(1885-01-25)25 January 1885 Düsseldorf, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
30 June 1934(1934-06-30) (aged 49) Berlin, German Reich
Parent(s)
Peter Klausener (father) Elisabeth Biesenbach (mother)
Profession
Politician Professor
Known for
Head of Catholic Action Berlin
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Military service
Allegiance
Kingdom of Prussia German Empire
Battles/wars
World War I
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Erich Klausener (25 January 1885 – 30 June 1934) was a German Catholic politician and Catholic martyr in the "Night of the Long Knives", a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from 30 June to 2 July 1934, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political murders.
ErichKlausener (25 January 1885 – 30 June 1934) was a German Catholic politician and Catholic martyr in the "Night of the Long Knives", a purge that...
disposed of his body by dumping it in a ditch. The Gestapo also murdered ErichKlausener, the leader of Catholic Action, and a close Papen associate. Papen...
in August 1946. In May 1953, he was convicted in the murder of Dr. ErichKlausener, head of Katholische Aktion (Catholic Action) group, during the "Night...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Reich Chancellor Heinrich Brüning looked for a way to oust Hitler. ErichKlausener, an influential civil servant and president of Berlin's Catholic Action...
Knives purge: those executed included the head of Catholic Action, ErichKlausener; Papen's speech writer and advisor Edgar Jung (also a Catholic Action...
primary, a secondary (Realschule) and a high school (Gymnasium). The ErichKlausener Gymnasium has 723 pupils and 46 teachers. The secondary school has...
targets of the 1934 Night of the Long Knives purge: Catholic Action head ErichKlausener, Papen speechwriter and adviser Edgar Jung (also a Catholic Action...
Voters were outraged by the killings of two prominent Catholic leaders, ErichKlausener and Adalbert Probst, in the Night of the Long Knives. A requiem mass...
ASSO Michael Kitzelmann (1916–1942), Lieutenant in the Wehrmacht ErichKlausener (1885–1934), Zentrumspartei, Catholic church Reinhold Kleinlein [de]...
assistance of Papen's secretary Herbert von Bose and Catholic leader ErichKlausener, and Papen had first seen the text of the speech only two hours before...
Jung, with assistance from Papen's secretary Herbert von Bose and ErichKlausener. It was delivered in an auditorium in the "Alte Universität," one of...
Former aviation head Ernst Brandenburg took over Motor Transport and ErichKlausener was appointed Director of Maritime Shipping. The RVM remained sidelined...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Nazi Government to close its youth organisations. Probst, along with ErichKlausener (head of Catholic Action) and Fritz Gerlich (editor of Munich's Catholic...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
Catholics targeted In the night of the long knives purge of 1934, ErichKlausener, the head of Catholic Action, was assassinated by the Gestapo. Adalbert...
Grimm Rupert Mayer Bernhard Lichtenberg Max Josef Metzger Karl Leisner ErichKlausener China Martyr Saints of China Auguste Chapdelaine Persecution of Christians...
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