State Funerals in the Third Reich

[tigre]

Hello to all ; a little more: Ernst Eduard vom Rath 1938.
What about him, Many theories about his death...........................
Source: https://www.welt.de/geschichte/article1 ... maten.html
https://www.delcampe.net/de/sammlerobje ... 09807.html
Cheers. Raúl M .

[tigre]

Hello to all ; a little more: Abschied von Reinhard Heydrich 1942.
Source: http://www.mhpress.eu/illustrierter-beo ... -1197.html
Cheers. Raúl M .

[mjölnir]

In the new German Illustration "Schwerterträger" (www.schwerterträger.de) is mentioned, that the last state funeral was held on March, 28th, 1945 in Judenburg. It was the funeral of SS-Obersturmbannführer and Wearer of the Swords Hans Dorr.
mjölnir

[AlifRafikKhan]

According to Jordan Vause, author of "U-Boat Ace, the story of Wolfgang Lüth" Lüth's state funeral marked the last official act of the Third Reich. The British actually allowed the swastika flags and other Nazi banners to be unfurled and waved around one last time, even though the war had been over more than a week.

Wolfgang Lüth and his funeral are a key moments in my new novel, Germania, coming out Feb 2009 from Simon & Schuster.

I would recommend Jordan Vause's fine book to anyone interested in the subject,

My novel might be what you'd call "tragic slapstick"

Hi, what about this? The funeral was held in 16 May 1945.

[tigre]

Hello to all ; a little more: Generaloberst Freiherr von Fritsch 1939.
Source: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/col ... scroll=194
Cheers. Raúl M .

[AlifRafikKhan]

I've compiled list of Staatsbegräbnis in the Third Reich era, based on the names in the previous posts.
Does anyone know the exact date for the funeral of SS general Wilhelm Grimm?
Did Generalleutnant Walther Wever from Luftwaffe (died in 1936) also got State Funeral?

24.01.1934 Architekt Paul Ludwig Troost
07.08.1934 Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg
19.09.1934 Industrieller Edwin Bechstein
12.12.1934 SA-Gruppenführer Gustav Zunkel
26.10.1935 Gauleiter Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper
12.02.1936 Wilhelm Gustloff (Swiss Nazi)
15.04.1936 Ambassador Leopold von Hoesch
20.05.1936 SS-Oberführer Julius Schreck
03.06.1936 General der Infanterie a.D. Karl Litzmann
22.12.1937 General der Infanterie a.D. Erich Ludendorff
30.09.1938 General der Infanterie a.D. Alfred Krauss
17.11.1938 Diplomat Ernst vom Rath
18.02.1939 Gauleiter Hubert Klausner
28.06.1939 General der Kavallerie Wilhelm Knochenhauer
23.09.1939 Generaloberst Werner Freiherr von Fritsch
10.11.1939 Eight victims of Bürgerbräukeller bomb
08.04.1940 General der Artillerie Prof. Dr. Karl Becker
24.08.1940 Paul Nipkow (TV pioneer)
11.10.1940 Admiral a.D. Adolf von Trotha
02.02.1941 Reichsminister Franz Gürtner
20.02.1941 SA-Obergruppenführer Hermann Kriebel
04.03.1941 Vizeadmiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
30.03.1941 Generaloberstabsarzt Prof. Dr. med. Anton Waldmann
06.09.1941 Hugo Bruckmann (Nazi publisher)
22.11.1941 Generaloberst (Luftwaffe) Ernst Udet
28.11.1941 Oberst Werner Mölders (Luftwaffe ace)
14.12.1941 Char. Generalfeldmarschall Eduard Freiherr von Böhm-Ermolli
16.12.1941 Reichsminister Hanns Kerrl
22.01.1942 Generaldirektor August Diem
23.01.1942 Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau
04.02.1942 SA-Obergruppenführer Georg Hofmann
12.02.1942 Reichsminister Dr. Fritz Todt
18.03.1942 Wehrwirtschaftsführer Robert Bosch
14.05.1942 General der Infanterie z.V. Fritz von Lossberg
22.05.1942 Gauleiter Carl Röver
06.06.1942 SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich
21.06.1942 NSKK-Korpsführer Adolf Hühnlein
10.08.1942 General der Flieger Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen
07.11.1942 Reichsminister Ludwig Siebert
29.03.1943 Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten
07.05.1943 SA-Stabschef Viktor Lutze
13.05.1943 General der Infanterie Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
22.08.1943 Generaloberst Hans Jeschonnek
27.09.1943 Generalkommissar Wilhelm Kube
04.02.1944 SS-Brigadeführer Franz Kutschera
26.04.1944 Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube
27.04.1944 Gauleiter Adolf Wagner
00.07.1944 SS-Gruppenführer Wilhelm Grimm
03.08.1944 Generaloberst (Luftwaffe) Günther Korten
04.10.1944 Gauleiter Joseph Bürckel
09.10.1944 General der Infanterie Rudolf Schmundt
11.10.1944 Major Helmut Lent (Luftwaffe ace)
18.10.1944 Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
14.11.1944 Major Walter Nowotny (Luftwaffe ace)
20.01.1945 SS-Gruppenführer Josef Fitzthum
28.03.1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Dorr (Schwerterträger)
15.05.1945 Kapitän zur See Wolfgang Lüth (U-boat ace)

[Halfdan S.]

Was any period of mourning declared for any of the deceased?

Best
Halfdan S.

[Alexandra W]

Hi Alif,

From what I know Wever did get a state funeral. He also got a memorial service once a year. Also, are you sure that Jeschonnek got a state funeral? According to Baumbach Jeschonnek requested a private funeral in his will so he could prevent some unwanted guys from attending his funeral......

Regards,
Alex

[Alexandra W]

A state funural photo of Mölders and Udet respectively. I do have many other photos of these two events but unfortunately have no time to sort out those photos......

[jeffhan373]

The following should probably be added to this list:

Eugen Ritter von Schobert September 9/23/1941 in Munich

Gottfried Feder 9/27/1941 in Munich (Feder was a State Secretary in addition to being a critical figure in the earliest days of the DAP/NSDAP; his funeral was attended by a large number of senior State and Political figures.)

Josef Stolzing-Cerny per the VB of 7/25/1942: The Führer has ordered a Party Funeral for Josef Stolzing-Cerny (Stolzing-Cerny was one of the earliest Nazi journalists, and his passing in July 1942 was covered in a large front page article in the VB)

Anton Drexler (?) The VB of February 26, 1942, covers his death and career, and on 2/27 it states that his funeral would be on February 28 in Munich. I don't know if this was to be an official Party or State Funeral, though...

[Br. James]

I believe there were State Funerals for Gauleiter of Bayerische Ostmark (later Bayreuth) Hans Schemm, who died on March 5, 1935 and for Generaloberst Johannes Friedrich "Hans" von Seeckt, Chief of Staff to GFM August von Mackensen in WWI, who died on December 27, 1936.

Br. James

[tigre]

Hello to all ; a little more: Funeral of Albanus Schachleitner.
Source: http://www.usmbooks.com/nazi_photographs_p2.html
Cheers. Raúl M .

[AlifRafikKhan]

I think this is not on the list yet: 25.08.1939 Generalleutnant Oskar Freiherr von Watter

[tigre]

Hello to all ; a little more: Funeral of Hermann Kriebel.
Source: http://www.bills-bunker.de/77401.html
Cheers. Raúl M .

[tigre]

Hello to all ; a little more: Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau.
Source: https://www.gettyimages.com.au/photos/v ... ostpopular
Cheers. Raúl M .