Josef "Beppo" Römer (German: [ˈbɛ.po ˈʁøː.mɐ] ⓘ; 17 November 1892 – 25 September 1944)[1] 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.
By this time, however, Römer was already in contact with the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and, when called upon to break a strike in the Silesian city of Ratibor in mid 1921, the leaders of Oberland refused to undertake the task.
[2] Römer opposed the Nazi regime right from the beginning and, as early as 1934, actively participated in plans to assassinate Adolf Hitler with Nikolaus von Halem, which led to his arrest and imprisonment in the Dachau concentration camp until 1939.
[4][5] These cells were later infiltrated by the Gestapo and Römer was arrested in February 1942 for activities related to abetting the enemy and corruption of military readiness.
Römer was sentenced to death on 16 June 1944 and executed on 25 September of that year at Brandenburg-Görden Prison in Brandenburg an der Havel.