Hans Kippenberger

Hans Kippenberger
Hans Kippenberger
	Kippenberger c. 1930
Member of the Reichstag; for Leipzig
	In office; 1 July 1928 – 28 February 1933
Preceded by	Multi-member district
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	15 January 1898; Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Died	3 October 1937 (aged 39); Moscow, Soviet Union
Cause of death	Execution by shooting
Party	USPD (1919–1920); KPD (after 1920)
Spouse	Thea Niemand (m. 1923; div. 1930)
Children	Margot; Jeanette;
Education	University of Hamburg
Occupation	Politician; Revolutionary; Foreign Correspondent; Bank Clerk;
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire; Revolutionaries
Branch/service	Imperial German Army; Antimilitärischer Apparat
Years of service	1915–1918; 1923
Rank	Oberleutnant
Battles/wars	World War I Western Front (WIA); ; Hamburg Uprising;
	Central institution membership 1929–1935: Candidate member,; KPD Central Committee ; Other offices held 1924–1927: Member,; Hamburg Parliament ;

Hans Kippenberger (15 January 1898 – 3 October 1937) was a German communist politician who led the Antimilitärischer Apparat, the intelligence arm of the Communist Party of Germany, for most of the Weimar era. He also served as a member of the Reichstag from 1928 and 1933.

Like many other party members at the time, he also operated under "party names" by which he may be identified in sources. They included "A. Neuberg", "Leo Wolf" and "Ernst Wolf".