Blutzeuge
Blutzeuge (
political violence in Germany during the Weimar Republic and after the Nazi seizure of control in January 1933. Adolf Hitler dedicated his book Mein Kampf to the sixteen NSDAP members killed in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.[1]
Notable Blutzeuge
- Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, early prominent NSDAP member and close associate of Adolf Hitler, killed in the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.
- Albert Leo Schlageter, member of the Freikorps, executed for sabotage in the Occupation of the Ruhr in 1923.
- Horst Wessel, leading member of the Sturmabteilung in Berlin, assassinated in 1930.
- Herbert Norkus, 15-year-old member of the Hitler Youth murdered in 1932 in a fight with Roter Frontkämpferbund youths.
- NSDAP/AO branch in Davos, Switzerland, assassinated in 1936.
Gallery
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Nazi memorial site for Blutzeugen in Munich, which could be bypassed by the "Drückebergergasse" ("Shirker's alley").
See also
- Shahid ("witness"), a martyr in Islam.
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-84117-7.