Hans-Adam Otto von Heydebreck, called Peter
von Heydebreck (1 July 1889, in Köslin – 30 June 1934, in Stadelheim Prison)
was a German Freikorps- and SA leader, member of the Reichstag and a national
socialist. Heydebreck served as an officer in the German Army in World War I.
During the German revolution of November 1918, he founded the Freikorps named
after him. During the Third Silesian Uprising in 1921, his troops were foremost
in the reconquest of the low mountain at the centre of the Battle of Annaberg,
gaining for Von Heydebreck the epithet "the Hero of Annaberg". He
made career in Nazi party and was member of Reichtag. He was murdered during
the night of long knives in 1934 at Stadelheim prison on 30 June 1934.
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