Waldemar Krümmel (1877-1936)

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Waldemar Krümmel (1877-1936)

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 12 May 2007, 12:10

[Split from "Unidentified musicians"]

Who is this highly decorated SA-Oberführer (Musikzugführer)? The photo is a screenshot from L. Riefenstahl's "Der Sieg des Glaubens" (1933), the part with the big parade, the beginning of the "Märkische Heide" march.
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Post by Igor Karpov » 14 Jun 2011, 11:00

It's NSKK-Brigadeführer Waldemar Krümmel, who was Reichsmusikinspizient der NSDAP.

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 22 Oct 2014, 14:26

Thank you for the info, Igor - I've only just now seen your reply! 8O (after 3 years!)

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Post by Igor Karpov » 23 Oct 2014, 09:40

Well, it's better now than never. You welcome! :)

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Post by Fallersleben » 15 Nov 2015, 16:40

Krümmel, Waldemar

* 21. Juni 1877 Magdeburg, † 17. Oktober 1936 Badenweiler

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Post by Auceps » 23 Feb 2019, 17:15

From March 1914 Krümmel was a Musikmeister in the 1. Schweres Reiter-Regiment in Munich, in the Reichswehr he served in the 7. Fahr-Abteilung. In 1931 he was suspended and came to the NSDAP, where he became Reichsmusikinspizient.

Source: Robert Kummer: Die Regimentsmusiken der Friedensgarnison München, in: Das Schwalbennest 16 (1934), No. 6, pp. 84-88.

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 01 Mar 2019, 00:33

Thanks very much for the additional info.

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