by R.M. Schultz on 10 Jul 2003 03:49 I am trying to compile a Master List of the Blood Purge Victims. I have listed everyone that I can find, from a multitude of sources, yet I am sure this is far from complete. Please help! I have tried to give the vital information for each name, but several of these fellows are just shadows (e.g. von der Decken) and any help in fleshing out their resumes would be welcome. Thanx! This list was updated on 20 October 2006 and reflects posts up to then!
Those Killed in Blood Purge:
Adler, Dr. Julius, Marxist, alleged participation in “Röhm Plot,” imprisoned and executed at Dachau.
Ballerstadt, Dr. Otto, Conservative Bavarian politician who had successfully prosecuted Hitler for breaking up a political meeting at which he had been speaking in 1921, resulting in the Nazi leader spending a month in Stadelheim. Arrested and shot to death in Dachau on 1 July 1934.
Bechtold,?, SA Führer (Stuttgart)
Beck, Fritz, NSDAP, director of the Munich Student’s Welfare Fund, head of the German Academic Foreign Bureau.
Belding, Karl, SA Standartenführer
Bergmann, Erwald Kuppel, Born 5 February 1905, K.P.D., executed in Landeshut 1 July 1934.
von Beulwitz, Veit Ulrich, SA Sturmführer. Executed in Lichterfelde 1 July 1934
Bittman, Alois, SA Scharführer
Blasner, Franz, SA Truppführer
Bollwitz, ?, head of the SA press department.
von Bose, Herbert, von Papen's Secretary. Reported as gunned down at his desk in the Vice-Chancellery, 30 June 1934, however his brother reported him alive in a concentration camp on 8 August.
von Bredow, Ferdinand, Retired Major General in Reichswehr, head of military intelligence during chancellorship of Heinrich Brüning, associate of von Schleicher. Arrested 30 June 1934, arrived at Lichterfelde with bullet hole in his head, 2 July, or bludgeoned to death in a police van and thrown into a ditch.
Charig, A., Executed in Hirschberg 1 July 1934.
von der Decken,?, no other details
von Detten, Georg, SA Gruppenführer, SA political chief, NSDAP Reichstag deputy. Executed at 2:30 AM, 2 July 1934 at Berlin-Lichterfelde.
Ender-Schulen, ?, SA Sturmbannführer, no other details
Engelhardt, Kurt, Born 1 May 1891, SA Sturmbannführer. Executed in Breslau 30 June 1934.
Engels (Engel?),?, Berlin SA leader. (The same as below?)
Engels (Engel?), Werner, SA Sturmbannführer, acting Police President of Breslau. Driven out to the woods by SS troopers and killed with a shot-gun.
Enkel,(Engel? Engels?), ; SA – Standartenführer. (The same as above?)
Ernst, Frau, wife of Karl Ernst, suspected of knowing the truth about the Reichstag fire.
Ernst, Karl, Born 1904, Freikorps Roßbach, ex-hotel doorman, homosexual protegé of Paul Röhrbein + Ernst Röhm, SA Gruppenführer, NSDAP Reichstag deputy. Arrested on the dock at Bremen (where he was preparing to leave for Maderia on honeymoon) 30 June 1934. Flown to Berlin where he was shot by Leibstandarte-SS firing squad at Lichterfelde. Last words: “Heil Hitler!”
Ewald, Ernst Martin, Born 19 January 1900, Leiter der ND Gau Sachsen. Executed in Dresden 1 July 1934.
von Falkenhausen, Hans Joachim, Born 15 October 1897 in Brieg, SA Oberführer. Executed at 2AM, 2 July 1934 at Berlin-Lichterfelde.
von Fichte, Werner, Freikorps Ehrhardt, NSDAP / SA / SS, police president of Erfurt, Killed in Blood Purge. (Possibly spurious, not on official list.)
Fiedler,?, S.A. Probably knew too much about the Reichstag fire.
Fink, Gustav, SS Mann
Fischer, ?, captain in the Berlin Gestapo.
