Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley (5 February 1897 – 29 June 1945), commonly known as Anton Arco-Valley, German political activist, is best remembered as the assassin of the Bavarian socialist leader Kurt Eisner in February 1919. Arco-Valley was born in Sankt Martin im Innkreis in Upper Austria. His father was a businessman and estate owner, while his mother, Emily Freiin von Oppenheim, was from the rich, Jewish, Oppenheim bankers family.

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  • Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley (5 February 1897 – 29 June 1945), commonly known as Anton Arco-Valley, German political activist, is best remembered as the assassin of the Bavarian socialist leader Kurt Eisner in February 1919. Arco-Valley was born in Sankt Martin im Innkreis in Upper Austria. His father was a businessman and estate owner, while his mother, Emily Freiin von Oppenheim, was from the rich, Jewish, Oppenheim bankers family. After serving with a Bavarian regiment in the last year of World War I, he was demobilised and returned to study at Munich University, an angry and disillusioned German nationalist. As an aristocrat, a monarchist and a proclaimed anti-Semite despite his part-Jewish descent, he detested Eisner, the Jewish leader of the Bavarian socialists and Premier of Bavaria since the overthrow of the monarchy in November 1918. He wrote in his diary that Eisner deserved to die because he was a Jew. Arco-Valley may have decided to kill Eisner to prove himself "worthy" after he had been rejected for membership of an ultra-nationalist group, the Thule Society, because he was partly of Jewish descent. On 21 February 1919 Arco-Valley, acting alone, shot Eisner dead on a Munich street. His action triggered bloody reprisals by the Munich revolutionaries, in which a number of his fellow aristocrats were killed, including Prince Gustav-Franz of Thurn und Taxis. His actions inspired the young Joseph Goebbels, who was in Munich at the time. Arco-Valley was tried in January 1920. He was sentenced to death, but a conservative judge eventually reduced this to five years in prison. The State Prosecutor said of him, "If the whole German youth were imbued with such a glowing enthusiasm we could face the future with confidence. " He served his sentence at Stadelheim prison in cell 70, and in 1924 he was evicted from his cell to make way for Adolf Hitler. He was released in 1925, and was on probation until 1927, when he was pardoned. Arco-Valley played no further part in politics, although he was decorated by the Nazi regime as a "hero of the movement. " On July 10, 1934, he married his distant cousin Maria Gabrielle Countess (Gräfin) von Arco-Zinneberg, daughter of Count Joseph von und zu Arco-Zinneberg and Princess Wilhelmine von Auersperg. In June, 1945 he was killed in a traffic accident in Salzburg. Arco-Valley was survived by his wife, who died in 1987, his mother, and four daughters : Maria Wilhelmine Gräfin Apponyi von Nagy-Apponyi, Marie Ludmilla, Maria Antonia Gräfin von Spaur und Flavon and Maria Leopoldine Stengel. He was a contemporary of another distant cousin of rather different political views, the physicist/inventor Count Georg von Arco (1869-1940). His elder brother Count Ferdinand (1893-1968) married Gertrud Wallenberg (1895-1983), member of the Swedish banking dynasty, and cousin of anti-Nazi agent Raoul Wallenberg.
  • Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley ermordete am 21. Februar 1919 den bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten Kurt Eisner.
  • Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley oli rikollinen, joka ampui Baijerin pääministeri Kurt Eisnerin kadulle Münchenissä 21. helmikuuta 1919. Arco auf Valley oli vahva nationalisti ja osaksi juutalaisesta taustastaan huolimatta antisemitistisesti asennoitunut. Häntä ei kelpuutettu Thule-seuran jäseneksi. Arco auf Valley selvisi lyhyellä vankeudella: hän vapautui vuonna 1925 ehdonalaiseen ja sai vuonna 1927 täyden armahduksen. Arco auf Valleylla oli vaimo ja lapsia. Hän kuoli 48-vuotiaana liikenneonnettomuudessa Salzburgissa.
  • Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graaf von Arco auf Valley was de moordenaar van de Beierse premier Kurt Eisner op 21 februari 1919. Anton von Arco auf Valley (ook geschreven Arco-Valley) kwam uit de oude Duitse adel en was een rechtenstudent. Mogelijk was hij van joodse afkomst. Toen hij zich eind 1918 of begin 1919 bij de Thule Gesellschaft meldde als lid werd hij afgewezen, mogelijk vanwege zijn joodse afkomst. Wellicht was de moord op Eisner een poging deze afwijzing te compenseren en het Thule Gesellschaft te bewijzen dat hij wel degelijk aan hun eisen kon voldoen en een 'echte Duitser' was. Zelf schreef hij dat hij Eisner wilde vermoorden omdat die een jood was. Anton von Arco auf Valley handelde geheel alleen en schoot Eisner dood in een straat in München. Dit leidde tot represailles van links, waarbij enkele andere artistocraten omgebracht werden. Na de moord op premier Eisner werd hij veroordeeld tot de doodstraf maar in 1924 kreeg hij amnestie. Uiteindelijk werd de straf teruggebracht tot 5 jaar gevangenisstraf in Landsberg. Het justitiële apparaat van Beieren was uiterst conservatief en had sympathie voor Anton von Arco auf Valley. Zelfs de Officier van Justitie gaf hieraan uiting. Arco kreeg een ruime cel die hij echter in 1924 aan Adolf Hitler moest afstaan. In 1925 werd hij vrijgelaten en in 1927 eindigde zijn proeftijd. Anton von Arco auf Valley speelde verder geen politieke rol, maar werd door het naziregime als een held bejubeld. In 1934 trouwde hij met Maria Gabrielle Gravin von Arco-Zinneberg, een ver familielid, met wie hij drie dochters kreeg. In juni 1945 kwam Arco bij een verkeersongeluk in Salzburg om het leven.
  • Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley, mest kjent som Anton von Arco auf Valley eller bare Anton Arco-Valley var en tysk greve og høyreaktivist som skjøt den sosialistiske kuppmakeren Kurt Eisner, og dermed spilte en rolle i den bayerske sovjetrepublikkens kortvarige historie. Han var dimittert løytnant i det bayerske livregimentet og jusstudent da han skjøt Eisner i München på åpen gate. Umiddelbart ble han selv beskutt og livstruende skadet, men ble reddet på den kirurgiske universitetsklinikken av professor Ferdinand Sauerbruch. Grev Arco ble dømt til døden for attentatet. I dommen het det imidlertid at gjerningen ikke var motivert av «niederer Gesinnung», men av glødende kjærlighet til fedrelandet. Derfor benådet dommer Georg Neithardt ham allerede dagen etter og han ble isteden forvart i Landsberg fengsel fra januar 1920 til mai 1924. Grev Arco var den eneste som ble tiltalt for drapet på Eisner, selv om det av forhandlingsprotokollen gikk frem at planene var kjent i offiserskretser. Professor Sauerbruch var lykkelig over å ha greven hos seg, og skjulte ham under uroen i München mellom de «røde» og «hvite». Flyverhelten Ernst Udet foretok styrtflyvninger av glede da han hørte attentatet var lykkes. Han var aktiv i blant annet det høyreradikale Thule-Gesellschaft og i monarkistiske foreninger. Grev Arco og hans krets ønsket å gjeninnsette Wittelsbacherne som bayerske konger, og reagerte med avvisning på nasjonalsosialistenes ønske om å bruke ham som forbilde. I Bayern regnes grev Arco av mange som nasjonalhelt. Han giftet seg 1934 med grevinne Maria von Arco-Zinneberg (1910-1987) og de fikk fem barn. Han døde i en trafikkulykke 29. juni 1945.
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  • Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley (5 February 1897 – 29 June 1945), commonly known as Anton Arco-Valley, German political activist, is best remembered as the assassin of the Bavarian socialist leader Kurt Eisner in February 1919. Arco-Valley was born in Sankt Martin im Innkreis in Upper Austria. His father was a businessman and estate owner, while his mother, Emily Freiin von Oppenheim, was from the rich, Jewish, Oppenheim bankers family.
  • Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley ermordete am 21. Februar 1919 den bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten Kurt Eisner.
  • Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley oli rikollinen, joka ampui Baijerin pääministeri Kurt Eisnerin kadulle Münchenissä 21. helmikuuta 1919. Arco auf Valley oli vahva nationalisti ja osaksi juutalaisesta taustastaan huolimatta antisemitistisesti asennoitunut. Häntä ei kelpuutettu Thule-seuran jäseneksi. Arco auf Valley selvisi lyhyellä vankeudella: hän vapautui vuonna 1925 ehdonalaiseen ja sai vuonna 1927 täyden armahduksen.
  • Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graaf von Arco auf Valley was de moordenaar van de Beierse premier Kurt Eisner op 21 februari 1919. Anton von Arco auf Valley (ook geschreven Arco-Valley) kwam uit de oude Duitse adel en was een rechtenstudent. Mogelijk was hij van joodse afkomst. Toen hij zich eind 1918 of begin 1919 bij de Thule Gesellschaft meldde als lid werd hij afgewezen, mogelijk vanwege zijn joodse afkomst.
  • Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley, mest kjent som Anton von Arco auf Valley eller bare Anton Arco-Valley var en tysk greve og høyreaktivist som skjøt den sosialistiske kuppmakeren Kurt Eisner, og dermed spilte en rolle i den bayerske sovjetrepublikkens kortvarige historie. Han var dimittert løytnant i det bayerske livregimentet og jusstudent da han skjøt Eisner i München på åpen gate.
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