Hermann Otto Fegelein
30 October 1906(1906-10-30) — 29 April 1945 (aged 38)
Hermann Fegelein
Place of birth	Ansbach, Germany
Place of death	Berlin, Germany
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1925-1945
Rank	Obergruppenführer
Commands held	Kampfgruppe Fegelein 8.SS-Freiw.KavDiv "Florian Geyer"
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

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Contents 1 Early career 2 SS membership 2.1 Relationship with Himmler 2.2 Marriage 3 Death 4 Aftermath 5 Awards 6 Portrayal in the media 7 References

Early career

Fegelein was born in Ansbach in Bavaria. Ansbach, or Anspach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 As a young boy he worked at his father's horse riding school in Munich. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. When it closed due to the world-wide economic depression of the 1920s, he worked as a stable boy for Christian Weber, who in the 1930s was one of the original members of the Nazi Party. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945

In 1925, Fegelein joined the Reiterregiment 17, leaving it in 1928 to join the Bavarian State Police in Munich. Whilst in Munich, he came into early contact with National Socialism, joining the Party (membership number 1,200,158) and the SA in 1930. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. By 1931, Fegelein had transferred to the SS. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the

Fegelein's Waffen SS Obergruppenführer rank was higher than his Allgemeine SS rank of SS Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS. Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA and until 1942 it was the highest Gruppenführer (literally “Group Leader” was an early Paramilitary Rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior His last film appearance was in a newsreel shot on April 20, 1945 (Hitler's birthday). Fegelein is in the background and his plainly visible collar tabs are those of a Gruppenführer. Gruppenführer (literally “Group Leader” was an early Paramilitary Rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior

SS membership

On July 25, 1937, Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler, by special order of the Oberabschnitt (SUD), created the SS Main Riding School in Munich and made Hermann Fegelein the School Commander. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Only former royalty from the Hohenzollern and Kaiserzeit dynasties could send representatives, along with the top heads of German industry, who donated to Martin Bormann's German industry fund. Fegelein requested his friend, Captain Marten von Barnekow, be allowed to enter the horse riding school, and Himmler granted his request.

Fegelein rose quickly through the ranks and was briefly sent to the Russian front in 1943 with the Florian Geyer Cavalry Division, along with members of his SS Riding School (Haupt-Reitschule München). The 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer was a Waffen-SS Cavalry division He had served under Reinhard Heydrich, and being an SS officer, was involved in the Nazi rituals at Wewelsburg Castle. Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( 7 March 1904 &ndash 4 June 1942) was an SS - Obergruppenführer, chief For the village of Wewelsburg see Village of Wewelsburg Wewelsburg (ˈveːvəlsˌbʊɐ̯k is a Renaissance castle located in the northeast of North

Relationship with Himmler

Fegelein was nicknamed Heinrich Himmler's "golden boy"; his boyish face and subservient attitude gained him considerable favour with Himmler, who treated him like a son. Himmler granted him the best assignments (mostly related to horses), the best staff and generous budgets. When he was injured on the Russian front, Himmler brought him home to work in Hitler's staff as Himmler's adjutant and representative of the Waffen SS. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately

Marriage

His politically arranged marriage to Margarete "Gretl" Braun took place on June 3, 1944, and a two-day celebration was held at Hitler's and Martin Bormann's Obersalzberg mountain homes. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Martin Ludwig Bormann (17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945 Obersalzberg is a mountainside above the village of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany. Photographs of the wedding dinner appeared in Britain's weekly Picture Post Magazine the next year after the war ended, showing Hitler at the festivities. A marriage license was obtained at the local town clerk's office and Heinrich Himmler presided over the simple ceremony.

Fegelein became known as a playboy and after his marriage to Gretl Braun had many extramarital affairs. Hitler was apparently aware of Fegelein's dalliances and while not entirely approving, turned a blind eye to them. This was common within Hitler's inner circle. Martin Bormann had 10 children with his wife and also kept a mistress, while Heinrich Himmler had children with both his wife and mistress.

