FREIKORPS COMMANDER: WALDEMAR PABAST (DECEMBER 24, 1880 TO MAY 29, 1970)

  

Waldemar Pabst in 1930

Waldemar Pabst (24 December 1880 in Berlin – 29 May 1970 in Düsseldorf) was a German soldier and political activist, involved in far right and anti-communist activity in both his homeland and Austria. As a serving officer Pabst gained notoriety for ordering the executions of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg in 1919 as well as for his leading role in the coterie of ultra-nationalist conspirators around Wolfgang Kapp. In Austria he played a central part in organising rightist militia groups before being deported due to his activities. Pabst subsequently faded from public life in Nazi Germany as he was never more than loosely associated with the Nazis.

MARTIN GOTTFRIED WEISS (3 JUNE 1905 TO 29 MAY 1946)

On this date, 29 May 1946, a Nazi War Criminal, Martin Gottfried Weiss, was executed by hanging. 

SS-Obersturmbannführer Weiss in custody

SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Martin Gottfried Weiss alternatively spelled Weiß (3 June 1905 – 29 May 1946) was the Commandant of Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served as the commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp from April 1940 until September 1942, and the Majdanek death camp's fourth commandant from November 1943 until May 1944.