Max Thomas (SA member)

Max Thomas (born March 5, 1890 ; † April 7 or 8, 1934 ) was a German SA leader .

Thomas joined the NSDAP in the late 1920s ( membership number 399.973). On January 1, 1931, he was appointed group leader of the SA group Osland, then with the rank of standard leader. In 1932 he was promoted to Oberführer and on July 1, 1933, to SA Brigadführer .

Thomas had a fatal accident with his car on the night of April 7th, 1934 on Chaussee Didlacken- Insterburg . He was buried in Königsberg . Later it was erroneously reported on various occasions - possibly because of the close temporal proximity - as in the course of the Röhm affair on June 30/1. Reported murdered July 1934.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The archive. Reference work for politics, economics, culture, issues 1–6 , 1934, p. 26.
↑ White book on the shootings of June 30, 1934. Authentic representation of the German Bartholomew's Night , 1934, p. 94; Otto Strasser: The German Night of Bartholomew , 1938, p. 123.

personal data
SURNAME	Thomas, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German SA leader
DATE OF BIRTH	March 5, 1890
DATE OF DEATH	April 7, 1934 or April 8, 1934

[ArchivS26-1] The archive. Reference work for politics, economics, culture, issues 1–6 , 1934, p. 26.

[2] White book on the shootings of June 30, 1934. Authentic representation of the German Bartholomew's Night , 1934, p. 94; Otto Strasser: The German Night of Bartholomew , 1938, p. 123.