Jakob Grimminger was a German Nazi Party and Schutzstaffel member.
10 Facts About Jakob Grimminger
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Jakob Grimminger was born in Augsburg, Bavaria and entered the Imperial German Army when he was sixteen years old.
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Jakob Grimminger served during World War I as a mechanic in an air regiment from 1914 and 1917.
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Jakob Grimminger served a year in Palestine after which he returned to Germany.
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Jakob Grimminger joined the Nazi Party in 1922 and became a member of the Sturmabteilung.
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Jakob Grimminger took part in street-fighting in Coburg in 1922 and in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch of 8 November 1923.
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Jakob Grimminger was promoted during his service in the SA and the SS, finally reaching the rank of SS-Standartenfuhrer.
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Jakob Grimminger survived World War II, and was put on trial by the Allies in 1946 for being a member of the SS and ceremonially carrying the Blutfahne for nineteen years as a part of the propaganda of the Nazi Party.
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Jakob Grimminger died in obscurity in Munich on 28 January 1969 aged 76.
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Jakob Grimminger's body was buried in Munich's Waldfriedhof, but the grave was reclaimed, and his body was relocated to an unmarked grave in Herzebrock-Clarholz.