Beppo Römer
Beppo Römer | |
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Born | Josef Römer 17 November 1892 Execution by guillotine |
Nationality | German |
Known for | Plotting to assassinate Adolf Hitler |
Political party | Communist Party of Germany |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Freikorps |
Service/ | Freikorps Oberland |
Josef "Beppo" Römer (German:
Biography
Römer was born in
By 1921, there were a number of patriotic groups in Bavaria clamoring for a restoration of the monarchy under
With the general disbanding of the Freikorps in the early twenties, Römer returned to school, receiving a law degree in 1922. Soon thereafter, Römer began to write for the KPD periodical Aufbruch (New Start) and, after joining the KPD in 1932, he became editor in chief.[2]
Römer opposed the Nazi regime right from the beginning and, as early as 1934, actively participated in plans to assassinate Adolf Hitler with Nikolaus von Halem, which led to his arrest and imprisonment in the Dachau concentration camp until 1939.[3] Upon his release, Römer immediately became involved with worker opposition to the Nazis, publishing a bulletin for the resistance, Informationsdienst (Information Service), creating a network of opposition workplace cells, and again laying plans for an assassination attempt on Hitler.[4][5] These cells were later infiltrated by the Gestapo and Römer was arrested in February 1942 for activities related to abetting the enemy and corruption of military readiness.
Römer was sentenced to death on 16 June 1944 and executed on 25 September of that year at Brandenburg-Görden Prison in Brandenburg an der Havel.[6]
See also
- Assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler
References
- Memorial to the German Resistance. Retrieved on Nov. 28, 2022
- ^ Hans Coppi, Jr. and Susanne Römer. Aufbruch - Dokumentation einer Zeitschrift zwischen den Fronten. Reprint with preface by Peter Steinbach (historian) . Commentary by Hans Coppi. Koblenz (2001)
- ^ "Planung eines Attentates durch die Widerstandsgruppe um Beppo Römer, Paul Joseph Stuermer und Nikolaus von Halem". Bernard-stein.de. Retrieved 2013-02-10.[permanent dead link]
- ISBN 978-3-925622-16-8.
- ^ Benz, Wolfgang. "Opposition und Widerstand der Arbeiterbewegung" (in German). Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
- ISBN 978-3-926175-97-7.
Further reading
- Christian Zentner and Friedemann Bedürftig, "Encyclopedia of the Third Reich," Da Cappo, New York, 1997.
- Conan Fischer, “The German Communists and the Rise of Nazism,” St. Martin's Press, N.Y.C., 1991.
- Klemens von Klemperer, "Germany's New Conservatism; its History and Dilemma in the Twentieth Century," Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1957.
External links
- Biography with photos. Retrieved March 25, 2010 (in German)
- Memoirs of Hans Meyer-Hanno. Retrieved March 25, 2010 (in German)
- List of books by and about Josef "Benno" Römer[permanent dead link] Retrieved March 25, 2010 (in German)