Original german book Franz Ritter von Epp a life for Germany 1940

Published by Central publishing house Franz Eher, 1940

This is a rare Third Reich hardcover book with measurements 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inch,320 pages about one of the most interesting personalities in the Third Reich - General Franz Ritter von Epp.Published in 1940 by Central publishing house of NSDAP,very good condition,original publisher cloth linen and the original dustjacket is included. Franz Epp was born in Munich in 1868,He served as a volunteer in East Asia during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 01 and then became a company commander in the colony of German South-West Africa (now Namibia), where he took part in the bloody Herero and Namaqua Genocide.During the First World War, he served as the commanding officer of the Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment in France, Serbia, Romania, and at the Isonzo front. For his war service, Epp received numerous medals, of which the Pour le Mérite (29 May 1918) was the most significant. After the end of the war, Epp formed the Freikorps Epp, a right-wing paramilitary unit mostly made up of war veterans, of which the future leader of the SA Ernst Röhm was a member. This unit took part in the crushing of the Bavarian Soviet Republic in Munich, being responsible for various massacres. Epp joined the Reichswehr and was promoted to Generalmajor in 1922. When it became necessary for the Nazi Party to purchase a newspaper to publicize its political creed, Epp made available some 60,000 Reichsmarks from secret army funds to acquire the Völkischer Beobachter, which became the daily mouthpiece of the party. After leaving the Bavarian People's Party, Epp on 20 May 1928 was elected from electoral constituency 26 (Franconia) as one of the first 12 Nazi Party deputies to the Reichstag. He would continue to be elected to the Reichstag in each subsequent election throughout the Weimar and Nazi regimes to 1945. He served as the Nazi Party's head of its Military-Political Office from 1928 to 1945, and later as leader of the German Colonial Society, an organization devoted to regaining Germany's lost colonies. On 31 August 1933 he was made a Reichsleiter, the second highest political rank in the Nazi Party. On 3 October 1933, he was also made a member of the Academy for German Law. In May 1934 he became head of the NSDAP Office of Colonial Policy until its dissolution in February 1943. Epp's final notable historical action occurred on 9 March 1933, two weeks before the Reichstag passed the enabling act, which granted Hitler dictatorial powers. On the orders of Hitler and Wilhelm Frick, he abolished the Government of Bavaria and set up a Nazi regime, with himself as Reichskommissar. On 10 April Hitler appointed him Reichsstatthalter for Bavaria. Seller Inventory # ABE-1686758206672

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Title: Original german book Franz Ritter von Epp a ...
Publisher: Central publishing house Franz Eher
Publication Date: 1940
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good