Waldemar Pabst (* 24 December 1880 in Berlin; "† 1970) were a German officer. In the time after the First World War he was a first general staff officer of the guard Kavallerie contactor division and participated with it at the cut Putsch. It arranged 1919 the murder of pink Luxembourg and Karl dear farmhand.

Youth and training

Pabst, son of a director of museum, was born in the year 1880 in Berlin. Together with later realm chancellor Franz von Papen it visited the institute for main cadet and received to 1899 its officer patent. Starting from 1914 it was during the 1. World war in the service at the general staff.

The murder Karl of dear farmhand and pink Luxembourg

After that 1. World war and the fall of the German monarchy taken place in the November revolution from 1918 he was involved in January 1919 as a first general staff officer of the guard Kavallerie contactor division with striking down the Spartakusaufstands. In the context of these fights Karl dear farmhand and pink Luxembourg on 15 January, which hand leaders of the Spartakusbundes and establishment initiators over of the KPD, imprisoned taken and him, became. In the hotel Eden he cross-examined both personally and left her thereupon without court decision to shoot, or like he it called "arranges "(so Pabst in the mirrors from 18 April 1962). Who gave the concrete instruction for the execution of Luxembourg and dear farmhand, is unclear. However after its death in its memoirs the following entry was found: "The fact that I could not at all accomplish the action without agreement Noskes - with Ebert in the background - and also my officers to protect had, is clear. But few humans understood only completely, why I was never heard or placed under accusation. I acknowledged the behavior of the SPD at that time with the fact as Kavalier that I held 50 years long the muzzle over our co-operation. "Here he explains completely openly that he had both the agreement of the realm military Minister Noskes and those of realm president Ebert (both SPD) to the murders, who was to have sat during a telephone call between Pabst and Noske together with Noske in an area.

In the mirror interview of 1962 he already explained that both Noske and the lieutenant general von Hofmann him agreed with its acts ("he thanked me ", so Pabst over Hofmann). To what extent these statements should correspond to Pabsts of the truth or serve only its own discharge, is today disputed until.

When consequence of the murders gave it when desired from Noske a looking process, however none had to begin the condemned one a punishment. First lieutenant bird, which shot pink Luxembourg, could leave the country owing to the assistance Noskes and Hussar Runge had its two-year detention not to begin. That actually responsible person for the events in the hotel Eden, Pabst, was not even accused. In an federalofficial bulletin from 8 February 1962 the murder was spent of dear farmhand and Luxembourg as "shooting under martial law ", since Germany, according to bulletin, could become saved only so forwards "communism ".

The cut Putsch and Pabst in the dictatorship of the national socialism

In the year 1920 Pabst was considerably involved in the right-wing extremist cut Putsch. After its failure in consequence of a political general strike it fled to Austria, where it as a supervisor and chief of staff helped the home resistance with the structure. When the Hitler Putsch failed to 1923, could receive asylum in Austria owing to its assistance.

1930 asked Adolf Hitler Pabst on the upper salt mountain, in order it - how Pabst stated - its "political organization boss "to make. Pabst did not follow Hitler's desire, since he saw himself as "conservative ", and Hitler in its eyes "a socialist "was.

During the Putsches Pabst was arrested as alleged opponents of the regime. After a short arrest he became a boss of the weapon department of the company Rheinmetall Borsig, until he was drawn in 1939 as a major. 1940 it again to dismiss, according to own data because it a public enemy was. With the sum paid in compensation, which Pabst from Rheinmetall Borsig received, he bought an importing firm. Only three years later Pabst from fear of an arrest emigrated by the Gestapo into Switzerland.

Only 1955 it returned to Duesseldorf, where it transacted long time still weapon businesses. It died wealthy in the year 1970.

See also

• Pink Luxembourg
• Karl dear farmhand
• Spartakusbund
• Spartakusaufstand
• Cut Putsch
• Putsch
• Free corps
• Gustav Noske

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