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Albert Leo Schlageter

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On May 8, Schlageter had written to his parents: "from 1914 until today I have sacrificed my whole strength to work for my German homeland, from love and pure loyalty. Where it was suffering, it drew me, in order to help… I was no gang leader, but in quiet labour I sought to help my fatherland. I did
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operations against the occupying force. The group managed to derail a number of trains. On April 7, 1923, information on Schlageter and his activities was obtained by the French, and he was arrested the following day. Tried by court-martial on May 7, 1923, he was condemned to death. On the morning of
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In June 1933, Nazis from the Passau region gathered at the Dreisessel Mountain in the Bavaria Forest to dedicate a Schlageter Memorial. In September 1933, the city of Passau dedicated its own memorial on Hammerberg, overlooking the Inn River. In the spring of 1938, Passau added a Schlageter street
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After his execution he became a hero to some sections of the German population. Immediately after his death a Schlageter Memorial Society was formed, which agitated for the creation of a monument to honour him. The German Communist Party sought to debunk the emerging mythology of Schlageter by
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of 1921, Schlageter became infamous for persecuting local people and for terrorist actions against both Poles and Germans whom he and his group perceived as opposing his cause. On September 31, 1921 he participated in the murder of the parish priest Augustyn Strzybny in
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and became famous for acts of post-war sabotage against French occupational forces. Schlageter was arrested for sabotaging a section of railroad track and executed by the French military. The manner of his death fostered an aura of
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Ein Märtyrer auf der Zugspitze? Glühbirnenkreuze, Bildpropaganda und andere Medialisierungen des Totenkults um Albert Leo Schlageter in der Weimarer Republik und im Nationalsozialismus, Zeitenblicke
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at Lörrach. An army barracks on the south side of Freiburg was also named after him; after World War II, the site of this barracks was occupied by the French army and renamed Quartier
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portraying him as an honourable but misguided figure. It was the Nazi Party who most fully exploited the Schlageter story. Hitler refers to him in
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and some of the battles between the military and communist factions that were convulsing Germany. His unit also took part in the
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after the French military architect. When the French left in the 1990s, the area became the site of the eco-friendly suburb of
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About this time, Schlageter became a member of a right-wing student group. Soon, in March 1919, he joined the
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After the war, the main Schlageter memorial was destroyed by occupying Allied forces as part of the
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Martyrologia duchowieństwa Śląska Opolskiego w latach powstań śląskich i II wojny światowej
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After 1933 Schlageter became one of the principal heroes of the Nazi regime, along with
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Czapliński (1973). "Związek Wzajemnej Pomocy Robotników Górnośląskich w Bytomiu".
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Schlageter memorial in Billerbeck. The inscription was removed after the war.
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Freikorps and fought against the Bolsheviks as a part of Walter von Medem's
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Several important military ventures were also named for him, including the
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Nazi culture: intellectual, cultural and social life in the Third Reich
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Nazi culture: intellectual, cultural and social life in the Third Reich
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Nazi Culture: Intellectual, Cultural and Social Life in the Third Reich
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Schlageter also featured as a prominent character in British author
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Wenn ich Kultur höre ... entsichere ich meinen Browning,
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fighter-wing of the Luftwaffe, and the naval vessel
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Index

Leo Schlageter

Schönau im Schwarzwald
South Baden
German Empire
Golzheim
Occupied Ruhr
Rhine Province
Weimar Republic
Execution by firing squad
German Empire
Imperial German Army
Leutnant
World War I
Second battle of Ypres
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Verdun
Latvian War of Independence
Kapp Putsch
Silesian Uprisings
[ˈalbɛʁtˈleːoˈʃlaːɡɛtɐ]
Freikorps
World War I
martyrdom
German nationalist
Nazi Party
Nazi Germany
Schönau im Schwarzwald
Catholic
First World War

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