caption death_date death_place birth_place other_names nationality title article_title name birth_date known_for image employer birth_name occupation
waldemar pabst c. 1930 29 may 1970 düsseldorf berlin '' waldemar der grosse '' german hauptmann -lrb- self-declared major -rrb- waldemar pabst
 waldemar pabst 24 december 1880 freikorps leader bundesarchiv bild 183-2005-0413-500 , waldemar pabst.jpg rheinmetall borsig waldemar pabst army officer , weapons manufacturer
waldemar pabst

waldemar pabst -lrb- 24 december 1880 in berlin -- 29 may 1970 in düsseldorf -rrb- was a german soldier and political activist , involved in far right and anti-communist activity in both his homeland and austria .
as a serving officer pabst gained notoriety for ordering the executions of karl liebknecht and rosa luxemburg in 1919 as well as for his leading role in the coterie of ultra-nationalist conspirators around wolfgang kapp .
in austria he played a central part in organising rightist militia groups before being deported due to his activities .
pabst subsequently faded from public life in nazi germany as he was never more than loosely associated with the nazis .
