The death of Hermann Fegelein, the brother-in-law of Eva Braun. (1 Viewer)

[enricoquinto]

Hi mates,


I've always wondered what were the exact circumstances of Fegelein's death on April 28/29, 1945. ^&confuse

Why was he really executed?

Who carried out the execution? Some sources say a Liebstandarte A.H. firing squad, others say the Gestapo...^&cool

Where was he executed? The Chancellery, the FuhrerBunker, or somewhere else?

Why was his body never found by the Russians during the post-war investigations?


Best regards :salute::


Enrico :smile2:

 

[Mirof]

Yes . And what happened to the sisters son of the nany of the driver of Eva ? {eek3}

 

[MichaelRutherford]

FEGELEIN, FEGELEIN,FEGELEIN!! I always think of Hitler's rant in the movie Downfall when I hear his name now. I read that he was caught while packing up and brought back to the Fuherebunker until his execution. But who knows I guess, with all the mayhem that was going on there at the time,I'm sure the executioners were themselves killed shortly after. Just my guess though.

 

[enricoquinto]

FEGELEIN, FEGELEIN,FEGELEIN!! I always think of Hitler's rant in the movie Downfall when I hear his name now. I read that he was caught while packing up and brought back to the Fuherebunker until his execution. But who knows I guess, with all the mayhem that was going on there at the time,I'm sure the executioners were themselves killed shortly after. Just my guess though.

Hi Michael,


I've appreciated your though.

Cheers

Enrico

 

[Poppo]

When Hitler received the message that Himmler was communicating with the allies, he became mad for this betrayal and immediately asked for Fegelein, who was Himmler' s spokesman in Berlin, to explain. Fegelein was not in the Furherbunker. At this news Hitler was sure of the Himmler' s betrayal, and thought that Fegelein had escaped from Berlin ( in reality Fegelein was home, drunk with a prostitute). Some SS were sent to find him and execute him. And this happened.

 

[Lo1863]

Great set! I have it in my collection as well. :salute::

 

[King & Country]

Hi mates,


I've always wondered what were the exact circumstances of Fegelein's death on April 28/29, 1945. ^&confuse

Why was he really executed?

Who carried out the execution? Some sources say a Liebstandarte A.H. firing squad, others say the Gestapo...^&cool

Where was he executed? The Chancellery, the FuhrerBunker, or somewhere else?

Why was his body never found by the Russians during the post-war investigations?


Best regards :salute::


Enrico :smile2:

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Among the stories I read were one that he absconded from the Bunker, not wishing to die with the rest of the remaining 'Fuhrergruppe' and fled to the apartment of one of his mistresses (he was quite the ladies man)...After Himmler's betrayal, Hitler loooked around the Bunker, perhaps to take his revenge out on the Reichsfuhrer's personal representative (Fegelein) and found that his 'brother-in-law' was nowhere to be found AND had not sought official permission to leave the Fuhrerbunker...

Some of the remaining SS 'Loyalists' who knew Fegelein and perhaps his personal habits and likely female associates were put on the trail and soon 'flushed' him out at the apartment (and bed) of one of his lady friends...Dragged drunk back to the ruins of the Reich Chancellery, he was summarily court-martialled, found guilty of 'desertion' and sentenced to be shot somewhere nearby...Which of course he was almost immediately.

At K&C we chose to depict Fegelein's final moments...Under the guard of a Waffen SS soldier of the French 'Charlemagne' division and an officer of the dreaded SD Fegelein, still drunk is about to 'meet his maker'...

In the final battle for the centre of Berlin there was certainly no shortage of dead Germans...His corpse, if found, would have just been another dead body to throw into a communal grave. That is, if it was found, remember there was still heavy shelling, bombing and mortaring of that whole area...Possibly it was simply 'blown to smithereens'...Both scenarios seem likely.

Hope this sheds a little more light on an interestingly dark little area of the 'Final Days of The Third Reich'. It was a one of the more unique K&C sets to explore and research.
Best wishes and happy collecting, Andy.

P.S. I love those first 2 photos you posted Enrico...great moody effect!

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Hello Enrico, You did a nice job depicting this scene. It is a set depicting one of the last final chapters of the Battle for Berlin.Just added it to my wish list !

Wayne

 

[villagehorse]

I too like the first two photos, really eerie look. i think Andy's answer is along the lines of what may have happened, certainly logical. Previously I have used this set outside the bunker, but what ever the case, it is a great and unusual set. Robin.

 

[PanzerAce1944]

I too like the first two photos, really eerie look. i think Andy's answer is along the lines of what may have happened, certainly logical. Previously I have used this set outside the bunker, but what ever the case, it is a great and unusual set. Robin.

Robin, That looks Great. Did Jakob make the building in the back ground ?

Wayne

 

[villagehorse]

Robin, That looks Great. Did Jakob make the building in the back ground ?

Wayne

Well spotted Wayne, he certainly did, one of my favourite pieces from him. Following your interest in these closing days I plan on doing a setup in the next few days and post on my thread. Thanks to Andy, we have some great items for this period. Robin.

 

[Larry Allen]

Both sets of photos are excellent and different.
Andy hit the nail on he head when he mentioned the MOODY and deathly effect of the coloring ... PLUS to Enrico!^&grin

Robin's suggests that the officers just want to get to the business at hand ... bang!

--- LaRRy

 

[enricoquinto]

When Hitler received the message that Himmler was communicating with the allies, he became mad for this betrayal and immediately asked for Fegelein, who was Himmler' s spokesman in Berlin, to explain. Fegelein was not in the Furherbunker. At this news Hitler was sure of the Himmler' s betrayal, and thought that Fegelein had escaped from Berlin ( in reality Fegelein was home, drunk with a prostitute). Some SS were sent to find him and execute him. And this happened.

Hi Poppo,

I've appreciated your recollection of the event.

Great set! I have it in my collection as well. :salute::

Hi mate,

thanks a lot for your compliment :smile2:

...Hope this sheds a little more light on an interestingly dark little area of the 'Final Days of The Third Reich'. It was a one of the more unique K&C sets to explore and research.
Best wishes and happy collecting, Andy.

P.S. I love those first 2 photos you posted Enrico...great moody effect!

Hi Andy,

thank you both for your best memory of events and for your compliment.

Hello Enrico, You did a nice job depicting this scene. It is a set depicting one of the last final chapters of the Battle for Berlin.Just added it to my wish list !

Wayne

Hi Wayne,

thanks a lot for your compliment. It' s always a pleasure...

I too like the first two photos, really eerie look. i think Andy's answer is along the lines of what may have happened, certainly logical. Previously I have used this set outside the bunker, but what ever the case, it is a great and unusual set. Robin.

Hi Robin,

I've appreciated both your compliment and your pictures. :smile2:

Both sets of photos are excellent and different.
Andy hit the nail on he head when he mentioned the MOODY and deathly effect of the coloring ... PLUS to Enrico!^&grin

Robin's suggests that the officers just want to get to the business at hand ... bang!

--- LaRRy

Hi LaRRY,

I couldn't agree more with you!!! :smile2:It's the perfect syntesis!!!


Thank you all very much. I've really appreciated it

Keep in touch

Enrico