Hans-Henning von Fölkersamb [SEP] military branch
Hans-Henning von Fölkersamb


Hans-Henning von Fölkersamb (25 November 1889 – 5 January 1984) was a Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Hans-Henning, Freiherr von Fölkersamb, was born in Metz, Lorraine. During World War I, he served as an officer in infantry, in France, Russia, Turkey, Austria and Romania. He was promoted to the rank of "Hauptmann", captain, on 20 June 1918. Hans-Henning von Fölkersamb rejoined the army in 1934. He was assigned to the Luftwaffe,
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Hans-Henning von Fölkersamb


as an intelligence officer, in Münster. Promoted "Major" on August 1935, he is assigned to the Air-District-Command IV, before being transferred in the 6th Luftwaffendivision. When World War II broke out, "Oberstleutnant" von Fölkersamb still worked in the same unit. Promoted "Oberst", Colonel, on December 1941, Fölkersamb is transferred in the 2nd Air-District-Command. From November 1942 to May 1944, Fölkersamb is in command of Military Support in Norway, Battle-Area West,
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Bassewitz


Hans von Bassewitz" on Hohenluckow manor († 1397). The Mecklenburgian branch had estates in the territory of the Duchy of Mecklenburg while the Wendish branch owned estates in the former "Principality of Wenden". All current male members of the Wendish branch are descendants of Count Henning Friedrich von Bassewitz (1680–1749), who was awarded with a hereditary Holy Roman imperial countship (Reichsgraf) in 1726 by Emperor Karl VI for his diplomatic services. All legitimate male-line descendants of Count Henning Friedrich bear the name "Graf von
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Ludwig Gehre


At the beginning of the Second World War, Gehre was active as a captain in the Abwehr (military intelligence) under Admiral Wilhelm Canaris. By 1939, a group in the Abwehr had formed to remove the Nazi regime and end the war. This circle included Canaris, General Ludwig Beck, Hans von Dohnanyi, Hans Oster and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as Gehre. By March 1943, Gehre was privy to the preparations under Henning von Tresckow to assassinate Hitler. In January 1944, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was arrested
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Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg


was removed from all his positions. In 1939 he was called for military duty as major in the military reserve force. In 1940 he was assigned to Army Group B where he met Major General Henning von Tresckow and became involved in the resistance against Hitler. In 1942 he was transferred to Berlin where he came into contact with colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and began organizing for the plot for the assassination of Hitler. Many of the meetings of the conspirators took place at the Neuhardenberg mansion, which was located at 70 km
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Henning von Tresckow


born in Magdeburg into a noble family from the Brandenburg region of Prussia with 300 years of military tradition that provided the Prussian Army with 21 generals. His father, Leopold Hans Heinrich Eugen Hermann von Tresckow, later a cavalry general, had been present at Kaiser Wilhelm I's coronation as the emperor of new German Empire at Versailles in 1871. His mother, Marie-Agnes, was the youngest daughter of Count Robert von Zedlitz-Trützschler, a Prussian Minister of Education. He received most of his early education from tutors on
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Alastair (Baron Hans Henning Voigt)


Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt (20 October 1887 – 30 October 1969), best known by his nickname Alastair, was a German artist, composer, dancer, mime, poet, singer and translator. Mysterious, flamboyant, enigmatic and attractive to many people, Baron Hans Henning Voight was born of German nobility in Karlsruhe. In his youth he joined the circus and learned mime. Shortly after leaving school he studied philosophy at Marburg University where he met the writer Boris Pasternak. He was self-taught as an
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Helge Hansen (general)


general ("Generalmajor") from Henning von Ondarza and commanded the division until 30 September 1987. From 1 October 1987 to 30 September 1990 Hansen commanded the German III Corps as a lieutenant general ("Generalleutnant") in Koblenz. In October 1990 Hansen again took over a NATO post, this time in the NATO Headquarters in Europe (SHAPE) in Mons in Belgium. Until spring 1992 he acted as the Deputy Chief of Staff, responsible for planning and operations under generals Hans-Henning von Sandrart and Henning von Ondarza
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Hans von Sagan