According to Anton Joachimsthaler in a 2007 Cassell reprint of his 1995 book (ISBN 978-1-4072-0557-1) many in Hitler's entourage noted a strong affection between Eva Braun and Fegelein, and Joachimsthaler asserts that a sexual relation existed between the two. His marriage would then have been a smokescreen to cover up their affair, the author speculates.

Death

From January to April 1945, Fegelein and Martin Bormann controlled access to Hitler's office. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar After Fegelein's boss, Heinrich Himmler, tried to negotiate a backdoor surrender to the Allies via Count Bernadotte in April 1945, Fegelein left the Reich Chancellery bunker and was caught by SS-Obersturmbannführer Peter Högl in his Berlin apartment wearing civilian clothes and apparently preparing to flee to Sweden or Switzerland with his Hungarian mistress. Obersturmbannführer was a Paramilitary Nazi Party rank used by both the SA and the SS. Peter Högl was a German SS-officer holding the rank of SS - Obersturmbannführer. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. He was carrying cash - German and foreign - and jewelry some of which belonged to Eva Braun. According to most accounts he was intoxicated when arrested and brought back to the bunker. Drunkenness or inebriation is the state of being intoxicated by consumption of Alcoholic beverages to a degree that mental and physical faculties are noticeably

At this point, historical accounts begin to differ radically. In The Last Days of Hitler, historian Hugh Trevor-Roper remarked:

The real causes and circumstances of the execution of Fegelein provide one of the few subjects in this book upon which final certainty seems unattainable. Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper Baron Dacre of Glanton ( January 15, 1914 – January 26, 2003) was a British Historian

Journalist James P. O'Donnell discovered in his interviews numerous claims and theories as to what happened next to Fegelein, many of which disagreed with each other, and some of which seemed preposterous (i. James P O'Donnell (30 July 1917 Baltimore Maryland, USA - April 1990 Boston Massachusetts, USA was an Author, Historian and Journalist e. , a claim that Hitler himself gunned Fegelein down). Many claimed he had been shot following a court-martial, and this theory predominated for many years. General Wilhelm Mohnke, who presided over the court-martial, told O'Donnell the following:

Hitler ordered me to set up a tribunal forthwith. SS - Brigadeführer ( Major General) Wilhelm Mohnke ( 15 March 1911 &ndash 6 August 2001) was one I was to preside over it myself. . . I myself decided the accused man [Fegelein] deserved trial by high-ranking officers. The panel consisted of four general officers - Generals Wilhelm Burgdorf, Hans Krebs, Johann Rattenhuber, and me. Wilhelm Burgdorf ( 14 February 1895 &ndash 2 May 1945) was a German officer Hans Krebs may refer to Hans Krebs (general (1898-1945 German general officer during World War II Hans Krebs (National Socialist Johann Rattenhuber ( 30 April 1897 &ndash 30 June 1957) also known as Hans Rattenhuber, was a German police and . . We did, at that moment, have every intention of holding a trial.

What really happened was that we set up the court-martial in a room next to my command post. . . We military judges took our seats at the table with the standard German Army Manual of Courts-Martial before us. No sooner were we seated than defendant Fegelein began acting up in such an outrageous manner that the trial could not even commence.

Roaring drunk, with wild, rolling eyes, Fegelein first brazenly challenged the competence of the court. He kept blubbering that he was responsible to Himmler and Himmler alone, not Hitler. . . He refused to defend himself. The man was in wretched shape - bawling, whining, vomiting, shaking like an aspen leaf. He took out his penis and began urinating on the floor. . .

I was now faced with an impossible situation. On the one hand, based on all available evidence, including his own earlier statements, this miserable excuse for an officer was guilty of flagrant desertion. . . Yet the German Army Manual states clearly that no German soldier can be tried unless he is clearly of sound mind and body, in a condition to hear the evidence against him. I looked up the passage again, to make sure, and consulted with my fellow judges. . . In my opinion and that of my fellow officers, Hermann Fegelein was in no condition to stand trial, or for that matter to even stand. I closed the proceedings. . . So I turned Fegelein over to [SS] General Rattenhuber and his security squad. I never saw the man again. (O'Donnell, The Bunker, 1978). The Bunker is an account written by American Journalist James P

Some survivors of the bunker say Eva Braun pleaded to Hitler to spare her brother-in-law Hermann^[1] and some say she did not speak a word in his defense. There is agreement among bunker survivors that when Fegelein was first arrested Braun did inform Hitler her sister was pregnant and this apparently led Hitler to initially consider releasing him without punishment. However there is no agreement on whether she said anything once Hitler condemned him to death.

