Fritz Wiedemann

[5] Whilst giving evidence at the Nuremberg Trials, Wiedemann suggested that Hitler had failed to gain promotion in the regiment due to commanding officers viewing him as a 'Bohemian'.

[9][10] After the war Wiedemann left the army and became a farmer, initially refusing an offer from Hitler at the regimental reunion in 1922 to help organise the Sturmabteilung (SA).

[13][14] He also attended a meeting with Lord Halifax in July 1938 in which Wiedemann gave reassurances that "no forcible action" was anticipated by Hitler over the Sudetenland unless there were some serious incident to provoke it.

[19][20] Wiedemann continued to publicly support Nazism[6] and apparently led a playboy[21] lifestyle which included attendance at society parties, membership of the exclusive Olympic Club and regular appearances[22][23] in the columns of Herb Caen.

"[4] Allegations leveled in a case[25][26][27][28] filed at the city's Federal District Court in 1941 also suggested that he worked on pro-Nazi initiatives with Henry Ford.

He met with the British agent Sir William Wiseman, warning him of Hitler's unstable personality and urging Britain to attack Germany.

[38][39][40][41][42][43] After his removal from the United states in 1941, Wiedemann appeared in Argentina and other South American countries, before he was subsequently[33][28] sent[44] to Tientsin where he was a central figure in German espionage in China,[45] apparently this time without betraying Hitler.

[50][51][52] On one occasion he actively intervened to help the Jewish-born widow of Willi Schmid, a victim of the Night of the Long Knives, escape Germany.