Edgar Julius Jung (March 6, 1894 – July 1, 1934) was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Jung was a German lawyer and leader of the Conservative Revolutionary movement, which stood not only in opposition to the Weimar Republic, whose parliamentarian system he considered decadent and foreign-imposed, but also to the mass movement of Nazism. is the 65th day of the year (66th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of Germany showing Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 166,000 inhabitants. ... The Conservative Revolutionary movement was a German nationalist literary youth movement, prominent in the years following The First World War. ... Anthem Das Lied der Deutschen Germany during the Weimar period, with the Free State of Prussia (in blue) as the largest state Capital Berlin Language(s) German Government Republic President  - 1918-1925 Friedrich Ebert  - 1925-1933 Paul von Hindenburg Chancellor  - 1919 Philipp Scheidemann(first)  - 1933 Kurt von Schleicher (last) Legislature... National Socialism redirects here. ...

At the onset of World War I, Jung voluntarily joined the imperial armies and acquired the rank of lieutenant. In 1925, Jung opened a law firm in Munich and dampened his political activism slightly. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as involvement in action to bring about change, be it social, political, environmental, or other change. ...

Jung, like Carl Schmitt, believed the breakdown of liberal parliamentarism to be inevitable as the instability of Weimar Germany was unfolding before his eyes. Jung had envisaged that Weimar Germany was tediously on the brink of revolutionary turmoil with the very real prospect of Red Revolution sponsored by the Soviet Union or a Brown Revolution of the Nazis coming to life. Carl Schmitt Carl Schmitt (July 11, 1888 - April 7, 1985) was a German legal theoretician and political scientist. ... National Socialism redirects here. ...

In 1934, Jung was the author of a speech delivered by Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen in Marburg which articulated the conservative establishment's criticism of the violence of National Socialism. Jung was arrested during Hitler's blood purge, and was murdered by the SS. His body was found dumped near the town of Oranienburg near Berlin on July 1. Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Marburg speech (die Marburger Rede in German) was an address given by German vice chancellor Franz von Papen at the University of Marburg on June 17, 1934. ... Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen (29 October 1879 – 2 May 1969) was a German nobleman Catholic politician, General Staff officer, and diplomat, who served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932. ... Marburg is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the Lahn river. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... The Night of the Long Knives (German: Nacht der langen Messer) or Operation Hummingbird, took place in Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, when at least eighty-five people, mostly in the Storm Division (SA) (German: Sturmabteilung), were murdered by the Nazi regime. ... is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Herbert von Bose
• Erich Klausener
• Franz von Papen
• Night of the Long Knives

Herbert von Bose (1893 – 1934), was head of the press division of the Vice Chancellery (Reichsvizekanzlei) in Germany under Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen. ... Erich Klausener (January 25, 1885 – June 30, 1934) was a German Catholic politician who was murdered in the Night of the Long Knives as the Nazis purged their opponents. ... Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen (29 October 1879 – 2 May 1969) was a German nobleman Catholic politician, General Staff officer, and diplomat, who served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932. ... The Night of the Long Knives (German: Nacht der langen Messer) or Operation Hummingbird, took place in Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, when at least eighty-five people, mostly in the Storm Division (SA) (German: Sturmabteilung), were murdered by the Nazi regime. ...

External references

• Larry Eugene Jones, "Edgar Julius Jung: The Conservative Revolution in Theory and Practice," Central European History 21 (1988), pp. 142-174.
• The Neo-Conservative Reich of Edgar Julius Jung by Alexander Jacob in The Scorpion.
• Biography of Edgar Julius Jung from the Germany History Museum's site (in German).
• Biography of Edgar Julius Jung (in German)