Rudolf Schraut

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Memorial plaque for the killed police officers at the Munich residence

Rudolf Schraut (born July 4, 1886 in Würzburg , † November 9, 1923 in Munich ) was a Bavarian police captain and leader of the 2nd Police Hundred of the Bavarian State Police . He was killed in front of the Munich residence during the Nazi Hitler putsch in an exchange of fire with the putschists.

Life

Schraut took part in the First World War as a cavalry officer in the 2nd Uhlan regiment "König" of the Bavarian Army . During the war he was promoted to Rittmeister with a patent from January 17, 1917 and was awarded the Military Merit Order IV. Class with Swords and both classes of the Iron Cross for his achievements . After the war , Schraut joined the Bavarian State Police and, as the leader of the Hundreds, commanded the 2nd Police Hundreds.

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. During the exchange of fire, Schraut and three other police officers of his hundred were fatally hit. A 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.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the website of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Transport; accessed on June 11, 2015.
  2. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1926, p. 821.
  3. ↑ Bavarian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of officers of the Royal Bavarian Army. Munich 1918, p. 101.
personal data
SURNAME Schraut, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian officer and policeman
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1923
Place of death Munich