Andreas Bauriedl, died on 9 November 1923 in Munich

[Klaus Schmidt]

I am currently looking for more information on Andreas Bauriedl. He is one of the early members of the NSDAP and a very eraly supporter of Adolf Hitler. It seems that Andreas Bauriedl is a realtive of my family (the only black sheep) but there is very little knowledge about him. According to German law I am the grand nephew of Mr. Bauriedl and now I am a kind of eager to know more about him. If there is any knowledge about him out there I would really appreciate any information to this issue. Further I would also appreciate any hint in order to research on this issue. Thanks in advance + best regards
KS

[Max Williams]

Andreas Bauriedl is an extremely important character in the history of the NSDAP. The most sacred symbol of the Nazi Party was the Blood Flag, the standard carried by Heinrich Trambauer at the Feldherrnhalle on the night of 9 November 1923. Marching next to him was Bauriedl who received a fatal stomach wound when the police unit opened fire on the marchers. Bauriedl fell upon the flag, bleeding profusely from his wound. Trambauer gathered up the blood soaked flag and escaped. The stained cloth was not replaced and became sacred to the Party, henceforth being known as the Blood Flag. It was this flag that was used at all major NSDAP ceremonies to consecrate future standards.
If you are a blood relative, then you have the same blood as that on the Blood Flag.
My suggestion is to use the search facility above. You will find a lot of useful information.
Max.

[Richard_]

Andreas Bauriedl
May 4 , 1879 - November 9 , 1923
Joined the NSDAP and SA in 1922

A picture of the Blutfahe

[Klaus Schmidt]

Dear Max and Richard, I do appreciate your contributions to my research on Andreas Bauriedl. I found in the meantime also a picture of him on the internet amongst those gentlemen who died with him on this day in Munich. Since all the webpages containing his name are only mirroring each other it would be interesting to know from Richard where he has found the dates when AB was joining the NSDAP and the SA. This might bring me further on the issue. Thanks a lot again and best greetings from the Balkan. KS

[Richard_]

Dear Klaus i must have lost that info i also may have mixed it with the info about Jakob Grimminger, i am really sorry for this
and imbarriesd But you could always try the Axis History factbook thats where i found the date on his birth it may be laying somewhere there.

Good luck

[Hexar]

I do not mean to derail your thread, but I would like to know what happened to the "blood flag"? Does it still exist?

[Klaus Schmidt]

Richard, don't worry at all - sh.... happens. I will continue to reearch on him.

The question about the flag: some books say that the flag was located at the "Braune Hause" (the house of the NSDAP) in Munich until it disappeared after a bomb attack in 1945. However there are some rumours that the flag was taken away earlier to this attack by mebers of the party. The current place is not known. KS

[Richard_]

viewtopic.php?t=68566&highlight=blutfahne
viewtopic.php?t=72949&highlight=blutfahne
There has been alot of discussions about the Blutfahne on AHF, unfortenly it disapeared (proboly destroyd) under the war.
But i will keep on searching info about Bauriedl for you, its kind of interessting that you may have the same blood as on the Blutfahne you see this flag was a big symbol during the third reich and where a big highlight during the Nürnberg rallies.

/Richard

[ihoyos]

Dear Klaus.
I dont know why you said " Andres Bauriedl" was a " black sheep" in your family. May be you know something else we don't know. but in my opinion is not fair link, the early times ( 1920 - 1925), with the latest devolopments of the situation. when Andreas died in 1923, no holocaust yet, no war yet, and even the nazi party was far away to get the power in Germany.
Fight on the streets for political reasons, is a normal situacion in every country in the world. that does not means people involved are criminals.

[Helly Angel]

Bauriedl, Andreas.
May 4, 1879
II Bataillon, 6th Company Rossbach. SA.
The flag of this company is the "Blood Flag", is probably his blood is in the flag.
Buried in München.


Source: Deutschland Erwache! 1934 NSDAP book (I have an original)

Best,

[Klaus Schmidt]

Dear Hell Angel, thanks for this message. I gives me now more hints where to log on for further information. As an additional information: the graveyard in Munich was distroyed after the war by the US military government. The corpses where offered to the respective families. All the familiy members from my side did not say any word to us children about Andreas and his whereabouts. But I will also check this with the local city government admin. Thanks again for sending me info and pic. Best regards from the Balkans KS

[Mark Costa]

Bauriedl's grave stll exists today. A photo and the location can be found in the book "The Third Reich -- then and now". Rules do not permit me to post that location here.

Mark Costa

[Klaus Schmidt]

Dear Mark, can you please send me additional infos to my email: klausschmidt@pameca.org.al
Thankful
KS

[chochet]

I do not mean to derail your thread, but I would like to know what happened to the "blood flag"? Does it still exist?

That is the question! SS-Standartenfuehrer Jakob Grimminger was Kornet for almost 20 years, after Heinrich Traumbauer was too sick to perform that duty. Jakob died in Munich in 1969 without ever revealing what happened to the Blood Flag. The last time it was seen in public was at the funeral of Adolf Wagner, Gauleiter of Muenchen-Oberbayern, in April 1944. The Braunes Haus was bombed twice in January 1945 and then occupied by the U. S. Army's 1269th Combat Engineer Battalion from 1 May '45 to 10 June '45. The GIs are known to have looted the place indiscriminately. The Blood Flag, when not used in public, was enshrined at the Braunes Haus under a special honor guard. The chances are it was either destroyed in the bombings or stolen by one of the GIs and it could today be lying in an attic somewhere here in the States, its true origin and value (it'd be worth millions in the collector's market) unknown to the current owners. Or, it could've been spirited away by one of the guards and exists somewhere in Germany today. George Lincoln Rockwell, the late leader of the American Nazi Party, claimed it was in a safe deposit box in Chile, awaiting the "Great Day." I doubt that very much! If you find it, it'll have a tear that occurred during the skirmish before the Feldherrnhalle skillfully repaired by Vicktoria Edrich, a party member, Bauriedl's bloodstains, and a sterling sliver sleeve engraved with the names of the three martyrs who died carring the flag, Bauriedl, Heckenberger, and von Stransky. There is a feature article on Grimminger and the Blood Flag in the Winter 2006 issue of "The Military Advisor."