fled to Innsbruck. A short time later, however, he returned to Munich. On 9 May 1933, he was severely abused by the National Socialists in the Munich City Council and imprisoned in the prison Stadelheim. After his release, Auer was banned from visiting Munich and subsequently forced to change his whereabouts and employment. In connection with the assassination attempt of Hitler on 20 July 1944 Auer, now seriously ill, was again arrested, imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp and probably relocated to Giengen an der Brenz, Württemberg with an ambulance because of the advancing Allied troops, where he died 20 March 1945. Honors In Munich-Neuhausen, the Erhard-Auer-Straße is named after him. 1929: Honorary citizen of the city of Penzberg for his services to the elevation of Penzberg to the city References Informational notes Citations Bibliography - Total pages: 1008 1874 births 1945 deaths Politicians from Berlin Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Ministers-President of Bavaria Members of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies Bavarian Soviet Republic People of the German Revolution of 1918–1919 German people who died in Dachau concentration camp People from Passau (district)