State Funerals in the Third Reich
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Hello to all ; a little more: Josef Stolzing-Cerny.
Source: Illustrierter Beobachter 1942 Folge 32.
Cheers. Raúl M .
Source: Illustrierter Beobachter 1942 Folge 32.
Cheers. Raúl M .
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Heydrich’s Berlin State Funeral was held on 09.06.1942, while his first State Funeral in Prague was held on 07.06.1942. He laid in state outside Hradschin Castle in the First Courtyard from 05.06 until the morning of his funeral in 07.06. From midnight 04.06 (the day he passed away) until the morning of 05.06, he laid in state inside Hradschin Castle’s “Hall of Columns” with a Honour Guard from 04.06 up until he was buried in Invalidenfriedhof, Berlin on 09.06.1942.
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Any ideas on this one. I'm thinking probably a Gauleiter or senior NSDAP personality.
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VanillaNuns wrote: ↑06 Jun 2022, 09:55Any ideas on this one. I'm thinking probably a Gauleiter or senior NSDAP personality.
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The picture shows the funeral of Adolf Wagner, Gauleiter of Upper Bavaria, on 17.4.1944, at the congress hall of the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/ ... -12501358a
Two other scenes of this event can be found here:
https://onb.digital/result/BAG_354081
https://onb.digital/result/BAG_354088
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Brilliant, many thanks.
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The photo shows the funeral of honorary SS brigade leader Theodor Croneiß, chairman of the board of the Messerschmitt AG and fighter pilot in World War I, on 11.11.1942, at the Regensburg Messerschmitt factory hall.
Biographical sketch for Croneiß: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Croneiss
Newsreel of this event can be found here: https://archiv-akh.de/filme/252#1
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Thank you for this info.
Best,
Michal
Best,
Michal
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This is nothing like color photos of Wagner´s funeral, but it is still nice image for reference.
Michal
Michal
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Thanks for this photo, Michal.
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Really ? Where and when ?jeffhan373 wrote: ↑27 Feb 2010, 18:27Though he didn't get a state funeral, Anton Drexler's death in 1942 was nevertheless noted in the Nazi press...
AFAIK His death was noted nowhere and he didn't receive any note.
Hitler didn't like him very much indeed.
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There was a Deutsches Nachritenbüro notice on the Feb. 28th, 1942.Really ? Where and when ?
On that day Gauleiter Wagner laid a wreath from Hitler at the Drexler's coffin at the Westfriedhof in Munich.
Several newspapers mentioned this event, eg. here:
A private obituary in VB-WA (on Feb.27th):