Friedrich Alpers
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Friedrich Alpers
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Born | 3 January 1901 Sonnenberg, Germany |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Mons, Belgium |
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Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Luftwaffe Schutzstaffel |
Rank | Major der Reserve 40px Obergruppenführer |
Service number | NSDAP #132,812 SS #6,427 |
Commands held | Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 4 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Friedrich Ludwig Herbert Alpers (25 March 1901 – 3 September 1944) was a German Nazi politician, and SS leader.[1] He was also a Minister of the Free State of Brunswick,[2] and Minister for Forestry.[3][4] Friedrich was responsible for numerous political crimes in Brunswick. Alpers committed suicide in 1944, while in US captivity.[5]
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Early life
Friedrich Alpers (also known as "Fritz") was born on 25 March 1901 in Sonnenberg, Duchy of Brunswick. He was educated at Martino Katharineum High School in Brunswick, graduating in May 1919. He then studied law and political science at the Universities of Heidelberg, Munich and Greifswald. In 1923, he worked as a law clerk, and became a lawyer in 1929. He worked as a lawyer in Brunswick until 1933.
NSDAP and SS member
In June 1929, Alpers joined the NSDAP (membership number 132,812). In May 1930 he joined the SA. On 1 March 1931 he joined the SS (membership number 6,427). Friedrich was an active member in the SS, rising to the rank of Obergruppenführer. Since October 1930, he was Minister of the Brunswick State Parliament. Alpers was twice temporarily suspended from the SS in 1933 following complaints of excessive violence made against him during the Nazi takeover of Brunswick. In 1933, he personally brought into line the Brunswick and state bar associations.
Minister of the Free State of Brunswick
After the Machtergreifung Alpers became Finance and Justice Minister of Brunswick on 8 May 1933 (a position in which he served until 1934) under the Ministerpräsident Dietrich Klagges. Along with Klagges and Friedrich Jeckeln, Alpers was one of the main persons responsible for the Gleichschaltung and persecution of political opponents in the Free State of Brunswick.
Subordinated to Alpers was Klagges "Hilfspolizei" ("Auxiliary Police"). This force was directly answerable to Klagges and consisted of SA, SS and "Stahlhelm" men. On 4 July 1933, Alpers was directly involved in the Rieseberg-murder of eleven communists and labor organizers in Rieseberg, about 15 miles (24 km) east of Braunschweig.
Awards
- Iron Cross First and Second Class
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
- German Cross in Gold on 9 April 1942 as Hauptmann in the 3.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 121[6]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 October 1942 as Major and commander of Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 4[7][Note 1]
- Service Award of the NSDAP in Bronze and Silver
- SS Long Service Award
- Sword of honor RFSS
- SS Totenkopf ring
- Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP (30 January 1943)[9]
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- 1901 births
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- People from Peine (district)
- SS-Obergruppenführer
- SA personnel
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- People from the Duchy of Brunswick
- German Nazi politicians
- 20th-century Freikorps personnel
- Hunters
- German foresters
- Recipients of the Golden Party Badge
- Fallschirmjäger of World War II
- Nazis who committed suicide in Belgium
- Recipients of the SS-Ehrenring
- Recipients of the Sword of Honour of the Reichsführer-SS
- Burials at Lommel German war cemetery