Fleck,?, no other details.
Frasenhauser,?, no other details.
Förster, Dr. Walter, A Hirschberg lawyer who had taken part in legal proceedings against National Socialists. Executed in Hirschberg 1 July 1934.
Gans, Erich, Marxist, alleged participation in “Röhm Plot,” imprisoned and executed at Dachau.
Gehrt, Daniel Richthofen Squadron, Pour le Merite, SA – Sturmbannführer. (The same as “Gerth” below?)
Gerlich, Fritz, 1883-1934, anti-Nazi Catholic journalist, publisher of Der Gerade Weg (“The Straight Way/Path”), arrested 9 March 1933, killed at Dachau 1 July 1934.
Gerth, Daniel, SA Obersturmführer, adjutant to Röhm. Arrested in Berlin, reprieved at the last moment by Hitler who, because Gerth held the Pour le Merite, offered him the opportunity to commit suicide instead. Gerth, protesting his innocence, refused the offer and was taken back to Lichterfelde on 1 July 1934 and shot. His last words were reported to be: “Comrades, aim well!”
Glaser, Dr. Alexander, Born 1 July 1884. Attorney, chief of Staff to P-Zero head, Gregor Strasser. Executed in Munich 30 June 1934
Haber, Dr,? no other details.
Haebich, Walter, Marxist, alleged participation in “Röhm Plot,” imprisoned and executed at Dachau.
Hausdame, Ernestine Zoref, Born 23 May 1896. Executed in Dachau 30 June 1934.
Hayn, Hans, Born 7 August 1896 in Liegnitz, Baltic freikorpskämpfer, Black Reichswehr, Fehmemord, SA Gruppenführer, NSDAP Reichstag deputy, homosexual associate of Röhm. Shot by SS firing squad in Stadelheim Prison, 30 June 1934.
Hayn, Wilhelm, Reichswehr officer, Baltic Freikorpskämpfer. Shot by SS firing squad in Stadelheim Prison, 30 June 1934.
Heck,?, SA – Standartenführer ?
Heim, Klaus, leader of the Holstein farmers.
Heimsoth, Dr. Karl-Günther, SA Gruppenführer. A freind of Röhm, he had recieved the notorious homoerotic letters from Bolivia that were later leaked to the press.
Heines, Edmund, Born 1897, WW1 Officer, Freikorps Roßbach, Fehmemord, protegé of Gerhard Roßbach + Ernst Röhm, expelled from the SA in 1927 for notorious homosexuality, reïnstated by Röhm as SA Obergruppenführer in charge of Silesia 1931, NSDAP Reichstag deputy. Shot while in bed with his chauffeur and Lustknabe at Bad Wiesse, 30 June 1934.
Heines, Oskar, Brother of Edmund, born 3 February 1903, SA Sturmbannführer. Hearing of the attempted “Putsch” he turned himself in to Gestapo headquarters in Breslau, 30 June 1934. Executed immediately.
Heiser, Robert, Born 28 November 1904, Reh Ju. K.P.D,. Executed in Landeshut 1 July 1934.
Hereth, Adam, Marxist, alleged participation in “Röhm Plot,” imprisoned and executed at Dachau.
von Heydebreck, Hans Peter, Born 1 July 1889 in Koslin/Pommern, freikorpskämpfer (the “Hero of Annaberg”), SA Gruppenführer, NSDAP Reichstag deputy, homosexual associate of Röhm. Shot by SS firing squad in Stadelheim Prison, 30 June 1934.
Hinzen,?, no other details.
Hoffmann, Dr. Joachim, SA – Brigadeführer. [In many cases, the victims were cremated and their ashes filed by number in cigar-boxes or crude urns and delivered to the widows or parents by mail, or at special offices where they could be called for with numbered checks. Hoffmann’s ashes bore number 238.]
Hohberg unt Buchwald, Anton Freiherr von, SS Reiter Und OberTruppführerührer. Shot in the smoking room of his estate by SS troopers on order of his rival SS Oberabschnitt Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski.
