Johannes Schmidt (SS-member)
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Johannes Schmidt (11 March 1908 in Gotha – 23 December 1976 in Offenbach am Main) was a member of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the intelligence agency of the Schutzstaffel (SS).
On 30 June 1934, Schmidt shot Hitler's predecessor as Reichschancellor, Kurt von Schleicher, on behalf of Reinhard Heydrich, during the political purge of the Nazi Government known as Night of the Long Knives.[1]
References
- ↑ Dederichs, p. 71.
Sources
- Dederichs, M. (2009) Heydrich. The Face of Evil.
