fredric wrote:Agree. Blazek, Evans and others have published much information about Groppler but no photos. Illustrations of him have been published including
one a caricature by George Grosz. With the exception of Reichhart, photos of sharfrichters are hard to locate. Blazek did contact a Groppler family
member but no mention of photos which is surprising. Groppler did not hide his part-time role as an executioner in addition to his business. Neither
did Rottger and others.
I am surprised that a service record of some sort has not been discovered, I bet that the Reich Justice Ministry maintained some sort of file with appointment dates, etc. Most of these type of files contained mug-shots. Was he an NSDAP member ? Some of the NSDAP membership cards at NARA and BDC had mug-shots attached.