Holt, August, waiter at the “Nürnberger Bratwurstglöckl” restaurant where Röhm and Goebbels had held secret meetings just before the purge.
Huber,?, no other details.
Jacobson,?, no other details.
Jung, Edgar Julius, Born 1894, DVP, Herrenklub, Journalist, Speech writer for von Papen. Shot in the Lichterfelde Barracks ? 30 June 1934.
Jurk,?, no other details. (The same as “Gerth” above?)
Kahr, Gustav Ritter von, Born 1862, Staatskommissar for Bavaria at the time of the Beer Hall Putsch. Abducted in Munich 30 June 1934, hacked to death with axes and thrown into a swamp near Dachau.
Kaindl,?, no other details.
Kamphausen, Kuno, Born 27 November 1900 in Krefeld, Waldenberg Municipal Engineer, member of the Catholic Center Party, opponent of national socialism. Murdered for being un-cooperative about building licenses. Killed in SS Abschnitt VI, Waldenburg, Schlesien, 30 June 1934. Corpse was transferred to Lorsch and buried there.
Keppler,?, no other details.
von Kessel, Eugen, Hauptman Polizei, head of section to Dr. Erich Klausener, head of Preusischen Ministerie Polizei.
Kirschbaum,?, no other details.
Klausener, Dr. Erich, Head of Preusischen Ministerie Polizei, Center Party, Catholic Action. Shot by SS Hauptsturmführer Kurt Gildisch in his office 30 June 1934. Left to bleed to death, he managed to telephone for a priest, but the SS men wouldn’t allow the priest to enter and give Klaussener the Last Rites of the Church.
Klemm, Willi, Born 9 March 1892 in Aaken, A-Brigadeführer in Berlin. Executed 1 July 1934 by SS firing squad in Berlin-Lichterfelde.
Koeppel, Ewald, no other details.
Koch, Hans Karl, Born 17 October 1897 in Potsdam, SA Brigadeführer. Executed 1 July 1934 by SS firing squad in Berlin-Lichterfelde.
Konig, Heinrich, SA Oberscharführer
Konze, ?, Berlin SA leader.
Kopp,?, SA – Brigadeführer ?
Koppel, Ewald, communist, executed at Landeshut in Silesia 1 Juoly 1934.
Krause, ?, SA Sturmbannführer ? Executed in Lichterfelde 1 July 1934
Kraußer, Fritz Ritter von, Born 29 April 1888 in Nürnberg, cavalry officer, Freikorps Epp, SA Obergruppenführer, protege of Röhm, NSDAP Reichstag deputy. Shot in Stadelheim Prison, 30 June 1934. OR Executed at 3AM, 2 July 1934 at Berlin-Lichterfelde.
Kunze,?, no other details.
Laemmermann, Friedrich Karl, Born 20 March 1914, HJ Führer. Executed in Plauen 1 July 1934.
Langer, Gotthard, Born 1 December 1914, SA OberTruppführerührer. Executed in Leopschutz 1 July 1934.
Lindemann, Dr. ?, Executed in Glogau 1 July 1934.
Lipinsky, Karl, Born 29 May 1896, SA Reiter-Sturmführer. Executed in Breslau 30 June 1934.
“Max,(?),” Röhm’s chauffeur and Lustknabe. Arrested at Bad Wiesse, 30 June 1934, and taken to Stadelheim Prison. On 1 July 1934, Hitler ordered that he be shot and then that Röhm be informed of this.
Marcus, ?, SA – Standartenführer ?
von Marlow,?, Reichwehr colonel, no other details.
Martin,?, no other details.
Mathis,?, no other details.
Mattheis, Dr. Hermann, Born 18 July 1893, SA Standartenführer Executed in Ellwangen 1 July 1934
May,?, no other details.
Merker,?, no other details.
von Mohrenschildt, Walter, Born 6 June 1910, SA-Hauptsturmführer ?, adjutant to Röhm. Executed in Lichterfelde 1 July 1934
Morsbach, Dr. ?, no other details.
