Beppo Römer

Beppo Römer
Born
Josef Römer

17 November 1892
Died25 September 1944(1944-09-25) (aged 51)
Cause of deathExecution by guillotine
NationalityGerman
Known forPlotting to assassinate Adolf Hitler
Political partyCommunist Party of Germany
Military career
AllegianceFreikorps
Service / branchFreikorps Oberland

Josef "Beppo" Römer (German: [ˈbɛ.po ˈʁøː.mɐ] ; 17 November 1892 25 September 1944) was a member of the Freikorps Oberland, one of the paramilitary organizations that sprang up around Germany as soldiers returned in defeat from World War I. He was later an organizer for the Communist Party of Germany (KPD). He was involved in German resistance to Nazism and plotted to assassinate Hitler in 1934. Römer was executed in 1944 by the Nazi regime.