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    in November 1918, he became active in the Freikorps. He formed and led the Westphalian “Freikorps von Pfeffer” in the Baltic states, the Ruhr and Upper...
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    other Freikorps awards were declared obsolete with World War I service thereafter recognized by a single award, known as the Honour Cross. Freikorps awards...
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  • platoon leader in the company of Captain von Mauritz, behind whom in reality the Freikorps leader Franz Pfeffer von Salomon was hiding. As an inconvenient...
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    Member of the Freikorps and Nazi Party. Wilhelm Ehrlich, bank clerk and World War I veteran, born 8 August 1894. Member of the Freikorps and Nazi Party...
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  • Weimar Republic. This is a partial list of the post-World War I Freikorps members. Hugo von Abercron, German aviation pioneer Wilhelm Albert, SS General...
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  • Rathenau François Salomon, founder of Salomon Group Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888–1968), ex-Freikorps member, leader of the SA (1926–1930) Frederick Salomon...
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    Gregor Strasser (category 20th-century Freikorps personnel)
    After the war, he and his brother became members of Franz Ritter von Epp's Freikorps. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1920 and quickly became an influential...
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    Germany's involvement in World War I, Paulus was a brigade adjutant with the Freikorps. He was chosen as one of only 4,000 officers to serve in the Reichswehr...
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    Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski Franz von Papen Joachim von Ribbentrop Franz Pfeffer von Salomon Werner von Fritsch Baldur von Schirach...
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    Otto Wagener (category 20th-century Freikorps personnel)
    the Sturmabteilung (SA), having been recruited by his old Freikorps comrade Franz Pfeffer von Salomon. Wagener was able to put his business acumen and...
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