Friedrich Weber

Biography

Friedrich Weber (30 January 1892 – 19 July 1955) was a German veterinarian. In the First World War, he served in the Royal Bavarian Army, and later was a member of a Freikorps unit. In October 1922, under the Weimar Republic, he became the leader of the Bund Oberland (Highlands League), a paramilitary unit opposed to the republic, and participated in Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923. Along with Hitler, he was convicted of treason in 1924 and, after his release from prison, continued to head the re-established Bund Oberland until November 1929. During Nazi Germany, Weber was appointed to the posts of Reichstierärzteführer (Reich Veterinarian Leader) and head of the Reich Veterinarians Chamber. He was a ministerial director in the Reich Ministry of the Interior and held an academic teaching post at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Weber also served in the Nazi paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) from 1933 to 1945 and rose to the rank of SS-Gruppenführer. In denazification proceedings after the end of the Second World War, he was first adjudged to be a "major offender" but, on appeal, had his classification lowered to that of a "follower".

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