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Franz Ritter von Epp
1868–1947
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- politician
Franz Ritter von Epp (born Franz Epp; from 1918 as Ritter von Epp; 16 October 1868 â 31 January 1947) was a German general and politician who started his military career in the Bavarian Army.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Camp AshcanDates unknown
Biography
Franz Ritter von Epp (born Franz Epp; from 1918 as Ritter von Epp; 16 October 1868 â 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 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 had participated in the Herero and Nama 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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