Fritz Gerlich
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Carl Albert Fritz Michael Gerlich (15 February 1883 – 30 June 1934) was a German journalist and historian, and one of the leading journalistic resistors of Adolf Hitler. He was arrested and later killed and cremated at the Dachau concentration camp.
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Born | Carl Albert Fritz Michael Gerlich (1883-02-15)15 February 1883 |
Died | 30 June 1934(1934-06-30) (aged 51) |
Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, historian |
Known for | Being killed during the Night of the Long Knives |
Spouse | Sophie Botzenhart (1920) |
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