![]() ![]() Officially because "crimes committed out of anger caused by the way the Poles treated the Volksdeutschen should not be punished". Dietrich complained to Hitler and the führer signed a pardon. v.Reichenau and von Rundstedt ordered a conduct and a trial and Müller-John was found guilty by a military court. Weapons were found and the captured men were shot. Müller-John ordered the men of the Musikkorps and the medical column to search the houses. Ewert, the Musikkorps was shot at from a group of houses when their bus halted on a square. ![]() According to Lehmann this was his way to find peace with his involvement in the killing of 50 Polish civilians in 1939 (of whom several were Jewish).Īccording to Hstuf. In 1945 he committed suicide in Austria, together with his wife and daughter. ![]() Erich Schumann and Erich Gutzeit (both composers) and Heeres-Musik-Inspizient Prof. He made some radical changes to the orchestra, by adding Saxophones and other "Bigband" influences. He was 1.Musik-Inspizient der SS-VT and Mitglied des Reichs-Kultur-Senats. Müller-John's official title was Leibstandarten-Obermusikmeister, called Obumei by his men. Info about several concerts is given, if you're interested. Hochschule für Musik and in several Konservatorien, military training (parade training) took place together with I./LAH under command of Truppführern Plöw and Schmidl. Musical education took place at the Staatl. In the end the korps had a Sollstärke of 108 Musiker, but actual strength was 96 men. In 1934 the orchestra was expanded to 72 men, selected on musical, health and racial qualifications. The Musikkorps was formed on, 36 musicians under "command" of SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Müller-John. I know that he committed suicide with his wife and children in 1945 but maybe someone knows a little bit more about him? Please, if someone have any biographical information about him, or just want to discuss the topic "Soldatenlieder und Märsche" don´t hesitate to write! I´ve got a great amount of original recordings made by the Musikkorps der Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and I thought that it would be very interesting to know a little bit more about the man behind this famous band. I have collected those kind of recordings for many years and now I wonder if someone could help me with all kind of biographical information of Musikmeister Hermann Müller-John who was in fact in charge of the wellknown "Musikkorps der Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" since it was formed in Berlin 1933 and was later to be "Leibstandarten-Obermusikmeister" for the same band. I´m a serious collector of "Soldatenlieder und Märsche aus dem Dritten Reich" and have a large collection of original recordings of military songsĪnd marches, most of them recorded in Berlin 1930-1944, as well as my interest and collection of "Kleinkunst und Tanzmusik" from the same period. As a new member of this Forum I want to post my first topic! ![]()
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