Hans von Sagan was a heroic figure from East Prussian folklore. Hans was said to be a journeyman shoemaker from the Königsberg town of Kneiphof. At a crucial point during the 1370 Battle of Rudau between the Teutonic Knights and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Hans picked up the fallen standard of Henning Schindekop and rallied the Teutonic forces to victory. When Grand Master Winrich von Kniprode asked Hans what he would like for a reward, the shoemaker requested that the burghers of Kneiphof annually receive beer from Königsberg Castle. This beer, traditionally
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Leopold von Henning


clerkship in Erfurt, and from 1818 onwards, lived in Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1821 at the University of Berlin. In 1823, he married Emilie Krutisch (180–1853). The couple had three sons and seven daughters, including Laura Henning (1826–1911), who married the lawyer Berthold Delbrück (1817–1868) and was the mother of historian Hans Delbrück (1848–1929) and chemist Max Delbrück (1850–1919). In 1825, von Henning was appointed associate professor of philosophy at the University of Berlin; in 1835 he
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Henning von Tresckow


. We have the power in Russia!" Army Group Centre staff included Lieutenant Colonel Georg Schulze-Büttger, Colonel Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Major Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg, Lieutenant Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort, Lieutenant von Schlabrendorff, Lieutenant Philipp von Boeselager and his brother Georg von Boeselager, Lieutenant Colonel Hans-Alexander von Voss and Lieutenant Colonel Berndt von Kleist among others, many of them from Tresckow's old Infantry Regiment 9. The headquarters of Army Group Centre thus emerged as the new nerve centre of
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Infantry Regiment 9 Potsdam


von Gottberg br Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein br Lieutenant Colonel (res.) Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg br Lieutenant General Paul von Hase br Lieutenant Ewald Heinrich von Kleist br Colonel Hans Otfried von Linstow br Captain Friedrich Karl Klausing br Major (res.) Ferdinand Freiherr von Lünick br Major (res.) Herbert Meyer br Lieutenant Georg-Sigismund von Oppen br Colonel Alexis Freiherr von Roenne br Lieutenant Colonel (res.) Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburgbr Lieutenant Colonel Gerd von Tresckow br Major General Henning von Tresckow
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Saxon Mining Office


the commissionin of Simon Bogner as mining advocate ("Bergvoigt") and Hans Röhlings as the mining office manager ("Bergamtsverwalter") on St. Matthew's Day, 21 Sep 1545. This process of establishment concluded with the appointment of Hans Röhlings' son, Markus Röhlings, as the senior master miner ("Oberbergmeister") of the Albertine Electorate of Saxony in 1554. The earliest forerunners to the senior mining officials of the 17th century may be considered to be "Lorenz von Schönberg", who was appointed in 1577
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Hans Sigismund von Lestwitz


part of Prussia (i.e. the provinces of Brandenburg, Pomerania, Silesia, West Prussia, East Prussia and Posen). Their younger sons frequently followed careers as soldiers, starting as "Fahnenjunker" and accepting commissions in various branches of the military. With so many family members pursuing profitable careers in the military, the "Junkers" became heavily invested in the success of the Prussian state. Lestwitz married Catharina Charlotte von Tresckow (1734–1789), and they had one daughter, Helene Charlotte (1754–1803). Charlotte married at the
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Henning von Tresckow


Carl Friedrich Goerdeler and Colonel Hans Oster, the deputy head of Abwehr (German military intelligence) who was involved in a 1938 coup attempt against Hitler (Oster Conspiracy). Oster's recruitment of General Friedrich Olbricht, head of the General Army Office headquarters, in 1942 linked this asset to Tresckow's resistance group in Army Group Centre, creating a viable coup apparatus. It was decided that Tresckow's group would assassinate Hitler and thereby provide the 'spark' for the coup, which Olbricht would direct from Berlin. In late
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Henning Alexander von Kleist (1707–1784)


Raddatzer line, and the Wilanow line. The latter line died out in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. His parents were Georg Jürgen von Kleist (17 July 1674 – 30 May 1743) (House Raddatz) and Maria Katharina (née von Kleist) (4 June 1676 – 26 March 1754). His maternal uncle Henning Alexander von Kleist took him in 24 February 1721 as a cadet into his infantry regiment, then called the Old Anhalt regiment. Because his uncle was released from military service in the same year
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Henning von Tresckow


unlikely to succeed. The elimination of Oster's group in April 1943 (his deputy Hans von Dohnanyi and Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer were arrested, and Oster was placed under house arrest) was a further setback. Tresckow worked tirelessly to persuade army commanders such as Field Marshals Fedor von Bock, Günther von Kluge and Erich von Manstein to join in the conspiracy without much success. With unwitting help from Schmundt, he placed like-minded officers as their adjutants and staff officers to bring them closer to the conspiracy. Kluge sympathised with
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Principality of Auersperg


