Maximilian Roth

Maximilian Roth (* 1899 in Wurz , Upper Palatinate ; † April 29, 1945 in Munich ) was a German sergeant major and company interpreter who took part in the Bavarian freedom campaign towards the end of World War II .

Life

Maximilian Roth was a member of the interpreting company in Military District VII. The company was considered more cosmopolitan and educated than other military units, which made it a nucleus of the resistance in Munich . Towards the end of World War II and Maximilian Roth participated in the Freedom Action Bavaria under the leadership of Captain Rupprecht Gerngross part that shortly before taking Munich by the US Army by a fall of the Nazis should prepare a quick and bloodless surrender of the city the way. The action was put down by the SS . After his arrest on April 29, 1945, a court martial sentenced him to death for high treason and mutiny . The same day, Roth was in the basement of Gauleiterbunkers in the central Ministry, now the Bavarian Ministry of Agriculture , shot . Also found Günther Caracciola Delbrück , Harald Dohrn , Hans Scharrer and Hans Quecke death.

The Münchner Freiheit square in the Schwabing district of Munich, named after the campaign, and a memorial plaque in the inner courtyard of the Ministry of Agriculture honor the members of the Bavarian freedom campaign for their resistance.

Web links

• Helga Pfoertner: Living with history. Memorials, memorials, places of remembrance for the victims of National Socialism in Munich 1933–1945 ( Memento from June 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 6.3 MB) at the NS Documentation Center in Munich

Individual evidence

1. ^ The freedom campaign Bavaria . ( Memento from January 21, 2001 in the Internet Archive ), Cultural Department of the City of Munich
2. ↑ Klaus Bäumler: “Giving names and places to remembrance” ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 199 kB)