Emil Maurice
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Emil Maurice was a German Nazi official and a founding member of the Schutzstaffel. He was Adolf Hitler's first personal chauffeur, and one of only a few people of mixed Jewish and ethnic German ances
Maurice wearing the Blood Order medal
Early photo of Hitler's bodyguard: left to right: Julius Schaub; Julius Schreck; Emil Maurice (crudely scratched out after Hitler sacked him over his relationship with Geli Raubal); Adolf Hitler; Hans Georg Maurer; Gerhard Schneider
From left to right; Hitler, Maurice, Kriebel, Hess and Weber in Landsberg Prison, 1924
Blood Order
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The Blood Order, officially known as the Decoration in Memory of 9 November 1923, was one of the most prestigious decorations in the Nazi Party. During March 1934, Hitler authorized the Blood Order to
Emil Maurice
…Even though Maurice had been a party member since 1919, taken part in the abortive Beer Hall Putsch (for which he was awarded the prestigious Blood Order), and been a bodyguard for Hitler, Himmler considered him to be a serious security risk given his "Jewish ancestry". Himmler recommended that Maurice…
The Blood Order medal
The Feldherrnhalle in Munich