Michael Lippert
| Michael Lippert | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 April 1897 |
| Died | 1 September 1969 (aged 72) |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
|
| Service/branch |
 Waffen-SS
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| Rank | Standartenführer |
| Commands held |
SS-Freiwilligen Legion Flandern SS Division Frundsberg |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Michael Lippert (24 April 1897 – 1 September 1969) was a mid-level member in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded several concentration camps, including Sachsenhausen, before becoming a commander of the SS-Freiwilligen Legion Flandern and the SS Division Frundsberg. He is known for murdering SA leader Ernst Röhm on 1 July 1934.
Lippert joined the Nazi Party (number - 246,989) In June 1930 and the SS (number - 2,968) in March 1931. He became the adjutant for Theodor Eicke, then commandant of Dachau concentration camp in 1933.
On 1 July 1934, just after the Night of the Long Knives, Hitler gave the order that the imprisoned Ernst Röhm was to be murdered. Himmler communicated Hitler's order to Eicke, ordering that Röhm be shot, and that he first be offered the chance to commit suicide. Accompanied by Lippert, and SS-Gruppenführer Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser, Eicke travelled to Stadelheim Prison in Munich where Röhm was being held.
After telling Röhm that he had forfeited his life and that Hitler had given him a last chance to avoid the consequences, Eicke laid a pistol on a table in Röhm's cell and told him that he had 10 minutes in which to use the weapon to kill himself. Eicke, Lippert and Schmauser left and waited in the corridor for 15 minutes, during which time no shot was heard. Finally Eicke and Lippert drew their pistols and re-entered Röhm's cell. Both fired at the same time, and Röhm fell to the floor. One of the two then crossed to Röhm and administered a coup-de-grace, firing a bullet through Röhm's heart at point-blank range.
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