Gauleiter Karl Roever

[Sal Williams]

Read a small snippet about this man and it seems he, like Hess tried to negotiate a peace with Churchill. Evidently in a later stage of syphilis he then died. Does anyone know any more about this? How far did he go in his attempted peace negotiation?

Best, Sal

[Larry deZeng]

"Karl Roever" (Gauleiter of Weser-Ems) brought up 8 hits on Google, but none of them mentioned any attempts to negotiate peace with the British. I cannot imagine there not being something on the internet if there was any substance to this claim.

--Larry

[Sal Williams]

Yes I did a search on the internet too and with the same results.I re read what I had originally found and it seems he never actually got to attempt the peace meeting, I misunderstood that part the first time I read it. I got this info out of the "Vol I Leaders & Personalities of the Third Reich" by Charles Hamilton published by Bender. Here is what it says:

Karl Roever (1889-1942)
Gauleiter of Weser-Ems from 1929 until 1942. Roever served in WW1 from 1914-1916 as an infantryman. He was then transferred to the propaganda section of the German High Command. In 1923 he joined the Nazi party and in 1928 became Gauleiter of Weser-Ems. On the night of May 13, 1942 Roever startled the party hierarchy when he announced he was going to see the Fuehrer the next day and then proceed to meet Winston Churchill, in order to make peace. Coming virtually on the first anniversary of Hess' flight to Scotland, the matter was immediately brought to Martin Bormann's attention.An SS physician diagnosed the last stages of syphilis in Roever , and he was rushed to an isolated area. Two agents were sent by Bormann to examine Roever, and they reported on May 15th that the sick man had succumbed to heart failure. The whole matter was hushed up and soon forgotten in the course of the war.

[Larry deZeng]

........Two agents were sent by Bormann to examine Roever, and they reported on May 15th that the sick man had succumbed to heart failure.

Hmmm........ It sound like the "agents" might have popped him or he died under strenuous interrogation.