Rochus Misch
Rochus Misch (b. 29 July 1917 in Alt Schalkowitz near Oppeln, German Empire; d. 5 September 2013 in Berlin-Rudow) was an SS non-commissioned officer of the Führer-Begleit-Kommando, finally SS-Oberscharführer in WWII.
Life
Misch served from 1940 to 1945 as a bodyguard, courier, and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler. He stated that he had had no knowledge of the Holocaust during his five years of service in the SS, insisting that Hitler never discussed it in his presence.[1]
Awards and decorations
- DRL/Reich Sports Badge (Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen)
- Anschluss Medal (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938)
- Sudetenland Medal with the Prague Castle Bar (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange „Prager Burg“)
- Iron Cross (1939), 2nd Class
- Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen 1939) in Black
Writings
- Der letzte Zeuge: Ich war Hitlers Telefonist, Kurier und Leibwächter, Pendo Verlag, ISBN 978-3866121942
See also
References
- ↑ 'Hitler was no brute': Führer’s defiant bodyguard and witness to his last hours Rochus Misch dies aged 96 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hitler-was-no-brute-f-hrer-s-defiant-bodyguard-and-witness-to-his-last-hours-rochus-misch-dies-aged-8802589.html
