Nazi Career
In 1929 Lorenz joined the Nazi Party and the SS in 1931. Two years later he had an active political role as a member of the Landtag in the Free State of Prussia, a member of the Reichstag and worked at the Hamburg State Council.
In November 1933 Lorenz was promoted to SS-Gruppenführer and lead the SS Upper Division North from 1934 until 1937. In January 1937, was promoted to head the NSDAP agency Hauptamt Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (VOMI) that was initially responsible for the welfare of Germanic peoples (Volksdeutsche) living beyond the pre-war borders of Nazi Germany. However when the Second World War began VOMI took charge of the resettlement of ethnic Germans on captured territory but also the "Germanization" of foreign children such as Poles and Slovenes.
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