August Schneidhuber was a WWI veteran. In 1928 he became a SA Führer, assigned from 1929-1931 to Führer of the SA Gruppe South, Munich, in 1931 Führer der SA Gruppe West in Koblenz, and from 1932 Führer der SA Obergruppe VII Munich. Schneidhuber became in 1932 member of the Reichstage, Wahlkreis Hessen-Darmstadt and was in 1933 Police President in Munich and friend of SA leader, Ernst Röhm. In 1934 Schneidhuber was personally arrested by Hitler in Munich at dawn on June 30, 1934 and taken by the SS to the Stadelheim prison (cell 504) where he was soon joined by other members of the SA leadership. After brief formalities Hitler signed the death warrants for Schneidhuber and other high SA leaders. The sentences of execution were carried out the evening of the same day by an SS squad under the direct command of SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich. Schneidhuber's last words were reportedly addressed to Dietrich: "Comrade Sepp, this is madness! We are innocent!" Sepp's reply: "You have been condemned to death by the Fuhrer for high treason. Heil Hitler!"
August Schneidhuber was a WWI veteran. In 1928 he became a SA Führer, assigned from 1929-1931 to Führer of the SA Gruppe South, Munich, in 1931 Führer der SA Gruppe West in Koblenz, and from 1932 Führer der SA Obergruppe VII Munich. Schneidhuber became in 1932 member of the Reichstage, Wahlkreis Hessen-Darmstadt and was in 1933 Police President in Munich and friend of SA leader, Ernst Röhm. In 1934 Schneidhuber was personally arrested by Hitler in Munich at dawn on June 30, 1934 and taken by the SS to the Stadelheim prison (cell 504) where he was soon joined by other members of the SA leadership. After brief formalities Hitler signed the death warrants for Schneidhuber and other high SA leaders. The sentences of execution were carried out the evening of the same day by an SS squad under the direct command of SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich. Schneidhuber's last words were reportedly addressed to Dietrich: "Comrade Sepp, this is madness! We are innocent!" Sepp's reply: "You have been condemned to death by the Fuhrer for high treason. Heil Hitler!"
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