Heinrich Stiege ( German: Heinrich Stiege ; 1895, Berlin - 1968, Vorderhindelang ) - German naval officer, businessman and manager of the chemical industry. He served in the German fleet of the First and Second World Wars. He was a fighter of the "white" freikor during the November Revolution , known for participating in the murder of Karl Liebknecht .
| Heinrich Stiege | |
|---|---|
| him. Heinrich stiege | |
| Date of Birth | 1895 |
| Place of Birth | Berlin |
| Date of death | 1968 |
| A place of death | Forderhindelang |
| Citizenship |  German Empire  Germany  Germany  Germany |
| Occupation | Kaiserlichmarine and Kriegsmarine officer, Freikor fighter, businessman, chemical industry manager |
Content
- 1 World War I and Freikor
- 2 The Killing of Liebknecht
- 3 Businessman and manager
- 4 World War II and the court
- 5 Post-war years
- 6 notes
World War I and Freikor
Born in the family of Kaiser Rear Admiral Oscar Stiege . During the First World War he served in the Kaiserlichmarin , in 1915 received the lieutenant rank [1] .
Heinrich Stieg adhered to the right anti - Marxist views. After the war ended in 1918, he joined the "white" freakor of General Hoffmann - Captain Pabst . He participated in the suppression of the Spartacist Rebellion .
The Killing of Liebknecht
On January 15, 1919, Freakor Pabst captured the founders of the Communist Party of Germany, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. [2] After a brief interrogation and a meeting of officers, a decision was made to kill without a trial.
Rosa Luxemburg was beaten by private Otto Runge and shot dead by Lieutenant Hermann Souchon . The shooting of Karl Liebknecht (also after the beating carried out by Runge) Pabst instructed Captain Horst von Pflugk-Hartung , Lieutenants Ulrich von Ritgen , Rudolf Lipman , Kurt Vogel , Heinrich Stiege [3] [4] . Together with the rest, Stiege escorted Liebknecht to Tiergarten , where the murder was committed.
In the spring of 1919, the Weimar Republic authorities launched a prosecution of the participants in the assassination of Liebknecht and Luxembourg (as a result, only Runge was serving a two-year real term). Heinrich Stieg was acquitted.
Businessman and manager
Having quit the fleet, Heinrich Stiege went into business in Hamburg . In 1925, he joined Degesch , a chemical company that produces pesticides for pest control (the company also held a patent for Cyclone B ). In 1936 , already under the Nazi regime , Stiege transferred to the affiliated chemical company Degussa . He worked as a sales and public relations manager.
World War II and Court
In 1939, the Second World War began . Heinrich Stiege returned to the naval service (despite the fact that, being a quarter Jewish , according to the Nuremberg laws he did not have a formal right to do this). In 1944 he received the title of Corvetten Captain in Kriegsmarine .
After the war, Stiege was subjected to denazification and again appeared on trial on charges of the murder of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. However, the court again acquitted him.
Post-war years
From 1946, Heinrich Stiege again worked as the manager of Degussa. In 1963 he retired.
He died in the Bavarian Vorderkhindelang at the age of 73 years.