Michael Lippert

Michael Lippert (1897-1969) was a German soldier during World War II and a commander in the Waffen-SS.

Biography
In June 1930 Lippert joined the Nazi Party and in March 1931 he joined the SS, becoming the adjutant of Theodor Eicke. In 1934 during the Night of the Long Knives, Lippert and Eicke were ordered to execute Ernst Röhm, as Adolf Hitler had decided that he was a threat to his leadership. Along with Ernst-Heinrich Schmauser, Lippert and Eicke travelled to the prison where Röhm was being held. After Rohm refused to kill himself, Lippert and Eicke entered his cell and shot him. One of them (it is unknown which) then walked over to Rohm and administered a death blow.

In 1957 Lippert and Sepp Dietrich were charged for their roles in the murder after authorities began an investigation into the Night of the Long Knives. Despite his assertions that only Theodor Eicke had entered Rohm's cell, he was found guilty and sentenced to eighteen months in prison. He died on the 1st of September 1969.