Reichenau, Walter von (1884–1942)
Reichenau, Walter von (1884-1942)
Reichnau was a career army officer he followed General Blomberg into the Ministry of War in 1933 fully co-operating with the Nazis. Reichenau made the agreement with Himmler to keep the army confined to barracks during the 1934 Rohm Purge. After the event Reichenau even issued a statement justifying the murder of General von Schleicher. He commanded the 10th Army in Poland in 1939 and the 6th Army invading Belgium and France and was made a Field Marshall. In Russia he issued specific anti-Jewish orders and would almost certainly have been tried at Nuremberg had he not been killed in an air crash in 1942.
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This entry is linked to a posting on Visconti's representation of Nazism in The Damned. This posting supplements that article.
09 Jun 2007 11:58
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Tags: Kinoeye Nazi Consolidation Of Power Nazi Germany Reichenau Visconti
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