Hermann Fegelein (WL)

Hermann Fegelein is an antagonist in ''Warring Legends' World War II. ''He was a high-ranking commander in the SS of Nazi Germany and was a member of Adolf Hitler's entourage and brother-in-law to Eva Braun.

Death
By early 1945, Germany's military situation was on the verge of total collapse. Hitler, presiding over a rapidly disintgratng Third Reich, retreated to his Fuhrerbunker in Berlin on 16 January. To the Nazi leadership, it was clear that the Battle of Berlin would be the final battle of the war. Berlin was bombarded by Soviet artillery and Red Army tanks reached the outskirt of the city, being cut off from the rest of Germany.

On 27 April 1945, RSD deputy commander SS Peter Hogl was sent out from the Reich Chancellery to find Fegelein who had abandoned his post at the Fuhrerbunker after deciding he did not want to join the suicide pact. Fegelein was caught by the RSD squad in his Berlin apartment, preparing to flee to Sweden or Switzerland. He was carrying money and jewellery, some of which belonged to Braun. Hogl also uncovered a briefcase containing documents with evidence of Himmler's attempted peace negotiations with the Western Allies. He was intoxicated when arrested and brought back to the Fuhrerbunker, where he was kept in a makeshift cell until the evening of 28 April. Hitler flew into a rage about this apparent betrayal and ordered Himmler's arrest. Sensing a connection between Fegelein's disappearance and Himmler's betrayal, Hitler ordered SS-Gruppenfuhrer Heinrich Muller to interrogate Fegelein as to what he knew about Himmler's plans. Hitler ordered Fegelein to be stripped of all rank and to be transferred to Kampfgruppe "Mohnke" to prove his loyalty in combat. After Gunsche and Bormann expressed their concern that Fegelein would only desert again, Hitler ordered Fegelein to be court-martialed.

Hitler ordered Wilhelm Mohnke to set up a tribunal and he arranged a court martial panel which consisted of Wilhelm Burgdorf, Hans Krebs, Johann Rattenhuber and himself. Fegelein, still drunk, refused to accept that he had to answer to Hitler, and state that was responsible only to Himmler. Fegelein was sentenced to death and he was shot from behind by a member of the Sicherheitsdinest.