Egon Steinbrecher

Egon Steinbrecher was a Hauptsturmfuhrer in the Waffen-SS during World War II and a member of the German Freedom Front after. Professionally, he was a mechanic in Pförring. Steinbrecher planned a GFF attack on an American army unit on the road between Nuremberg and Munich in 1946. The attack was actually a disaster for the GFF men involved. One, Rudolf Bauer, was wounded and caputured. Believing he was in the custody of the Soviet Union, Bauer gave Steinbrecher's name to Lou Weissberg. Weissberg arrested Steinbrecher.