Nikolaus Hollweg

Memorial plaque for the killed police officers at the Munich residence

Memorial plaque in Kulmbach

Nikolaus Hollweg (born May 15, 1897 in Kulmbach ; † November 9, 1923 in Munich ) was a Bavarian police sergeant in the 2nd Police Hundred of the Bavarian State Police . He was killed in front of the Munich residence during the Nazi putsch attempt ( Ludendorff-Hitler putsch ) in an exchange of fire with the putschists.

biography

After the First World War , Hollweg signed up for the Bavarian State Police for 12 years. On November 8, 1923, the Hitler putsch broke out . Since the putsch threatened to fail, Hitler wanted to get the population on his side with a march through Munich on November 9, 1923. The march began at the Bürgerbräukeller and was aimed at the military area command, the former Royal Bavarian War Ministry , at Ludwigstrasse 14. Ernst Röhm and his colleagues had holed up there since the day before . The second police force was supposed to stop the march and thus prevent the advance of the military area command. When they met, the putschists shot at the police, who returned fire. Hollweg and three of his comrades were fatally hit during the exchange of fire. After the death of the Hundertschaftsführer Rudolf Schraut , a first lieutenant took command and ordered a second volley. Thereupon the demonstration broke up and the Hitler putsch was over.

Commemoration

Since 1994 a commemorative plaque of the city of Munich on Odeonsplatz has been commemorating him and his three dead comrades in the Bavarian State Police. The floor slab was later removed and replaced by a plaque on the facade of the Munich residence in 2010. Another memorial plaque can be found in his home town of Kulmbach.

literature

Ernst Deuerlein (ed.): The rise of the NSDAP in eyewitness reports. 5th edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-423-02701-0 .

Individual evidence

↑ Information on the website of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport; accessed on June 11, 2015.
↑ His superior Michael Freiherr von Godin recorded an eyewitness account of Hollweg's shooting . This can be found in the source volume edited by Ernst Deuerlein The Rise of the NSDAP in eyewitness reports from 1982.

personal data
SURNAME	Hollweg, Nikolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bavarian police officer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kulmbach
DATE OF DEATH	November 9, 1923
Place of death	Munich

[1] Information on the website of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport; accessed on June 11, 2015.

[2] His superior Michael Freiherr von Godin recorded an eyewitness account of Hollweg's shooting . This can be found in the source volume edited by Ernst Deuerlein The Rise of the NSDAP in eyewitness reports from 1982.