 November 1934), he worked in the "Sicherheitsdienst" or SD (Security Service) office in Berlin from 1935, where he soon became a close associate of SD chief Reinhard Heydrich.