Emil Maurice
Emil Maurice | |
|---|---|
Maurice wearing the Blood Order medal | |
| Oberster SA-Führer | |
| In office 1920–1921 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Hans Ulrich Klintzsch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 January 1897 |
| Died | 6 February 1972 (aged 75) |
| Spouse |
Hedwig Maria Anna Ploetz
(m. 1935) |
| Occupation | Personal chauffeur for Adolf Hitler Reichstag deputy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch/service | Schutzstaffel Luftwaffe |
| Years of service | 1919–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Oberführer |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Emil Maurice (German pronunciation: [ˈeːmiːl moˈʁiːs]; 19 January 1897 – 6 February 1972) was a German Nazi official and a founding member of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He was Adolf Hitler's first personal chauffeur, and one of only a few people of mixed Jewish and ethnic German ancestry to serve in the SS.
Maurice had no Jewish parents or grandparents, and was thus considered a German and not classified as Jewish or Mischling under the Nuremberg Laws; nonetheless, one of his great-grandfathers (1805–1896) was Jewish, and the more racially stringent SS required officers to prove Aryan ancestry back to 1750. Accordingly, he was given the status of Honorary Aryan by Hitler.