''Freikorps'' ( en, Free Corps) were Germans, German volunteer military or paramilitary units. The term was originally applied to voluntary armies formed in German lands from the middle of the 18th century onwards. Between World War I and World War II the term was also used for the anti-communist paramilitary organizations that arose during the Weimar Republic. This is a partial list of the post-World War I ''Freikorps'' members.

''Freikorps'' members

*Hugo von Abercron, German aviation pioneer *Wilhelm Albert (SS officer), Wilhelm Albert, SS General *Herbert Albrecht, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Mecklenburg-Lübeck *Friedrich Alpers, SS General *Ludolf-Hermann von Alvensleben, SS General *Ludolf Jakob von Alvensleben, SS Colonel *Benno von Arent, SS Colonel *Karl Astel, racial scientist and eugenicist *Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, SS General *Hermann Balck, German Army General *Rudolf Bamler, German Army General *Eleonore Baur, SS nurse and NSDAP member *Hans Baur, SS General *Gottlob Berger, SS General *Theodor Berkelmann, SS General *Rudolph Berthold, World War I ace *Lothar Beutel, SS General *Walther Bierkamp, SS General *Helmut Bischoff, SS Lieutenant Colonel *Wilhelm Bittrich, SS General *Dr. Kurt Blome, Nazi physician/SA General *Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, German Army Major *Günther Blumentritt, German Army General *Fedor von Bock, German Army Field Marshal *Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock, SS Colonel *Karl Bodenschatz, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Adolf von Bomhard, SS General *Martin Bormann, Secretary to the Führer/SS General *Ferdinand Brandner, SS Colonel *Fritz von Brodowski, German Army General *Helmuth Brückner, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Silesia/SA General *Wilhelm Brückner, SA General *Karl Brunner (SS general), Karl Brunner, SS General *Franz Büchner, World War I Air ace *Josef Bürckel, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Westmark/SS General *Wilhelm Burgdorf, German Army General *Hans Georg Calmeyer, German lawyer *Wilhelm Canaris, German Navy Admiral/Chief of Military Intelligence *Hellmut von der Chevallerie, German Army General *Kurt von der Chevallerie, German Army General *Friedrich Christiansen, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Leonardo Conti, SS General *Max de Crinis, SS Colonel *Kurt Daluege, Chief of the Order Police/SS General *Richard Walther Darré, NSDAP ''Reichsleiter''/SS General *Otto Deßloch, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Heinrich Deubel, SS Colonel *Karl Diebitsch, SS Colonel *Christoph Diehm, SS General *Eduard Dietl, German Army General *Josef Dietrich, SS General *Oskar Dirlewanger, SS Colonel *Heinrich Graf zu Dohna-Schlobitten, German Army General *Harry Domela, imposter *Hans Döring (SS-Brigadeführer), Hans Döring, SS General *Anton Dunckern, SS General *Karlfried Graf Dürckheim, Nazi diplomat and propagandist *Freiherr Karl von Eberstein, SS General *Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, SA General *Hermann Ehrhardt, SS General *Franz Ritter von Epp, NSDAP ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Bavaria/German Army General *Karl Ernst, SA General *Georg Escherich, German politician *Hermann Esser, Vice President of the ''Reichstag (Nazi Germany), Reichstag'' *Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, German Army General *Hermann Fegelein, SS General *Richard Fiedler (SS-Brigadeführer), Richard Fiedler, SS General *Hans Frank, General Government, Governor-General of Poland/SA General *Karl Hermann Frank, SS General *Fritz Freitag, SS General *Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, German Army Colonel *Helmuth Friedrichs, SS General *Hermann Foertsch, German Army General *Wilhelm Fuchs, SS Colonel *Fritz Fullriede, German Army General *Wolfgang Fürstner, German Army Captain *Karl Gebhardt, SS General *Hans Ferdinand Geisler, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Richard Glücks, SS General *Wilhelm Göcke, SS Colonel *Ellery von Gorrissen, SS Lieutenant Colonel *Curt von Gottberg, SS General *Ulrich Grauert, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Ernst-Robert Grawitz, SS General *Heinz Greiner, German Army General *Arthur Greiser, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Wartheland/SS General *Adam Grünewald, SS Major *Heinz Guderian, German Army General *Prince Gustav of Thurn and Taxis, Thule Society member *Hans Hahne (general), Hans Hahne, German Army General *Wilhelm Harster, SS General *Paul Hausser, SS General *Franz