Josef Makosch

Josef Makosch (born June 4, 1896 in Eichenau, † 1975 in Düsseldorf ) was a German SS leader. He became known as a defendant in a post-war trial in connection with the 1934 Röhm affair .

Live and act

In 1930 Makosch joined the NSDAP ( membership number 480.898). In 1931 he also became a member of the SS (membership number 6.516).

In 1934 Makosch was the leader of SS Standard 43 in Frankenstein . During the Röhm affair , Makosch arrested the head of the SA motorsport school in Kroischwitz, SA Hauptsturmführer Enders. Together with the Untersturmführer Erich Moschner they interrogated the man in the grenadier barracks in Schweidnitz . After he had not distanced himself clearly enough from the alleged putsch Röhm, Makosch and Moschner brought Enders to the premises of the Neumühlwerk and shot him there.

In 1936 Makosch was expelled from the SS and the NSDAP because he had encouraged his subordinates to take arbitrary action against political opponents during the Röhm affair. Makosch was later imprisoned three times for short periods of time for political reasons, including on the occasion of the Reichskristallnacht in November 1938, when he spoke out against the attacks on Jews.

During the Second World War Makosch was a member of the Wehrmacht until he was released in early 1942. Later he lived as a sales representative for clocks and cutlery in Hameln .

On March 4 and 5, 1953, Makosch was convicted by the jury court at the Hanover Regional Court for the shooting of Ender in 1934 (case file number 2 Ks 1/53).

literature

Otto Gritschneder : "The Führer has sentenced you to death ..." Hitler's Röhm Putsch murders in court , 1993.

Individual evidence

↑ Erich Franz August Moschner (born September 17, 1892 in Muskau) registered as a war volunteer in 1914. In 1930 he joined the NSDAP (membership number 179.243) and in 1931 he also became a member of the SS (membership number 18.398), most recently as Obersturmbannführer (April 20, 1942). From 1943 to 1945 he carried the 8th SS Standard (Lower Silesia). Of his three children, three died at an early age. Two sons went missing while fleeing Silesia in 1945. His wife died of typhus while on the run. After the war, he lived on welfare benefits with his only daughter.
↑ Schweidnitz in 1934 (PDF; 248 kB).

personal data
SURNAME	Makosch, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German SS leader
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eichenau
DATE OF DEATH	1975
Place of death	Dusseldorf

[1] Erich Franz August Moschner (born September 17, 1892 in Muskau) registered as a war volunteer in 1914. In 1930 he joined the NSDAP (membership number 179.243) and in 1931 he also became a member of the SS (membership number 18.398), most recently as Obersturmbannführer (April 20, 1942). From 1943 to 1945 he carried the 8th SS Standard (Lower Silesia). Of his three children, three died at an early age. Two sons went missing while fleeing Silesia in 1945. His wife died of typhus while on the run. After the war, he lived on welfare benefits with his only daughter.

[2] Schweidnitz in 1934 (PDF; 248 kB).