Muhler (Muhlert?), Pfaffer, no other details.
Neumeier, Edmund, Born 8 August 1908, SA Rottenführer. Executed in Dachau 1 July 1934.
Nixdorf, Heinrich, Born 19 October 1890, SA Oberst Feldjagerei. Executed in Breslau 30 June 1934.
Oberweuzer,?, no other details.
Opperheim, Ose, son of Salomon Opperheim.
Opperheim, Salomon, no other details.
von Ossow, Otto, retired Reichswehr general.
Ostendorp, Lambeardus, Born 20 May 1893, SA Oberst Feldjagerei. Executed in Dresden 1 July 1934.
von Pasinsky,?, no other details.
Pietrzok, Otto, Born 13 December 1908, SA Sturmbannführer. Executed in Dresden 1 July 1934.
Pleines, Fritz, Born 8 July 1906, SS Mann. Executed in Stettin 30 June 1934.
Probst, Adalbert, Catholic youth leader in Munich, former Bavarian Landtag deputy.
Ramshorn, Hans, SA Brigadeführer, Police president of Gleiwitz
Reblitzki,?, no other details.
Redwitz, Barm no other details.
Reh, Robert, communist, executed at Landeshut in Silesia, 1 July 1934.
Röhm, Ernst, Born in Munich on 28th November 1887. WW1 Captain, Ex-Reichswehr, Freikorps Epp, Frontbahn, “Du friends” with Hitler, Stabschef SA, NSDAP Reichstag deputy. Arrested at Bad Wiesse, 30 June 1934, taken to cell 474 in the new cell block of Stadelheim Prison, München. After declining the option to commit suicide with a revolver, he was shot on 2 July by SS-Brigadeführer Theodor Eicke and/or SS-Sturmbannführer Michael Lippert on orders of Sepp Deitrich.
Röhrbein, Paul, Frontbahn, SA Brigadeführer in charge of Berlin (1925-1927), homosexual associate of Röhm + Ernst.
von Roskotten,?, no other details.
Sander, Wilhelm, Born 14 June 1895, SA Stabsführer, aide to Röhm. When the arrests began in Berlin, Sander concluded that Göring had become demented and he flew to Munich to alert Hitler. Arrested in Munich, he was taken back to Berlin and executed in Lichterfeld 1 July 1934
Saasbach, Emil, no other details.
Sanders, ?, SA – Brigadeführer ?
Schätzl, Martin, (b. 1909) Munich painter, SA Standartenführer, he had accompanied Röhm on his two year stay in Bolivia.
Graf Scherr-Thott,?, no other details.
Scherl, Gaiseric, Born in Plauen 12 September 1912, SA Standartenführer, homosexual associate of Röhm, NS Studentenbund, Harvest Commando. Executed along with his wife at Landeshut 1 July 1934.
Schieweck, Erich, Born Breslau, SA Obertruppführer. Killed Dachau 1 July 1934.
von Schleicher, Elisabeth, Born 18 November 1893. Shot dead along with her husband, General von Schleicher, at their house at Neu-Babelsberg, 30 June 1934.
von Schleicher, Kurt, Born 1882, WW1 Staff Officer, Reichswehr, Chancellor of Germany (1932-33). Shot dead in his house at Neu-Babelsberg (just outside Berlin) by six SS troopers, 30 June 1934, along with his wife.
Schmid, Dr. Wilhelm Eduard, Music Critic. Mistaken for another Schmitt/Schmidt, arrested 30 June 1934 by the SS and killed while in custody. Hess later apologized for the mistake. This is the only documented case of such a mistake, though François-Poncet assures us that there were many. There are two reports on who he was mistaken for. Several writers say it is Gruppenführer Willi Schmitd, however Richard Evans [“The Third Reich in Power,” Penguin Press, New York City, 2005, p. 36] is quite explicit about it being a Black Front supporter, Ludwig Schmitt.