Hayler, SS General *Richard Heidrich, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Edmund Heines, Deputy SA Chief-of-Staff *Gotthard Heinrici, German Army General *Werner Heisenberg, German physicist *August Heissmeyer, SS General *Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf, SA General *Konrad Henlein, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Sudetenland/SS General *Paul Hennicke, SS General *Eberhard Herf, SS General *Maximilian von Herff, SS General *Otto Herzog, SA General and ''Stabsführer'' *Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer *Reinhard Heydrich, SS General *Peter von Heydebreck, SA General *Konstantin Hierl, NSDAP ''Reichsleiter'' *Ernst-Albrecht Hildebrandt, SS Colonel *Friedrich Hildebrandt, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Mecklenburg/SS General *Richard Hildebrandt, SS General *Gebhard Ludwig Himmler, SS Colonel *Heinrich Himmler, ''Reichsführer-SS'' *Hans Hinkel, SS General *Paul Hinkler, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Halle-Merseburg *Kurt Hintze, SS General *Rudolf Hoess, SS Lieutenant Colonel/''Kommandant'' of Auschwitz *Karl Höfer, SS General *Hermann Höfle (SS general), Hermann Höfle, SS General *Otto Hofmann, SS General *Paul Hofmann (Gauleiter), Paul Hofmann, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Magdeburg-Anhalt *Hans Albert Hohnfeldt, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Danzig *Hermann Hoth, German Army General *Adolf Hühnlein, NSDAP ''Reichsleiter''/SA General *Hans Hüttig, SS Major *Bernhard von Hülsen, German Army General *Friedrich Gustav Jaeger, German Army Colonel *Friedrich Jeckeln, SS General *Hans Jeschonnek, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Ferdinand Jodl, German Army General *Rudolf Jordan (politician), Rudolf Jordan, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Halle-Merseburg/SA General *Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, SS General *Edgar Julius Jung, German lawyer *Hans Jüttner, SS General *Richard Kaaserer, SS General *Walther Kadow, German schoolteacher *Ernst Kaltenbrunner, SS General *Hans Kammler, SS General *Ernst Kantorowicz, Medieval historian *Siegfried Kasche, Nazi Ambassador/SA General *Karl Kaufmann, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Hanover/SS General *Kurt Kaul, SS General *Wilhelm Keitel, German Army Field Marshal *Werner Kempf, German Army General *Ulrich Kessler, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Dr. Emil Ketterer, SA General *Manfred Freiherr von Killinger, SS General *Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, SS General *Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German Field Marshal *Waldemar Klingelhöfer, SS Major *Hans Ulrich Klintzsch, Supreme SA Leader *Erich Koch, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of East Prussia/SA General *Paul Körner (Nazi official), Paul Körner, SS General *Gerret Korsemann, SS General *Albert Krebs, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Hamburg *Heinrich Kreipe, German Army General *Hermann Kriebel, NSDAP supporter *Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, SS General *Walter Krüger (SS general), Walter Krüger, SS General *Georg von Küchler, German Army Field Marshal *Friedrich Landfried, German lawyer, State Secretary and ''Luftwaffe'' Major *Otto Lasch, German Army General *Johann von Leers, SS Major and Propaganda Ministry official *Karl Lenz, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Hesse-Darmstadt *Arthur Liebehenschel, SS Officer *Georg Lindemann, German Army General *Karl Linder, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Hesse-Nassau *Wilhelm List, German Army Field Marshal *Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Magdeburg-Anhalt/SS General *Bruno Loerzer, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Werner Lorenz, SS General *Walther von Lüttwitz, German Army General *Viktor Lutze, SA Chief-of-Staff *Max Luyken, SA General *Eberhard von Mackensen, German Army General *Johann-Erasmus Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau, SS General *Hasso von Manteuffel, German Army General *Erich Marcks, German Army General *Benno Martin, SS General *Emil Maurice, first Supreme SA Leader/SS Colonel *Karl Mauss, German General *Josef Albert Meisinger, SS Colonel *Günther Merk, SS General *Erhard Milch, ''Luftwaffe'' Field Marshal *Rudolf Mildner, SS Colonel *Paul Moder, SS General *Elhard von Morozowicz, ''Der Stahlhelm'' official and SA General *Thomas Müller (SS officer), Thomas Müller, SS Colonel *Eugen Munder, NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' of Württemberg *Max Näther, World War I ace *Hermann Niehoff, German Army General *Friedrich T. Noltenius, World War I ace *Carl Oberg, SS General *Karl von Oberkamp, SS GeneralAxis History Forum
