The Brutal Death of Hitler’s Right-Hand Man
The damning fate of Hermann Fegelein.
On October 30, 1906, Hermann Fegelein was born in the town of Ansbach in the German state of Bavaria. When he was younger, he helped out at his father’s equestrian school in Munich, where he learned to ride and compete in jumping competitions.
It was about this time that he met Christian Weber, a founding member of the Nazi German Workers Party. Later, Weber financed Fegelein’s membership in the Schutzstaffel.
Heinrich Himmler was so impressed by Fegelein that he made him one of his favorites, as noted by Peter Padfield in his book Himmler: Reichsfuhrer S.S. (1991). Fegelein was given command of a mounted cavalry brigade, the SS Reiter, in 1934.
In 1936, Fegelein managed the Olympic equestrian events in Berlin. Himmler named Fegelein the director of the Munich-based Haupt-Reitschule München the following year.
The Blood Baths
A report from the Gestapo reached Himmler on March 9, 1940, claiming that Fegelein had returned looted goods from Poland to the SS cavalry school in Riem.
Investigators found “a lorry, a six-cylinder Mercedes trimmed in black, another in dark brown, a two-seater Stoda cabriolet, 50 lb of coffee, fourteen packets of cocoa, a…
