Freikorps von Aulock
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It was used to form Reichswehr-Brigade 8 in June 1919.
Commanders
Oberleutnant Hubertus von AulockFormed in the area of
Generalkommando VI. Armeekorps Breslau (Provinz Schlesien)Manpower strength
323Notable members
SA-Gruppenführer Richard AsterNSKK-Brigadeführer Hubertus von Aulock
SS-Oberführer Friedrich Wilhelm Müller
(the ranks are the highest ranks reached in the Third Reich era)
Sources used
Verkuilen Ager - Awards of the German Freikorps 1919-1935Bruce Campbell - The SA generals and the rise of Nazism
Lothar Hartung - Deutsche Freikorps 1918-1921
Nigel Jones - The birth of the Nazis: How the Freikorps blazed a trail for Hitler
Georg Tessin - Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939
Robert G. L. Waite - Vanguard of Nazism: The Free Corps Movement in Postwar Germany 1918-1923