/ref> *Waldemar Pabst, ordered the executions of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht *Günther Pancke, SS General *Rudolf Pannier, SS Colonel *Helmuth von Pannwitz, German Army General/SS General *Friedrich Paulus, German Army Field Marshal *Heinz Pernet, SA General *Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Supreme SA Leader *Horst von Pflugk-Harttung, German intelligence officer and spy *Oswald Pohl, SS General *Maximilian Ritter von Pohl, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Werner Preuss, World War I ace *Hans-Adolf Prützmann, SS General *Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, German Navy Admiral *Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Johann Rattenhuber, SS General *Hanns Albin Rauter, SS General *Eggert Reeder, SS General *Walter von Reichenau, German Army Field Marshal *Heinz Reinefarth, SS General *Heinrich Reiner, NSDAP Deputy ''Gauleiter'' of Hesse-Nassau *Bolko von Richthofen, German archaeologist and Ahnenerbe member *Hans-Joachim Riecke, SS General *Ernst August Rode, SS General *Manfred Roeder (judge), Manfred Roeder, ''Luftwaffe'' General and military judge *Arthur Rödl, SS Colonel *Ernst Röhm, SA Chief-of-Staff *Beppo Römer, KPD member *Gotthard Sachsenberg, World War I ace *Theo Saevecke, SS Captain *Ernst von Salomon, Organisation Consul member *Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg, SS Officer *Dietrich von Saucken, German Army General *Emanuel Schäfer, SS Colonel *Julius Schaub, SS General *Hans Schemm, an NSDAP ''Gauleiter'' in Bavaria *Julian Scherner, SS Colonel *Walter Schimana, SS General *Albert Leo Schlageter, anti-French saboteur *Fritz Schlessmann, NSDAP Acting ''Gauleiter'' of Essen/SS General *Wilhelm Schmalz, German Army General *August Schmidthuber, SS General *Erich Schmiedicke, NSDAP Deputy ''Gauleiter'' of Berlin and Brandenburg *Philipp Schmitt, Philipp Johann Adolf Schmitt, SS Major *Rudolf Schmundt, German Army General *Otto Schniewind, German Navy Admiral *Eugen Ritter von Schobert, German Army General *Carl-August von Schoenebeck, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Fritz von Scholz, SS General *Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, SS General *Ferdinand Schörner, German Army Field Marshal *Julius Schreck, first ''Reichsführer-SS'' *Walther Schröder, SS General *Walther Schultze, SS General *Erwin Schulz, SS General *Paul Schulz, NSDAP Organization Department Head *Horst Schumann, SS Major *Rudolf von Sebottendorf, founder of the Thule Society *Hans Seidemann, ''Luftwaffe'' General *Franz Seldte, Reich Minister for Labor/SA General *Emil Sembach, SS Colonel *Max Simon, SS General *Friedrich Sixt, German Army General *Otto Skorzeny, SS Lieutenant Colonel *Hugo Sperrle, ''Luftwaffe'' Field Marshal *Jakob Sporrenberg, SS General *Franz Walter Stahlecker, SS General *Albert Stange, Nazi politician and police official *Felix Steiner, SS General *Walter Stennes, SA General *Hermann Stieve, German physician *Gregor Strasser, NSDAP Organization Leader *Otto Strasser, NSDAP publisher and journalist *Bruno Streckenbach, SS General *Wilhelm Stuckart, SS General *Günther Tamaschke, SS Colonel *Theobald Thier, SS General *Harald Turner, SS General *Friedrich Uebelhoer, SS General *Rudolf Veiel, German Army General *Josef Veltjens, ''Luftwaffe'' Colonel *Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German geneticist and eugenicist *Hans Voss, German Navy Admiral *Hans-Erich Voss, German Navy Admiral *Hilmar Wäckerle, SS Colonel *Otto Wagener, German Army General *Walter Warlimont, German Army General *Christian Weber (SS general), Christian Weber, SS General *Dr. Friedrich Weber (veterinarian), Friedrich Weber, SS General *Walther Wenck, German Army General *Richard Wendler, SS General *Otto Winkelmann, SS General *Karl Wolff, SS General *Udo von Woyrsch, SS General *Alfred Wünnenberg, Chief of the Order Police/SS General *Karl Zech, SS General *Carltheo Zeitschel, SS Major *Carl Zenner, SS General *Alexander Zenzes, World War I Ace

References

External links

Axis History Factbook; Freikorps section
– By Marcus Wendel and contributors; site also contains an apolitical forum
Freikorps Master list on Axis History Forum {reference only}
20th-century Freikorps Anti-communism in Germany Military history of Germany Political repression in Germany Terrorism in Germany Counter-revolutionaries German Revolution of 1918–1919