Anton von Hohberg und Buchwald
{{Short description|SS officer (1885–1934)}}
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|death_date={{death date and age|1934|7|2|1885|9|21|df=y}}
|birth_place=Wismar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire
|death_place=Dulzen, East Prussia, Germany
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|branch=Prussian Army
|serviceyears=–1918
|rank=Rittmeister
SS–Obersturmführer
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Anton Freiherr von Hohberg und Buchwald (21 September 1885 – 2 July 1934) was a German officer in the Prussian Army and also in the Schutzstaffel (SS). He was murdered during the Night of the Long Knives.
Life
Hohberg was born in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and started a career as a Cavalry officer in the German Imperial Army. He served throughout World War I as a Rittmeister (captain) and was retired after 1918. After his dismissal, he went to his family's manor in Dulzen near Preussisch Eylau, East Prussia, where he started to work as a farmer. In 1909 he married Gertrud von Rheinbaben (1888–1949), daughter of Prussian Minister of Interior and Finances {{Interlanguage link multi|Georg von Rheinbaben|de}}, but divorced in 1912 after a duel with Horst von Blumenthal, whom she then married. Around 1930 he joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party and was temporarily a member of the staff of East Prussian SS leader Erich von dem Bach–Zelewski, but came into personal conflicts with him.Matthias Schmettow: Gedenkbuch des deutschen Adels, 1967, p. 144 {{in lang|de}}
On 14 May 1934, Hohberg was dismissed as SS–Oberabschnittsreiterführer (regional SS Cavalry leader) with a rank of SS-Obersturmführer (first lieutenant).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3wFoAAAAMAAJ&q=anton+hohberg+buchwald| title=Ostpreussens Gauleiter Erich Koch: eine politische Biographie |first=Ralf|last=Meindl|publisher=University of Freiburg|year=2007 |page=212 |language=German|accessdate=29 October 2009 | isbn=978-3-938400-19-7}} During the Night of the Long Knives, von dem Bach gave the order to kill Hohberg. Most probably on 2 July 1934, Hohberg was shot in his manor house in Dulzen by SS-Scharführer Zummach (von dem Bach's chauffeur) and SS-Obersturmführer Carl Reinhard. Hohberg was one of the few SS-members, and probably the highest-ranking one, killed in the Röhm-Putsch.
Aftermath
Von dem Bach-Zelewski was a high-ranking SS-officer throughout World War II. On 16 January 1961, he was prosecuted for the killing and sentenced to four years and 6 months imprisonment by a West German court for manslaughter.[http://www.abendblatt.de/extra/service/944949.html?url=/ha/1962/xml/19620804xml/habxml62_35248.xml Hamburger Abendblatt 4 August 1962] He died in custody in 1972.Wojskowy Instytut Historyczny: Historia Militaris Polonica. 1974, S. 273 {{in lang|pl}}
Notes
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References
- Alfred Gerigk: Deutschland und das Weltgeschehen, 1961, p. 285 {{in lang|de}}
- Bernt Engelmann: {{lang|de|Einig gegen Recht und Freiheit}}, 1975, p. 328 {{in lang|de}}
- Heinz Höhne: Der Orden unter dem Totenkopf. Die Geschichte der SS, 1967, p. 115 {{in lang|de}}
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Category:German Army personnel of World War I
Category:Military personnel from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Category:People from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania executed by Nazi Germany
Category:Nazis killed during the Night of the Long Knives
Category:Nazis executed by Nazi Germany by firearm
Category:Nobility in the Nazi Party