Emil Maurice Grouping

[Richard]

Interesting that his son would want them sold instead of destroyed. Why would any family want to have this part of their past still available for others to see? Think of all the Nazi party member's families who just destroyed the stuff to hopefully sever any ties to that type of past. It has to be surprising that they kept it and didn't destroy it. I suppose it is a stroke of fortune that they decided to sell rather than destroy it. Otherwise a piece of history, however bleak, would have disappeared forever. Bob, you have some of the finest and most historically significant items of this period that I have ever had the pleasure to see. Thanks so much for sharing this with the rest of us. Please think about that adoption/will thing.
Richard V

[ronsel]

These kind of posts make WAF an outstanding forum.

Bob, congratulations and thank you , thank you, thank you for sharing this group with us.

[DanCz]

Thank you very much for sharing !!

[dag001]

Bob, I suspect that many have not commented on your grouping simply because, like myself, they cannot find the proper words to adequately describe it. Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

[Kyle Harrington]

History

Bob's collection clearly shows there was substance to the relationship, hence the jealous response from Emil's boss.Women can pull you further than dynamite can blow you so to speak ,so uncle Dolfy threw a double six and Emil was sent to Coventry.This is a unique and irreplaceable historical grouping of incredible importance ,it is very rare to uncover "so called" truths on forums such as this yet this offering does just that.
Well done Bob ..awesome !!

[Ron Weinand]

Bob, do we know if Maurice attended any of the Movement anniversry celebrations at the Feldherrnhalle post 1934? Was he in any of the photos of the march from the hall in Munich? This might tell us exactly how Hitler tried to distance him from the movement in the late 1930s.
Ron
PS; Sorry you won't be at the MAX. See you at the SOS

[Robin Lumsden]

This might tell us exactly how Hitler tried to distance him from the movement in the late 1930s.

Hitler never tried to distance Maurice from the NSDAP. Quite the reverse.

In the spring of 1935 Emil Maurice became the subject of a dispute between Hitler and Himmler. Before Maurice could marry on 11 May 1935, he had to submit to the SS-Race and Settlement Head Office proof of his bride’s as well as of his own pure ‘German—blood descent.’ When Himmler found out that Maurice was part-Jewish, he demanded his expulsion from the SS, but Hitler wouldn’t hear of it, so Himmler was forced to put the Führer’s decision in writing:

The Reichsführer SS, Münich, 31 August 1935

Official Minute

1. SS-Standartenführer Emil Maurice is, without doubt, according to his family tree, not of Aryan descent.

2. On the occasion of SS-Standartenführer Maurice’s marriage when he had to submit the family tree, I reported to the Führer my position to the effect that Maurice must be removed from the ranks of the SS.

3. The Führer has decided that in this one and only exceptional case Maurice as well as his brothers could remain in the SS, because Maurice had been his very first companion, and because his brothers and the entire family Maurice had served the Movement with rare bravery and loyalty in the first and most difficult months and years.

4. I decree that Maurice must not be entered in the SS Clan Book, and that none of the descendants of the Maurice family may be admitted into the SS.

5. The Chief of the Race and Settlement Head Office receives a copy of this Minute with the request for its most strictly confidential treatment; only the Chief of the Clan Office is to be informed of the decision.

6. For myself and for all successors as Reichsführer SS, I state that only Adolf Hitler himself had and has the right to decree such an exception with regard to blood. No Reichsführer SS has, or will have for all future time, the right to allow exceptions from the requirements of the SS regarding blood.

7. I oblige all my successors to maintain most strictly the position laid down in point 6.


1. Two copies to the Chief of the Race and Settlement Head Office
a. one closed and sealed for Maurice’s marriage file.
b. one for the information of the Chief of the Clan Office.



Maurice remained banned from the inner circle around Hitler, but he enjoyed Hitler's personal protection to the very end of the Nazi era. No disciplinary action was taken against him when he knocked down an old man in September 1935, who had unwittingly blocked the road for Maurice’s car with his bicycle. For Christmas of the same year, Himmler sent Maurice a present regarded as an honour in the SS (an SS Julleuchter). Maurice was promoted on 30 January 1939 to SS-Oberführer; he operated a watch store; he was a member of the Reichstag; he was vice-president of regional chambers of commerce and trade; from January 1940 to October 1942 he served in the Luftwaffe as an officer. After the war, he got off relatively easily, considering the atmosphere of revenge that was prevalent; a de-Nazification court sentenced him to only four years hard labour.

[Ludwig]

Really, really interesting!!! What a coillection!!!

[TxGauleiter]

Robin
thanks for this most detailed account...this insight is amazing..

i am moved by the history in this thread, and the details contributed by
others elevate it to the next level...

[Mark Costa]

Ron:

In regards to Maurice marching in the annual Nov8-9 ceremonies -- he was there every year, marching just behind the first two ranks of marchers. And can also be seen sitting near Hitler at almost every occasion the night before the march at the Burgerbraukeller. So in this instance he was not shunned from appearing with Hitler.

Mark

[Ron Weinand]

Thanks Mark: Treue um Treue! is seen in this thread.

[ErichS]

Was he awarded the TK Ring by Himmler?

[Bob Coleman]

Maurice Was Awarded Both The Ring And The Ehrendolch.

[Gregory Koepp]

Bob, Another Incredible Grouping You Own! But I Must Fall Back On Your Photo Skill, It Sucks Just About All Your Shots You Take Are Blured.

But Back To Your Group, Bob How Many Of The 1st Pattern Blood Orders Were Given Out? Or Known Today?

Thanks For Showing..

Greg Koepp

[Bob Coleman]

Hi Greg-
Thanks For The Insult. It Makes Me Feel All Warm And Fuzzy To Post Other Rare Pieces.
To Answer Your Question, I Know Of Only One Other Known Example Of This Badge. According To Maurice's Letter, Only The Stosstruppe And Selected Party Leaders Who Were Prosecuted After The Putsch Received This Badge. Certainbly Less Than 100 Examples.