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Alois Bittman

Birth
Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Death
1 Jul 1934 (aged 19)
Germany
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Add to Map
Memorial ID
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SA Scharführer. He was on patrol in Leobschutz with other SA members during the Roehm purge when there was a confrontation with a police command. Two shots were fired into the air by SA men and the police, thinking the shots were aimed at them, withdrew and reported the matter to Berlin. Herman Goering ordered the men involved shot. Gotthard Langer and Bittman, the two most senior men arrested were chosen and executed by the SS.
SA Scharführer. He was on patrol in Leobschutz with other SA members during the Roehm purge when there was a confrontation with a police command. Two shots were fired into the air by SA men and the police, thinking the shots were aimed at them, withdrew and reported the matter to Berlin. Herman Goering ordered the men involved shot. Gotthard Langer and Bittman, the two most senior men arrested were chosen and executed by the SS.

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