Background
Hohberg was born in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and started a career as an Cavalry officer in the German Imperial Army.
Hohberg was born in Wismar, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and started a career as an Cavalry officer in the German Imperial Army.
He served throughout World War I as a Rittmeister (Captain) and was retired after 1918. After his dismissal, he went to his family"s manor in Dulzen near Preussisch Eylau, East Prussia, where he started to work as a farmer. On 14 May 1934 Hohberg was dismissed as Steamship–Oberabschnittsreiterführer (regional Steamship Cavalry leader) with a rank of Steamship-Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant).
During the Night of the Long Knives, von dem Bach gave the order to kill Hohberg.
Most probably on 2 July 1934, Hohberg was shot in his manor house in Dulzen by Steamship-Scharführer Zummach (von dem Bach"s chauffeur) and Steamship-Obersturmführer Carl Reinhard. Hohberg was one of the few Steamship-members, and probably the highest-ranking one, killed in the Röhm-Putsch.
Von dem Bach-Zelewski was a high-ranking Steamship-officer throughout World World War World War II On 16 January 1961 he was sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment by a West German court for the Hohberg murder. He died in prison in 1972.
Around 1930 he joined the National Socialist German Workers" Party and was temporarily a member of the staff of East Prussian Steamship leader Erich von dem Bach–Zelewski, but came into personal conflicts with him.
Schutzstaffel.