Fritz Wiedemann

Frederick (“Fritz”) Wiedemann (16 August 1891 in Augsburg – 17 January 1970 in Postmünster) was a German soldier and Nazi Party activist. He was for a time the personal adjutant to Adolf Hitler, having served with him in World War I.[1][2][3] The two men subsequently had a falling-out, and Wiedemann secretly repudiated his Nazi beliefs, warning American and British figures about Hitler's plans for Europe. On one occasion he actively intervened to help the Jewish-born widow of Willi Schmid, a wrongful victim of the Night of the Long Knives, escape Germany.[4]

  1. ^ Harold Charles Deutsch, Hitler and his Generals: The Hidden Crisis, January–June 1938, U of Minnesota Press, 1974, p. 41
  2. ^ "Fritz Wiedemann 30/1947". DER SPIEGEL. 25 July 1947. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Current History". New York Times Company. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Steps of Courage: Exploring Resistance in Hitler's Germany. University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 11 October 2022