Reichsgrafen") in 1630. The Auersperg cadet branch, named after the castle of Šumberk in Lower Carniola, was influential throughout the 16th century. Wilhelm Auersperg (called "the Rich", cca. 1462-1507) and his nephew Hans (1480-1529) were regents ("Landeshauptmann") of Carniola. Hans's son Wolfgang-Engelbert was considered one of the most educated noblemen in Carniola, and a strong supporter of Lutheranism. His son Andreas von Auersperg was one of the military commanders during the decisive
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Schlieffen


one Petrus Schleve was a city councillor in 1303 and 1321 in Kolberg. The family divided early into two branches. The founders were Hans and Nicolas, the sons of Hans Schleve the Elder. Hans Schlief the Younger was the father of the senior, Dresow branch, as well as the Dresow offshoots and the Sulechowo branch. Nicolas was the ancestor of the younger branch, and the Danzig branch. The Dresow offshoot died out in 1686 with the death of Anton Wilhelm von Schlieffen. The Danzig branch died out in the early
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Hans-Ulrich von Oertzen


Born in Berlin to an aristocratic family, Oertzen followed his father into the army and trained as a general staff officer. During the Second World War he was promoted to Major and by 1943 was serving in Army Group Centre under Generalmajor Henning von Tresckow, who was one of the leading members of the resistance. He then helped Claus von Stauffenberg to develop Operation Valkyrie. On 26 March 1944, he married Ingrid von Oertzen Langenn, and a selection of 240 letters he wrote to her from 1942 to 1944 were recently published in
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Hans Adam von Schöning


Wrangel, granddaughter Luise Eleonore Wreech (1708–1784), a nephew - the military historian Kurd von Schöning and the rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun. Von Schöning died on 28 August 1696 in Dresden and was buried in the chapel at Tamsel in Dąbroszyn. Hans Adam von Schöning was the owner of an estate in Brzoza. Hans Adams parents were Hans Adam (d 1664), squire of the Knights Hospitaller, and Marianne (born in Schapelow). He married Johanna Louise, of Pöllnitz, in 1668. He had two
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Paul von Osterroht


"Hauptmann" Paul Henning Aldabert Theodor von Osterroht (24 September 1887–23 April 1917) IC was a German military aviation pioneer who became a flying ace in World War I. After valorous service as a bomber pilot and commander,he was called upon to found one of the original German Jagdstaffels. By March 1917 he led that unit into combat. Between 29 March and noon of 23 April, he scored seven aerial victories. Six hours later, he was killed in action while on patrol. Paul Henning Aldabert Theodor von Osterroht was
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Hans Ritter von Adam


deputy "Staffelführer" of "Jasta" 6, while his "Staffelführer" chased one bomber, Adam had attacked and broken up the rest of a formation of enemy bombers, and continued the pursuit despite damage to his own aircraft, until his squadron had destroyed the enemy formation. For a commoner, award of the Military Order of Max Joseph carried with it a patent of non-hereditary nobility signified by the title ""Ritter von"", and Hans Adam posthumously became Hans Ritter von Adam. Hans Ritter von
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Infantry Regiment 9 Potsdam


(or former officers) were involved in conspiracy against Hitler, more by far than any other German regiment. Most of them were executed or committed suicide after the failure of the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler. Major General Henning von Tresckow and Lieutenant Colonel Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg in particular were central figures in German resistance. The regiment's tradition is continued by the Wachbataillon of the Bundeswehr. Lieutenant Colonel Hasso von Boehmer br Major Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst br Captain Dr. Hans Fritzsche br Lieutenant Colonel Helmuth
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Leopold von Henning


Leopold August Wilhelm Dorotheus von Henning (originally von Henning auf Schönhoff; 4 October 1791 – 5 October 1866) was a German philosopher associated with the Hegelian Right. Leopold von Henning was born in Gotha in 1791 to Colonel Christian von Henning (1748–1809). He studied history, law and philosophy at Heidelberg University; and, following participation in the wars of liberation, economics at the University of Vienna. In 1815 he began his training in Königsberg in der Neumark. After re-participation in the war, he held a
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Henning Alexander von Kleist