Schmidt, Hans W., Born 19 April 1912, SA Obersturmführer. Executed at Frankfurt- Berlin ? 2 July 1934.
Schmidt, Theodor, Born Kolmar 23 May 1907, SA. Executed in Dachau 30 June 1934.
Schmidt, Walter, (Breslau) no other details.
Schmidt, Wilhelm, Born 30 June 1889, SA Truppführerührer. Executed in Stadelhelm 1 July 1934.
Schmidt, Willi, SA Gruppenführer [The same as above?]. Arrested in Munich, 30 June 1934, by Emil Maurice who shot him later that day.
Schmidt, ?, SA Standartenführer, NSDAP Reichstag deputy. (One of the above?)
Schmitt, Ludwig, Black Front.
Schneidhüber, August, Born 8 May 1887 in Traunstein, SA Obergruppenführer, Munich Police Superintendent, NSDAP Reichstag deputy. Arrested in Munich, 30 June 1934, by Emil Maurice, shot at Stadelheim shortly thereafter. Last words reported to be: “Well, boys, I don’t know what this is all about, but anyhow, shoot straight!”
Schotte, Walter, anti-Nazi journalist.
Schragmüller, Konrad, SA Gruppenführer, NSDAP Reichstag deputy, Chief of Magdeburg Police. Arrested and killed 30 June 1934.
Schroder, Dr. Joachim, SA Obersturmführer Born 2 April, 1897 Executed in Dresden 1 July 1934.
Schuldt, Max Walter Otto, Born 3 May 1903, SA Sturmführer. Executed in Dresden 1 July 1934.
Schulz, Walter, Born 2 September 1897, 2 Stabschef der SA Gruppe Pommern. Executed on 1 July 1934.
Schulze, Max, Born 21 October 1900, SA Obersturmführer. Executed on 1 July 1934.
Schwarz, ?, SA – Brigadeführer ?
Schweighardt, Hans, Born 12 July 1894, SA Standartenführer. Executed in Dachau 1 July 1934.
Sembach, Emil, Born 2 April 1891, SS Oberführer. Attached to SS headquarters in Silesia, he was expelled for embezzlement in February 1934 and had denounced Kurt Wittje's homosexuality to the Minister of Defence and to the Reichswehr. He then asked Frick for protection. Udo von Woyrsch, who had a personal vendetta against Sembach, discussed the case with Himmler in June, when it was agreed that Sembach would be sent to Berlin upon arrest. However, when Sembach was arrested the afternoon of 30 June 1934 in Brieg (HQ of SS Oa Sudost) he was instead taken to Oels. On 1 July Sembach was taken into the mountains and shot by a Commando under SS Hauptsturmführer Paul Exner on Woyrsch's orders OR , drown in a reservoir near Brieg.
Sempner, ?, Proprietor of an inn favored by Röhm.
Spreti – Weilbach, Hans graf von, SA – Standartenführer, SA-Führer zur besonderen Verwendung, protegé of Röhm. Arrested at Bad Wiesse, 30 June 1934, taken to Stadelheim Prison and shot.
Stable, Oskar, Freikorps Maercker, Freikorps Roßbach, NSDAP / NSDStB. (Possibly spurious, not on official list.)
Stadler, Eduard, no other details.
Stefan,?, no other details.
Stein, Leo, no other details.
Stempfle, Father Bernhard, Catholic priest, former associate of Hitler, found in a forest near Harlaching, an affluent suburb of Munich, with a broken neck and three bullets in his heart. Probably killed because of what he knew about Geli Raubal.
Strasser, Gregor, Born at Geisenfeld on 31 May 1892, WW1 officer, freikorpskämpfer, Ex-GDVG, Ex-NSFP, NW Arbeitsgemeinschaft, NSBO, Gauleiter of Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (1925-1929), Reichsorganisationsleiter (1929-1932). Arrested in his Berlin home 30 June 1934, taken to Prinz Albrechtstrasse Gestapo jail and shot in cell #16. Died of his wounds 2 July 1934. His death was officially announced as a “suicide.”
