Franz Ritter von Epp
Franz Ritter von Epp (born
Franz Epp; from 1918 as
Ritter von Epp; 16 October 1868 – 31 January 1947) 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 and the . 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 , a position he held until the fall of
Nazi Germany. He was the , later , for Bavaria, and a 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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