Henning Alexander von Kleist (1676/77–1749) was an 18th-century Prussian field marshal. He fought in the War of Spanish Succession, the Great Northern War, and in the Wars of Austrian Succession. In particular, his actions at the Battle of Mollwitz brought him acclaim, although he had long been a stalwart supporter of Prussian military developments by the Prussian kings Frederick (1740–1786) and Frederick William I (1713–1740). Kleist belonged to an old Pomeranian family that stemmed from the year 1175, and the family served the Duke
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Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff


Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (11 February 18303 November 1913) was a classical musician and composer who studied under Franz Liszt. Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf (also called Hans von Bronsart) was born into a Prussian military family, and educated at Berlin University. He studied piano with Adolph Jullack. He went to Weimar in 1853 where he met Franz Liszt and became familiar with all the musicians in Liszt's circle at the time, including Hector Berlioz and Johannes Brahms. It is a measure of his close relationship with Liszt that it
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Brennhausen


the Bildhausen convent. The Truchseß von Brennhausen is a genealogical branch of the Truchessen von Wetzhausen which descends from a Hans Truchseß (1260–1330). He had holdings in Wetzhausen, Brennhausen, Sternberg and Essfeld. In the official property record book of the Bishop of Würzburg, Gottfried III von Hohenlohe, with records from 1317 to 1322, it was written that one Truchseß von Blankenberg, and possibly the so-called Hans Truchseß, had holdings in Brennhausen. In another record book of the Prince-Bishop Albrecht von Hohenlohe, used
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Henning von Tresckow


care of family possessions back home. Like members of many prominent Prussian families, Tresckow married into another family with long-standing military traditions. In 1926, he married Erika von Falkenhayn, only daughter of Erich von Falkenhayn, the chief of the General Staff from 1914 to 1916, and returned to military service, being sponsored by Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. Nevertheless, he was not a typical Prussian officer. He wore his uniform only when it was absolutely required and disliked the regimentation of army life. He was lyrical
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Hans Friedrich von Platen


noble family of Platen. His parents were Hans Friedrich von Platen and Maria Elisabeth von Münchow. His father was killed by a neighbor shortly before his birth. He married Hypolita Juliane von Podewils. She was the daughter of the Brandenburg colonel Mathis Georg von Podewils. The pair had the following children: Hans Friedrich von Platen began his military career as a simple dragoon in the Brandenburg Life Dragoon regiment. With this unit, he fought in Hungary in 1686 during the Great Turkish War. In 1688 he joined the Dragoon Regiment No.3
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Monocle


costume of the stereotypical 1890s capitalist. Monocles were also accessories of German military officers from this period; especially from World War I and World War II. German military officers known to have worn a monocle include Hans Krebs, Werner von Fritsch, Erich Ludendorff, Walter Model, Walter von Reichenau, Dietrich von Saucken, Hans von Seeckt, and Hugo Sperrle. Monocles were most prevalent in the late 19th century, but are rarely worn today. This is due in large part to advances in optometry which allow for better measurement of
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Stockfleth family


family. Two other branches of the family had been recognized as noble in the Danish order of precedence since the early 17th century. Eggert Stockfleth was the father of the prominent brothers Henning, Jacob and Hans Stockfleth. Henning Stockfleth (1610-1664) studied at University of Wittenberg for three years, before he was enrolled at the University of Copenhagen in 1635. He then held several official posts before he was appointed Bishop of Christiania in 1646. He was the father of civil servant and diplomat, Christian Stockfleth. Jacob Stockfleth
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Marie Goslich


mother of the Publisher of the Prussian almanac, the historian Hans Delbrück, and with Helene und Irene von Henning. From 1891 to 1898 she worked as a secretary at the Editorial Department of the Publishers of the Prussian Almanacs. After leaving this job, she took up teaching again and taught the daughter of the Head Groom of Stables, Graf von Wedel. However, she never completely gave up her writing and journalist activities, as demonstrated by her contributions to the Berlin Daily Papers such as the "Vossischen Zeitung" and other
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Dada


