Walter Blume (other)
Walter Blume may refer to: * Walter Blume (musician) (born in the 1880s; active 1910s–1930s), German kapellmeister, music critic, and scholar of Johannes Brahms * Walter Blume (aircraft designer) (1896–1964), German fighter ace of World War I and aircraft designer * Walter Blume (SS officer) Walter Blume (23 July 1906 – 13 November 1974) was a mid-ranking SS commander and leader of ''Sonderkommando'' 7a, part of the extermination commando group Einsatzgruppe B. The unit perpetrated the killings of thousands of Jews in Belarus a ...

Walter Blume (musician)
Walter Blume (born in the 1880s; active 1910s—1930s) was a German kapellmeister, music critic, and scholar of Johannes Brahms. Biography A student of Felix Mottl and Ludwig Thuille he was kapellmeister in Koblenz in 1912 and led the ''Volksymphoniekonzerte'' in Munich 1914. He also studied with Fritz Steinbach and after publishing the latter's notes on Brahms' scores became best known as a writer and editor of Brahms. An enthusiast of anthroposophy he published a lecture ''Musikalische Betrachtungen in geisteswissenschaftlichem Sinn'' in Berlin in 1917, which were in the main well received by Rudolf Steiner himself. He was in January 1919 the first editor of ''Der Weg'' a short-lived monthly magazine "for Art, Literature and Music" which was the most progressive voice for art in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 Ju ...
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Walter Blume (aircraft Designer)
Walter Blume (10 January 1896 – 27 May 1964) was a German fighter ace of World War I. During World War I, he flew with two fighter squadrons, ''Jagdstaffel 26'' and ''Jagdstaffel 9'' gaining 28 aerial victories and earning the Iron Cross, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, and the ''Pour le Merite''.The Aerodrome website page for Blume http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/blume.php Post World War I he became a prominent aircraft designer for both Albatros and Arado, being one of the pioneers of jet propulsion design in airplanes. Early life and World War I service Walter Blume was born in Hirschberg, Silesia, and originally served in the 5th Silesian Jaeger Battalion in September 1914. After being wounded early in the conflict, he trained as a pilot beginning 30 June 1915.''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918'', p. 75. He began his flying career in two-seater Aviatik aircraft wi ...
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