Adolf Hitler's bodyguard
When Hitler returned to Munich from military service in 1918, he became a member of the Nazi Party, an extremist far-right political party in Bavaria. In 1921, he was elected leader of the party. As his speeches promoted violence and racism, Hitler needed permanent security.
Henschtal
When the German lands on the Rhine’s left bank temporarily belonged to France, Trahweiler belonged to the "Mairie" (“Mayoralty”) of Quirnbach, the Canton of Kusel, the Arrondissement of Birkenfeld and the Department of Sarre, whose seat was at Trier. In the Bavarian time that followed Napoleon's defeat, beginning in 1817, the village belonged to the "Bürgermeisterei" of Quirnbach in the Canton of Kusel, with Kusel also being the "Landkommissariat" seat. In the early 1930s, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) was quite popular in Trahweiler. In the 1933 Reichstag elections, 51.3% of the local votes went to Adolf Hitler’s party. Hitler’s success in these elections paved the way for his Enabling Act of 1933 ("Ermächtigungsgesetz"), thus starting the Third Reich in earnest.