Gregor Strasser

Gregor Strasser

male, deceased (1934)
NightoftheLongKnives, From Bavaria, politician, Victim of The Night of the Long Knives, Nazi leader, Geisenfeld…Recipient of the Iron Cross, later shot at through the window of his cell
Gregor Strasser (May 31, 1892 - June 30, 1934) was a politician of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP). He was murdered in Berlin during the Night of the...
Werner von Blomberg

Werner von Blomberg

male, deceased (1946)
German Military, Pour le Mérite, German native of Pomerania, Western Front, pomerania, stuttgart…Government minister of Germany, Field Marshal of Nazi Germany, Recipient of the Pour le Mérite, Recipient of the Iron Cross, German veteran of World War I
Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg was a leading member of the German Army until January 1938. Born in Stargard, Pomerania, German Empire, Werner von...
Theodor Eicke

Theodor Eicke

male, deceased (1943)
Dachau concentration camp personnel, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, From Lorraine, Obergruppenführer, waffen-ss, totenkopf…Recipient of the Iron Cross, NightoftheLongKnives
Theodor Eicke was a Nazi official, "SS-Obergruppenführer", commander of the SS-Division (mot) "Totenkopf" of the Waffen-SS and one of the key f...
Karl Ernst

Karl Ernst

male, 105 years old
honeymoon, Paul Röhrbein, Reichstag building on fire, Reichstag building, stormtroopers, NightoftheLongKnives…LGBT history of Germany, Victim of The Night of the Long Knives
Karl Ernst was an SA gruppenfuhrer who, in early 1933, was the SA leader in Berlin. Before joining the NSDAP he had been a hotel bell-boy. It has...
Viktor Lutze

Viktor Lutze

male, deceased (1943)
German Military, German road accident victim, Nazi leader, Road accident victim, Nazi Germany, German…NightoftheLongKnives
Viktor Lutze was an SA officer ("Obergruppenführer") in Nazi Germany. He joined the German Army in 1912 and fought during World War I, where he l...
Erich Klausener

Erich Klausener

male, deceased (1934)
Catholic, Roman Catholic, chancellor of Germany, Nazi, German, World War I…Victim of The Night of the Long Knives, NightoftheLongKnives, occupation of the Ruhr
Erich Klausener was a German Catholic politician who was murdered in the Night of the Long Knives as the Nazis purged their opponents. Born in...
Walther von Reichenau

Walther von Reichenau

male, deceased (1942)
German military personnel of World War II, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, from Baden-Württemberg, Western Front, German Military, karlsruhe…Field Marshal of Nazi Germany, Recipient of the Iron Cross, NightoftheLongKnives
Walter von Reichenau (October 8, 1884 - January 17, 1942) was a German "Generalfeldmarschall". Von Reichenau was born in Karlsruhe to a Prussian...
Ferdinand von Bredow

Ferdinand von Bredow

male, deceased (1934)
German, Weimar Republic, politician, Government minister of Germany, purge, murder…NightoftheLongKnives
Major General Ferdinand von Bredow was a German military officer and former head of the Abwehr (the military intelligence service) in the Reich...
Rudolf Diels

Rudolf Diels

male, deceased (1957)
Nazi leader, Nazi, German, communist, SS general, reichstag fire…University of Marburg, NightoftheLongKnives
Rudolf Diels was a German politician. A protégé of Hermann Göring, Diels was in charge of the Gestapo from 1933 to 1934. He was born in Berghaus in...
Herbert von Bose

Herbert von Bose

male, deceased (1934)
Roman Catholic, German, Nazi Germany, Victim of The Night of the Long Knives, politician, violence…University of Marburg, NightoftheLongKnives, Inside the Third Reich
Herbert von Bose (1893 - 1934), was head of the press division of the Vice Chancellery ("Reichsvizekanzlei") in Germany under Vice Chancellor Franz...