(1868-10-16)16 October 1868 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died
31 January 1947(1947-01-31) (aged 78) Munich, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Resting place
Munich Waldfriedhof
Political party
BVP, from 1928 NSDAP
Military service
Allegiance
Kingdom of Bavaria
German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch/service
Imperial German Army Schutztruppe
Rank
General der Infanterie
Commands
Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment
Battles/wars
Boxer Rebellion World War I
Battles of the Isonzo
Awards
Pour le Mérite Military Order of Max Joseph
Franz Ritter von Epp (born Franz Epp; from 1918 as Ritter von Epp;[note 1] 16 October 1868 – 31 January 1947)[1][note 2] was a German general and politician who started his military career in the Bavarian Army. Successful wartime military service earned him a knighthood in 1916. After the end of World War I and the dissolution of the German Empire, Epp was a commanding officer in the Freikorps and the Reichswehr. His unit, the Freikorps Epp, was responsible for numerous massacres during the crushing of the Bavarian Soviet Republic. He was a member of Bavarian People's Party, before joining the Nazi Party in 1928, when he was elected as a member of the German parliament or Reichstag, a position he held until the fall of Nazi Germany. He was the Reichskommissar, later Reichsstatthalter, for Bavaria, and a Reichsleiter of the Nazi Party. During the Nazi era, Epp, who'd participated in the Herero and Namaqua genocide as a young man, shared responsibility for the liquidation of virtually all Bavarian Jews and Romas as the governor of Bavaria.
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^Lilla, Joachim: Epp, Franz Ritter v.. In: Staatsminister, leitende Verwaltungsbeamte und (NS-)Funktionsträger in Bayern 1918 bis 1945. Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online. Retrieved on 12 November 2015.
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honorary citizenship. The honorary citizenships of Paul von Hindenburg, FranzRittervonEpp, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring were revoked...
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unified German police force. In March 1933, Reich Governor of Bavaria FranzRittervonEpp appointed Himmler chief of the Munich Police. Himmler appointed Heydrich...
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