Stucken, Otto, Born 18 December 1896, SA Obersturmführer. Executed in Breslau 30 June 1934.
Surk, ?, SA – Standartenführer ?
Thomas, ?, SA – Standartenführer ?
Toifl, Ottmar, Born 16 July 1898, SS Truppführer u Polizei kommissar. Friend of Daluege. Killed on Heydrich orders in Berlin 1 July 1934. His body was left in an allee of Grunewald.
Uhl, Julius, SA Standartenführer, assassin of Gerog Bell. Arrested at Bad Wiesse, 30 June 1934, taken to Stadelheim Prison and shot.
Un-named four Jews arrested in Hirschberg and “shot while trying to escape.”
Un-named Leader of the Jewish Veteran’s League, arrested in Glogau, taken out to a wood and shot dead.
Un-named waiter and barman at Zehnter's.
Un-named wine steward at the “Nürnberger Bratwurstglöckl” restaurant where Röhm and Goebbels had held secret meetings just before the purge.
Villain, Dr. Erwin, Born 3 November 1898, SA Standartenarzt, SA medical officer. Arrested by SS Hauptsturmführer Kurt Gildisch, executed in Lichterfelde 1 July 1934. Possibly he knew too much about the Reichstag fire.
Vogel, Max, Born 18 July 1908, SA Obersturmführer. Executed in Dachau 1 July 1934.
Voss, Gerd, Attorney to Strasser, shot dead during a search of his office.
Wagner, Eich, no other details.
Weber,?, no other details.
von Wechmar, Karl Eberhard, SA Gruppenführer.
Weiersch,?, no other details.
Winkler,?, no other details.
Wopfner,?, no other details.
Zehnter, Karl, (b. 1900) Proprietor of the “Nürnberger Bratwurstglöckl” restaurant, homosexual associate of Röhm and Heines.
Zweig, Jeanette, Executed in Hirschberg 1 July 1934.
Zweig, Alex, Executed in Hirschberg 1 July 1934.
Survivors of the Blood Purge:
Adenauer, Konrad, 1876 - 1967, former Prussian State Council president, future BRD Chancellor. Arrested during Blood Purge, probably because he was Kurt von Schleicher’s next-door neighbor, released after two days.
Beissner, Ernst, arrested in the Purge, expelled from the SA, though later was Kreisleiter and received the Golden Party Pin.
Du Moulin Eckart, Leonhardt graf, Born Jan. 11, 1900, doctor at law, SA, homosexual associate of Röhm, chief of the Nazi Party's information service in the Brown House in 1932. Hid during Blood Purge, arrested afterwards and confined at Dachau. Indicted for procuring and for unnatural sexual intercourse on Oct. 21, 1934, having provided his apartment to Röhm for homosexual activities; acquitted.
Düsterberg, Theodore, 1895-1950, WW1 officer, Stahlhelm founder, DNVP, Arrested after Blood Purge
Ehrhardt, Hermann, 1881-1971, WW1 naval officer, Freikorpsfürher, Kapp Putsch instigator. Upon arrival of the Gestapo, he fled to the woods of his estate with a couple of shot-guns, was later smuggled to Austria by friends, where he lived in exile even after the Anschluss. Erroneously listed among the dead by French Ambassador François-Poncet.
Giesler, Paul, Born: 15. Jun. 1895 in Siegen. arrested in the Purge, expelled from the SA, though later was Gauleiter of München-Oberbayern (1944 - 1945). Committed Suicide 8 May 1945, at Berchtesgaden, along with his wife.
Glaser, Alexander, attorney to Kurt Lüdecke, personal enemy of Hans Frank, arrested during Blood Purge.
Ludin, Hans Elard, 1905-1947, Reichswehr officer 1924-1930, under fortress arrest for Nazi political activities 1930-1931, SA-Obergruppenführer, Leader of SA Group Southwest 1933. Arrested during Blood Purge. Later Minister to Slovakia Jan 1941-1945, convicted by a Czech court in Slovakia, sentenced to death by firing squad. Executed at Bratislava (Pressburg) 9 December 1947.
