Friedrich Weber, Dr. (30 January 1892 – 19 July 1955) was an instructor in veterinary medicine at the

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. In World War I he served in the Royal Bavarian 1st Heavy Cavalry Regiment "Prince Karl of Bavaria". He was the leader of the Oberland League and ranked alongside

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and

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as one of the chief conspirators of the

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in November 1923. He was convicted along with

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in 1925 but continued to head the Oberland League until 1929. After his release from prison, he set up a private vet practice in Munich and continued close contact with

being given a lucrative position in Berlin after Hitler's accession to power in 1933. He became an army vet late in

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. After the war, he was heavily fined for

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, but continued to practise veterinary medicine, eventually dying in reduced circumstances in 1955.

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