Ernst Gustav Adolf Munzinger was a German businessman and lieutenant colonel in Army intelligence.
13 Facts About Ernst Munzinger
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At the start of World War II, Ernst Munzinger was drafted into counterintelligence under Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, where he came into contact with the growing anti-Nazi group around Hans Oster and Hans von Dohnanyi.
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Ernst Munzinger emigrated in accordance with the wishes of his father, in 1883 from Zweibrucken to Riga.
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Ernst Munzinger began studying law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
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Ernst Munzinger was initially on the Western Front and later an intelligence officer on the Eastern Front.
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Ernst Munzinger reached the rank of captain and was awarded two Iron Crosses.
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Ernst Munzinger built a chemical factory in Riga after the completion of commercial training.
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Ernst Munzinger moved with his family in 1933 to Berlin, where he led with his brother in law, the Department of Clothing and Textiles.
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Ernst Munzinger came later in contact with the resistance group led by Hans von Dohnanyi and Hans Oster.
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Ernst Munzinger was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the spring of 1944, and ended his service in the Wehrmacht, returning to civilian life.
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Ernst Munzinger was already at that time informed about the planned assassination of 20 July 1944, but his role in the preparations is unknown.
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Ernst Munzinger's body was buried in a mass grave in Alt-Moabit, but later transferred to the St Paul's Cemetery in Berlin-Plotzensee.
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On 12 September 1920, Ernst Munzinger married Senta Blenck in Riga, Latvia.