Luetgebrune, Gerd, attorney to Röhm. Arrested during Blood Purge and “roughed up.” Luetgebrune had always lived well, but a client who visited him in 1935 was shocked to note that he had “lost everything.”
Mappes, Georges, . Arrested in the Purge, expelled from the SA, though later was NSDAP Orstgruppenleiter he received the Golden Party Pin.
von Obernitz, Hans-Günter . Commander of the Franconian SA and Nürnberg Police President. Away from his post in Nürnberg on the first day of the purge, upon his return he sought the protection of Gauletier Streicher, who then intervened with Göring and possibly went to Berlin to see Hitler about the matter.
von Papen, ?, Son of Fritz von Papen.
von Papen, Fritz, 1879 - 1969, Ex-Reichswehr, Catholic Center Party, Herrenklub, Chancellor (1932-33), Vice Chancellor. Placed under house arrest for three days during Blood Purge.
Reiner, Rudolf, SS Gruppenführer Röhm’s adjutant. Dismissed because of his post with Röhm, imprisoned 18 December 1934 to 7 March 1935. Worked for the Hermann Goring Werke during the war. Served in the Luftwaffe Flakarm as Oberleutnant, killed in action 27 August 1944 .
Roßbach, Gerhard, 1893 - 1967, WW1 Veteran, Decorated Officer, Freikorpsführer, Munich Putsch. Arrested during Blood Purge.
Sack, Dr. Alfons, Nazi attorney, homosexual, associate of Röhm, Heines, and Ernst. Successfully defended Ernst Torgler at the Reichstag Fire trial. Arrested during Blood Purge and detained for the whole of July.
von Savigny, Karl, aide to von Papen, arrested and later released.
Schreyer, Karl, SA-Gruppenführer. Arrested in Berlin and taken to Columbia House. About to be shot at 4AM, 2 July 1934, when the order to stop all executions came from the Führer.
Schulz, Paul, Ex-Reichswehr Oberleutnant, associate of Strasser. Deeply anti-Socialist he strove to keep the socialists Strasser and Röhm separated by homophobic baiting Hitler and Strasser. Out of power following the Strasser/Schleicher incident, he had earned Hitler’s enmity by imprudent homophobic statements. Arrested June 30 in Berlin and driven out towards a lonely stretch of woods near Potsdam, he was shot while running away and played dead. When his captors went back to the car for something to wrap the body in, he bolted up and ran off in the woods. To escape dogs, he hid in the waters of the Nuthe stream. He made his way to the house of retired admiral Lübbert where he hid while an amnesty was negotiated with Hitler through a third party. A despicable intriguer.
von Stockzingen, Margarete, aide to von Papen, arrested and later released.
Strasser, Gertrude, Wife of Otto Strasser. Arrested in Berlin, 30 June 1934 by the Gestapo, tortured and held for several weeks, while pending shipment to a concentration camp she escaped to Prague.
Strasser, Otto, Born at Geisenfeld in 1897, WW1 officer, freikorpskämpfer, Ex-SPD, NW Arbeitsgemeinschaft, Ex-NSDAP, Black Front leader. Attempted assassination, 30 June 1934, in Vienna.
von Tschirsky, Fritz, aide to von Papen, arrested and later released.
Treviranus, Gottfried, 1881-1971, politician, ex-DNVP, founder of People’s Conservative Union, minister in Brüning cabinet. Barely escaped arrest during Blood Purge, exiled to England.
Udet, Ernst, 1896-1941, SA Air Squadron Führer. Invited to Gauleiter Wagner’s banquet/trap in Munich 30 June 1934, he was the only one to escape from the banquet room, albeit dazed and with a large gash on his forehead, when he ran into Hitler, who told him to leave immediately.
Those reputed to be killed in the Blood Purge but actually survivors:
on Arco-Yalley Anton, Eisner assassin. Arrested on orders of Himmler March 1934. Survived the end of the Nazi period only to be killed in an accident involving a U.S. Jeep in 1945.