Aftermath

Both Fegelein's parents survived the war and claimed to have received messages (via a third party) that he was continuing resistance underground. However, there is no evidence Fegelein was alive after April 29, 1945 and no bunker witnesses have ever suggested he survived. Gretl inherited some of her sister Eva's valuable jewelry (of questionable provenance), also survived the war and gave birth to a daughter (named Eva after her late aunt). Eva Fegelein committed suicide in 1975 following an unhappy romance. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gretl Fegelein died in 1987, aged 72.

Awards

• Infantry Assault Badge (silver)
• Close Combat Clasp (silver)
• Wound Badge (silver)
• Eisernes Kreuz 2. The Infantry Assault Badge (Infanterie Sturmabzeichen was a German war badge that was awarded to Waffen SS and Wehrmacht Heer soldiers during WWII Close Combat Clasp (Nahkampfspange is a German military award instituted on November 25, 1942 for achievement in hand to hand fighting in close quarters Wound Badge (das Verwundetenabzeichen was a German military award for wounded or frost-bitten soldiers of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht, SS and the auxiliary service For other meanings please see Iron Cross (disambiguation The Iron Cross ( was a Military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia and 1. class
• German Cross in Gold (1 November 1943)
• Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross (2 Mar 1942)
  • Oak Leaves (22 Dec 1942)
  • Swords (30 Jul 1944)

Portrayal in the media

Hermann Fegelein has been portrayed by the following actors in film and television productions. The German Cross (Deutsches Kreuz was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 16 November 1941 as an award ranking higher than the Iron Cross First Class The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ( German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, often simply Ritterkreuz) was a grade of the Iron Cross ^[2]

• Julius Jonak in the 1955 West German film Der Letzte Akt (Hitler: The Last Ten Days). The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls West Germany ( Inf German: Westdeutschland or West-Deutschland) was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany ( ^[3]
• Jean Topart in the 1972 French television production Le Bunker. The year 1972 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1972. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• Julian Glover in the 1973 British film Hitler: The Last Ten Days. Julian Wyatt Glover (born March 27 1935) is an English Actor. The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Hitler The Last Ten Days is a 1973 film depicting the days leading up to Adolf Hitler 's suicide.
• Inigo Jackson in the 1973 British television production The Death of Adolf Hitler. The year 1973 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1973. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located ^[4]
• Terrence Hardiman in the 1981 United States television production The Bunker. Terrence Hardiman (born April 6 1937, Forest Gate, London) is a British Actor, sometimes wrongly credited as Terence Hardiman The year 1981 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1981. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Bunker is a 1981 CBS Television film based on the book of the same name.
• Volker Spengler in the 1989 West German film 100 Jahre Adolf Hitler (100 Years of Adolph Hitler). Volker Spengler is an Actor from Bremen, Germany, and is well-known as one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's key collaborators Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million
• Thomas Kretschmann in the 2004 German film Downfall (Der Untergang). Thomas Kretschmann (born September 8 1962) is a German Actor who has also performed in Hollywood movies The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Downfall ( Der Untergang) is a 2004 German / Austrian Drama film depicting the final twelve days of Adolf Hitler

References

• O'Donnell, James. James P O'Donnell (30 July 1917 Baltimore Maryland, USA - April 1990 Boston Massachusetts, USA was an Author, Historian and Journalist The Bunker. New York: Da Capo Press (reprint)(2001). ISBN 0-306-80958-3
• Florian Berger. Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Selbstverlag Florian Berger (2006). ISBN 3-9501307-0-5
• Junge, Traudl, Until the Final Hour, (English edition) London, 2002, ISBN 0-297-84720-1
• Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.

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