Manie Maritz

Salomon Gerhardus Maritz
Nickname(s)	Manie Maritz
Born	26 July 1876 (1876-07-26) Kimberley, Cape Colony
Died	20 December 1940 (1940-12-21) (aged 64) Pretoria, Union of South Africa
Allegiance	South African Republic
Battles/wars	Second Boer War Herero Wars World War I Maritz Rebellion

Manie Maritz (26 July 1876 – 20 December 1940), also known as Gerrit Maritz, was a Boer officer during the Second Boer War and a leading rebel of the 1914 Maritz Rebellion.^[1] Maritz was also a participant in the Herero and Namaqua genocide. In the 1930s, he became an outspoken Nazi sympathizer and proponent of Nazi Germany.