Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski was indicted by the Bundesrepublik for murders carried out during the 1934 Röhm purge and served about three years in prison.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
Sources support that Bach-Zelewski was indicted in 1961 in Nuremberg over the 2 July 1934 killing of Anton von Hohberg und Buchwald during the Röhm purge. They contradict the claimed term: the sentence was four and a half years (later raised to four years ten months), not about three, and no source states how long he actually served.
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… He was a general of the SS, and he was an Einstein group commander, and he was probably a British intelligence asset, which is why he wasn't prosecuted in Nuremberg. Later, Zalewski was indicted by the Bundesrepublik for a series of murders carried out during the, the, the 1934, um, Rom purge. Zaleski murdered a couple of people who probably weren't at all implicated, owing to personal vendettas and things, and he served about three years, I think. But, you know, for these, for the actions carried out in his official capacity as an Einsatz group commander, he never faced any penal jeopardy. But a lot of these figures actually came from him and only him, and nobody else. …
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Contradicts. Sources give the 1961 sentence as four and a half years (Holocaust Historical Society) or four years ten months (Wikipedia), which does not match the claim's 'about three years'.[1][2][3]
Supports. Deutsche Biographie and the Wikipedia Röhm-Putsch article state he was arrested in 1958 and indicted (charged in January 1961 in Nuremberg) for the 1934 murder of Anton von Hohberg und Buchwald, ordered during the Röhm putsch.[3][4]
Context. The Simple English Wikipedia says he left prison in 1949 and was sentenced to four and a half years for the 1934 killing, but it is unreliable and does not establish time actually served.[5]
Context. A separate 1951 ten-year labor sentence, of which he reportedly served five years, concerns different charges and is not the Röhm-purge sentence the claim describes.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 tier 2, 5 not rated
- 1Ex-S.S. General Sentenced To Life for 1933 Murdersnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 2Erich von Dem Bach ZELEWSKIholocausthistoricalsociety.org.uk · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Röhm-Putsch - Wikipediade.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 4Bach-Zelewski, Erich von dem - Deutsche Biographiedeutsche-biographie.de · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediasimple.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 6Ex-nazi General on Trial for Mass-executions of Jews Near Minsk - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyjta.org · not rated · cited for: context
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