Franz Ritter von Epp
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Franz Ritter von Epp was a German general and politician who started his military career in the Bavarian Army. Successful wartime military service earned him a knighthood in 1916. After the end of Wor
Epp c. 1930's
Epp and members of the German mission paying homage at the tomb of the Italian unknown soldier in March 1938
Epp opening a school for colonialism in October 1938
Ernst Röhm
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Ernst Julius Günther Röhm was a German military officer, politician, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. A close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler, Röhm was the co-founder and leader of the St
Franz Ritter von Epp
…Epp formed the Freikorps Epp, a right-wing paramilitary unit mostly made up of war veterans, of which the future leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), Ernst Röhm, was a member. This unit took part in the crushing of the Bavarian Soviet Republic in Munich, being responsible for various massacres. Epp joined the…
Röhm in 1933
Röhm, standing fifth from left between Hitler and Hermann Göring, pictured as a member of "the staff of the Führer taken on the day of his appointment as Reich Chancellor" on 30 January 1933
Hauptmann Röhm wearing his Reichswehr uniform with Freikorps Epp insignia during the Beer Hall Putsch trial in 1924
Defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch trial. From left to right: Pernet, Weber, Frick, Kriebel, Ludendorff, Hitler, Bruckner, Röhm, and Wagner.