Early Life
Hielscher was born to Fritz Hielscher and Gertrud Hielscher née Erdmenger in Plauen, Vogtland, at the time part of the Kingdom of Saxony. Baptized Fritz Johannes, he later changed his name to Hans Friedrich and finally to Friedrich.
Hielscher joined a Freikorps in 1919. He left his unit in 1920 due to his refusal to participate in the 1920 Kapp-Putsch. From 1920 he studied law in Berlin, where he joined the schlagende Corps Normania Berlin and became politically active in the German People's Party.
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