Dadaist movement included public gatherings, demonstrations, and publication of art/literary journals; passionate coverage of art, politics, and culture were topics often discussed in a variety of media. Key figures in the movement included Hugo Ball, Marcel Duchamp, Emmy Hennings, Hans Arp, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Höch, Johannes Baader, Tristan Tzara, Francis Picabia, Huelsenbeck, George Grosz, John Heartfield, Man Ray, Beatrice Wood, Kurt Schwitters, Hans Richter, Max Ernst, and Elsa von Freytag
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Special Operations Volunteer Force


, although a military one, was controlled by the Special Branch. It was formed from surrendered communist insurgents. The goal was to put the guerrilla's experience to work for the British. SEP/CEP volunteers to the SOVF committed to serving for 18 months. They were paid at the same rate as the junior police officers and were based in the same police compounds from which other government forces operated. SEP/CEP volunteers were formed into platoons and placed under the command of a British police officer. At the start of
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Hans von Luck


Hans–Ulrich Freiherr von Luck und Witten (15 July 1911 – 1 August 1997), usually shortened to Hans von Luck, was a German officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Luck served with the 7th Panzer Division and 21st Panzer Division. Luck is author of the book "Panzer Commander". Luck was born in Flensburg, into a Prussian family with old military roots. Luck's father, Otto von Luck, served in the Imperial German Navy and died during World War I. In 1929
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Hans Hermann von Katte


his father. Born in the Prussian capital of Berlin, Katte was a nobleman by birth, coming from a long line of aristocratic military men. His ancestors were squires of Wust in the Altmark. His father, Hans Heinrich Graf von Katte, was one of Frederick William I's most regarded cuirassiers. Katte's mother, Dorothee Sophia von Wartensleben, was the daughter of a seasoned and revered field marshal, Graf Leopold Alexander von Wartensleben. Hans Hermann studied in Königsberg and Utrecht, focusing on French and law. After completing
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Henning Schindekop


. Grand Master Winrich von Kniprode promoted Schindekop to the positions of Ordensmarschall and Komtur of Königsberg in 1359 or 1360. Schindekop died from a spear-wound during the Battle of Rudau in 1370; Hans von Sagan allegedly rallied the Teutonic forces to victory after Schindekop fell in combat. A monument was built where he fell at Rudau to commemorate Schindekop. Quednau Church contained armor which allegedly belonged to him. The street Schindekop-Straße in the Königsberg districts of Vorderhufen and Tragheimsdorf was named after the knight. The poet Agnes Miegel also
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Fabian von Schlabrendorff


lieutenant in the reserves, he was promoted to serve as adjutant to Colonel Henning von Tresckow, a major leader in the resistance against Adolf Hitler. He joined the resistance and acted as a secret liaison between Tresckow in Russia and Ludwig Beck, Carl Goerdeler, Hans Oster, and Friedrich Olbricht in Berlin, taking part in various coup d'état plans and plots. On 13 March 1943, during a visit by Adolf Hitler to Army Group Center Headquarters in Smolensk, Schlabrendorff smuggled a time bomb, disguised as bottles of cointreau, onto
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Hans von Dohnanyi


Berlin, Friedrich Arnold and , to flee with their loved ones to Switzerland, disguised as Abwehr agents. Altogether, 13 people were able to leave Germany without hindrance, thanks to Dohnányi's forgeries and operation known as U-7. Dohnányi covertly went to Switzerland to make certain the refugees would be admitted. He also ensured they received money to support themselves. During late February 1943, Dohnányi busied himself with Henning von Tresckow's assassination attempt against Hitler and the attendant coup d'état. The bomb that was smuggled aboard Hitler's plane in
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Sep Ruf


, with 82 m and 23 stories, 1966 it was the highest tower building of the financial metropolis. In 1852 Hans von und zu Aufseß had the idea to realize a museum for a "well-ordered compendium of all available source material for German history, literature and art". Parts of the former Nuremberg Charterhouse, dissolved in 1525, were used for the museum. During World War II. great parts of the museum were destroyed. So Ruf and Harald Roth made the development plans. They began to rebuild the
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Job von Witzleben (historian)