Bergman, Robert, Freikorps Epp, Fehmemord, SA-Führer zur besonderen Verwendung, SS Standartenführer, NSDAP Reichstag deputy. Expelled from the Party and SS and imprisoned for a time due to alleged complicity in Röhm's alleged conspiracy. Rehabilitated in 1939 and re-admitted to the NSDAP. Attempts to rejoin the SS, though endorsed by the HSSPF in Nürnberg, Dr. jur. Benno Martin, were unsuccessful. Died on 4 February 1966.
Guttenberg, Georg Enoch Freiherr von, Aretin's successor in the Bavarian monarchist movement. Arrested during the Röhm putsch and even reported as murdered by foreign newspapers he survived and was released later on. Died in December 1940.
Kasche, Siegfried, 1903 - 1947, joined NSDAP 1926; Stellvertreter Gauleiter of Ostmark 1926-1931, NSDAP Reichstag deputy, SA-Gruppenführer. Arrested in Berlin on Himmler’s orders, he begged Göring for his life and was reprieved. Later Minister to Croatia (1941-1945); Minister-Plenipotentiary to Croatia (1943-1945), condemned by Yugoslav Croat Supreme Court, execution announced 18 June 1947.
von Lossow, Otto, 1863-1938, Reichswehr Defense Commissioner for Bavaria at the time of the Putsch.
von Seisser, Hans Munich police chief at the time of the Putsch.
Struck from the Death List by Hermann Göring:
von Bülow, ?, Under-secretary in the Foreign Ministry.
Diels, Rudolf, )1900 - 1957) WW1 veteran, lawyer, Prussian police from 1930, Gestapo investigator of the Reichstag fire, protegé of Göring, forced from office by Heydrich and Himmler. Prosecution witness at Nürnberg.
Hohenzollern, Frederick Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst, Kronprinz von Preußen, (1882 - 1951) arrested but then released by Göring because he was too stupid to have had a hand in any conspiracy.
Official Reported Totals according to a speech by Hitler:
19 higher SA leaders
31 SA leaders and members
3 SS leaders
13 SA leaders and civilians who “resisted arrest”
3 suicides
5 party members
3 SS men who maltreated prisoners
Total dead: 77
Spurious reports! The men listed below have, probably incorrectly appeared on various lists of victims. They are listed below in order to avoid further confusion:
von Aretin, Erwein Freiherr, head of the Bavarian monarchists, a staunch catholic, Nazi opponent, and newspaper writer at the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten. Arrested in March 1933 but released from Stadelheim prison in May 1934 though Heydrich in particular had rallied to have him eliminated. He died in 1952.
Held, Dr. Heinrich, Prime Minister of Bavaria 1924 -1933, died 4 August, 1938 in Regensburg.
Prinz von Isenburg-Birstein, Maria Joseph Ferdinand-Karl, b. Birstein 20 Feb 1906, died Regensburg 5 May 1968, adjutant of Ritter von Epp during the Röhm affair.
Mühsam, Erich, anarchist poet and one of the leaders of the Munich Soviet Republic in 1919. He committed suicide in Oranienburg concentration camp on July 10th,1934.
Oberfohren, Dr. Ernst, Nationalist Reichstag Deputy. He had been conspiring against Hugenberg to become head of the DNVP. Gestapo phone taps revealed these intrigues and they informed Hugenberg. Confronted by Hugenberg with the protocols of his disloyalty, Oberfohren chose to commit suicide on May 7th, 1933, more than a year before the Röhm putsch.
Scheringer, Richard, “Ulm Garrison Incident,”Aufbruch Circle, SA man turned communist, died May 8th, 1986 in Hamburg.
Stützel, Karl (1872-1944), Minister of Interior in Bavaria from 1924 - 1933.
Trambauer, Heinrich Wilhelm, Flagbearer in 1923 Putsch, died in October 1942.
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