Wilhelm Schmid (SA-Gruppenführer)

Wilhelm Schmid
Führer, SA-Gruppe Hochland
In office
15 September 1933 – 30 June 1934
Preceded byWilhelm Helfer
Succeeded byWilhelm Helfer
Fuhrer, SA-Obergruppe VIIAugust Schneidhuber
Chief of the Personnel Department
Supreme SA Leadership (OSAF)
In office
1 July 1932 – 18 November 1933
StabschefErnst Röhm
Leader of Sub-department IIa
Supreme SA Leadership (OSAF)
In office
1931 – 1 July 1932
StabschefErnst Röhm
Additional positions
1933–1934Reichstag Deputy
Personal details
Born(1889-06-03)3 June 1889
Died30 June 1934(1934-06-30) (aged 45)
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
PartyNazi Party
ProfessionMilitary officer
AwardsBlood Order
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
Weimar Republic
Branch/serviceRoyal Bavarian Army
Freikorps
Reichswehr
Years of service1909–1921
RankHauptmann
Unit11th Bavarian Infantry Regiment
23rd Bavarian Infantry Regiment
19th Reichswehr Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsWorld War I
Bavarian Soviet Republic
Ruhr uprising
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Wilhelm Schmid (3 June 1889 – 30 June 1934) was a German military officer and an SA-Gruppenführer in the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's paramilitary organization. He held high level positions in the Supreme SA Leadership and as an SA field commander in Bavaria. From 1933 to 1934, Schmid also was a deputy of the Reichstag. He was arrested and executed during the Night of the Long Knives.