Wilhelm Kube

[Max Williams]

Can anyone give me full details of the assassination of Wilhelm Kube please? I know he was killed by a bomb planted by a woman employed in his household who was allegedly a Russian partisan, but the details are rather scant. What became of the woman? Where did Kube die? Some say the device was left under his bed. Was anyone else killed or injured? Any information would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Max.

[Roderick]

As far as I know, Wilhelm Kube was assassinated by a Soviet partisan disguised as a housemaid.

be lucky,

Roderick

[Helly Angel]

Roderick´s version is the same in "The Encyclopedia of the III Reich", a bomb under his bed, only person killed on September 22, 1943 in Minsk.

[VJK]

Hi!

According to this site:

http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/k/kube_w.shtml

"Noch vor der Lösung dieses Konfliktes starb K. jedoch in der Nacht vom 21. auf den 22. September 1943 durch ein Attentat, das seine Hausangestellte Jelena Masanik verübte. Die den russischen Partisanen angehörende, schon seit längerer Zeit bei K. beschäftigte Frau hatte eine Haftmine unter Ks. Bett versteckt. Der Anschlag, dem bereits mehrere erfolglose Versuche vorausgegangen waren, war vom russischen Geheimdienst gesteuert worden als Reaktion auf Ks. in Bezug auf die Weißrussen relativ erfolgreiche Kollaborationspolitik, die Stalin mißfiel."

Regards,

VJK

[Max Williams]

Hi!

According to this site:

http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/k/kube_w.shtml

"Noch vor der Lösung dieses Konfliktes starb K. jedoch in der Nacht vom 21. auf den 22. September 1943 durch ein Attentat, das seine Hausangestellte Jelena Masanik verübte. Die den russischen Partisanen angehörende, schon seit längerer Zeit bei K. beschäftigte Frau hatte eine Haftmine unter Ks. Bett versteckt. Der Anschlag, dem bereits mehrere erfolglose Versuche vorausgegangen waren, war vom russischen Geheimdienst gesteuert worden als Reaktion auf Ks. in Bezug auf die Weißrussen relativ erfolgreiche Kollaborationspolitik, die Stalin mißfiel."

Regards,

VJK

Anyone translate into English?

[VJK]

Hi Max!

I'll try, though my German's a bit rusty.

"But before this conflict had been resolved, K (Kube) however was assassinated on the night from the 21st to the 22nd September 1943 carried out by his housemaid Jelena Masanik. The woman, being a member of the Russian partisans, and having been employed by K for some time, hid a landmine under K's bed. The assassination, which followed other unsuccessful attempts, had been controlled (lit. steered) by the Russian secret service as a reaction to Kube's relatively successful White Russian collaboration policy which Stalin disliked."

Best regards,

VJK

[Max Williams]

VJK,
An excellent job...thank you.
This information is the same as mine. It was a woman who carried out the assassination. Anyone add any more please?
Max.

[Roderick]

This man said:

"What The Plague and The Syphilis are for Humanity. The Same Thing, The Jew is for The White Race".

He was in fact an opportunist!

Roderick

[AHLF]

VJK,
An excellent job...thank you.
This information is the same as mine. It was a woman who carried out the assassination. Anyone add any more please?
Max.

I can add that the bomb was planted under the bed exactly on the side of it where Kube was usually sleeping. The bomb itself was quite small and lightweight (Less than one Kilogram if I recall). As a result of the explosion Kube was severely injured and died shortly afterwards (his both legs were torn apart) ,while his wife was only contused by it. Jelena Masanik successfully escaped to the local partisans immediately after planting the bomb.
Hope this helps.
best,

AHLF.

[R.M. Schultz]

He was in fact an opportunist!

I think not. “Der rote Koch” was one of the mainstays of the Socialist faction within the NSDAP. He was both an early member (1922) and something of a fanatic, losing his job as a railway official in 1926 for pro-Nazi activities. He belongs to the earliest cadres of socialistic Nazis that also includes the Strasser brothers, Karl Kauffmann, and Dr. Goebbels

As the NSDAP organization in the north was largely created by Gregor Strasser, it was a good deal more socialistic and significantly less anti-semitic than the south. Northerners were often called “Radicalkinskis” by the Munich Circle and Berlin Nazis in the late 1920’s actually called themselves “Hitlerproleten,” (“Hitler’s Proletariat”).

In 1927 Graf zu Reventlow (who was so radical as to demand fifty-percent managerial control of any enterprise by the workers) brought his German People’s Freedom Party (DFVP) over to the NSDAP. Along with him came such Radicalinskis as Fritz Stöhr, Wilhelm Kube, Friedrich Hildebrandt, Otto Telschow, and Dr. Bernhard Rust.

The SA too, was always more radical than P-Zero because of the presence of many former communists in SA ranks. Rudolf Hess noted that in many cities the Communists “often provide the best and most belligerent segments of our SA,” and Hitler himself said (conversation of 30 November 1941) that ex-reds were the best fighters for the NSDAP, estimating that during the 1920’s the NSDAP was 90% leftist. The fluidity of movement between the self-described “socialist” parties became even more apparent during a low ebb in NSDAP morale at the end of 1932 when disillusioned ex-SA men were appearing at SPD and KPD rallies.

Even though Hitler purged the bulk of the left-wing of the NSDAP during the Blood Purge, many Nazis (notably Goebbels and Hanke) considered themselves socialist right up to the end. For a larger discussion of factional relationships within the NSDAP see thread:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=37334

As for his anti-Semitism, this is not a cut-and-dried proposition:

…[ Kube] was reactivated on July 17, 1941, as general commissioner for White Ruthenia, with his headquarters in Minsk. A rabid anti-semite, Kube experienced there the SS atrocities of the Final Solution and began, especially when German Jews were being shot, a vain struggle against the murder operation ("unworthy of a German"). He attempted to rescue Jews by employing them in a horse-cart factory he had established, thus earning the reputation of being "in Jewish bondage." His effort to conduct moderate occupation policies among the White Russian population ran afoul of Stalin, who feared the effects of a mitigated image of the German enemy. Kube was killed by a Soviet partisan disguised as a housemaid.

[Max Williams]

VJK,
An excellent job...thank you.
This information is the same as mine. It was a woman who carried out the assassination. Anyone add any more please?
Max.

I can add that the bomb was planted under the bed exactly on the side of it where Kube was usually sleeping. The bomb itself was quite small and lightweight (Less than one Kilogram if I recall). As a result of the explosion Kube was severely injured and died shortly afterwards (his both legs were torn apart) ,while his wife was only contused by it. Jelena Masanik successfully escaped to the local partisans immediately after planting the bomb.
Hope this helps.
best,

AHLF.

Thanks for this information. Can I have the source please?
Max

[Manstein]

Dutch, I know you look upon Kube with less historical harshness for his left-wing stances but like I have posted earlier, Kube was implicated in the killings of non-German Jews. The fact that German Jews were now being exterminated genuinely disturbed this anti-Semite, believing that German Jews were somehow superior to non-German Jews. Encyclopedia of the Third Reich is not the best at covering the crimes of individual NSDAP members. For example, the bio on Gauleiter Friedrich Hildebrandt states that he was sentenced to death but doesn't state why (he was sentenced to death for involvement in the murders of downed Allied airmen).

[David Thompson]

The mystery of Kube's attitude toward the Jews is documented at:

Official Resistance to War Crimes
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=14313

[Erich-SA]

Did Kube have a middle name? I can't find a reference listing it.
Erich

[Manstein]

His full name was Richard Paul Wilhelm Kube.