Job-Wilhelm Henning Dietrich von Witzleben (4 August 1916 – 1999) was a German army officer and a military historian. Born in Saxony to the old noble family of von Witzleben, he was a descendant of the Prussian general Job von Witzleben (1783–1837) and grand-nephew to Erwin von Witzleben. He was a member of the Hitlerjugend, holding the rank of Gefolgschaftsführer. On 1 February 1935, he joined the Nazi Party (membership number: 3590830). During the Second World War, Witzleben served in the
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Wandervogel


several branches. The Wandervogel movement was officially established on 4 November 1901 by Karl Fischer, a former pupil of Herman Hoffmann Fölkersamb, who had formed a study circle at the boys' Berlin-Steglitz grammar school where he was teaching in 1895. The Wandervogel soon became the pre-eminent German youth movement. It was a back-to-nature youth organization emphasizing freedom, self-responsibility, and the spirit of adventure, and took a nationalistic approach, stressing Germany's Teutonic roots. After World War I, the
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Kampfgeschwader 27


Three He 111s were lost; one struck a barracks after combat damage killing 13, along with the crew, and injuring 11 ground-crew. Two bombers crashed following in-air fires. One of the bombers was piloted by III./KG 27 commanding officer Manfred Speck von Sternberg. Hans-Henning von Beust replaced him formally on 31 October. KG 27 flew throughout the Blitz, with all three groups operating. A full list of the targets, dates, and groups involved is known. KG 27 supported the attacks on major
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Military of the Qing dynasty


Hong Taiji created a separate branch of Han Banners to draw on this new source of manpower. However these Han bannermen were never regarded by the government as equal to the other two branches due to their relatively late addition to the Manchu cause as well as their Han Chinese ancestry. The nature of their service—mainly as infantry, artillery and sappers, was also alien to the Manchu tradition of fighting almost exclusively as mounted archers. Furthermore, after the conquest the military roles played by Han bannermen were quickly subsumed by the Green
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Sep Ruf


formed the , named after Hans Christoph Freiherr von Tucher (1904-1968), lawyer, executive spokesman of the Bayerischen Vereinsbank. There he built the technical centre and some administration buildings of the HypoVereinsbank at the Eisbach, from 1964 until 1974 the buildings for IBM and the Hilton Park Hotel. At Lake Tegernsee he designed the museum for the painter and graphic artist Olaf Gulbransson. 1978–1982 another building for a museum was his hall for aviation- and space flight for the Deutsches Museum Munich. Beneath his architectural works he designed a large
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Henning Alexander von Kleist


third son of Joachim Daniel von Kleist. and his first wife, Maria Catherine von Ramel. His father married three times. The first wife, Maria Catherine von Ramel,18 May 1644, 1672 married, and died 3 January 1685. She was the second daughter of Heinrich von Ramel and Else Sophia von Münchow, from Bulgrin. She bore four sons, and one daughter: Kleist served in the Prussian military during the reigns of three kings: Frederick I, Frederick William I, and Frederick the Great. He joined the Prussian
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Joachim von Heydebreck


Joachim von Heydebreck (6 October 1861 – 12 November 1914) was a German military officer who was born in Schwedt and grew up in Zützen. He was the son of Prussian Lieutenant General Henning von Heydebreck (1828–1904) and his wife Anna von Colmar (1837–1879). Heydebreck was a member of the Grenadier-Regiment Prinz Karl, and in 1893 was sent to serve in colonial German Southwest Africa. He was in charge of an artillery division during the Herero and Namaqua Genocide, and in 1911 became commanding officer of the
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Hans-Henning Korb


Hans-Henning Korb (born 1988 in Berlin, Germany) is a contemporary artist based in Berlin. Hans-Henning Korb holds a BFA and an MFA in visual arts from the Berlin University of the Arts, in Berlin. He studied in the class of Hito Steyerl and at the Olafur Eliasson's Institute for Spatial Experiments (Institut für Raumexperimente)., and was a visiting student at the School of Fine Arts at the Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and the Hunter College in New York City. His work has been
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Hans Sigismund von Lestwitz


who served the Duke of Silesia. Hans Sigismund von Lestwitz was born on 19 June 1718 in Kontoppe, Duchy of Glogau, part of the Brandenburg Neumark. His father, Johann Georg von Lestwitz, was a lieutenant general in the Prussian Army and his mother, Helen, was Baroness von Kottwitz. As a youth, Lestwitz studied at the University of Frankfurt. Lestwitz's military career emulated that of the sons of other "Junkers". Many of the "Junkers" owned immense estates, especially in the north-eastern
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Han Min-goo


Han Min-goo (born 30 August 1953), is a former South Korean Minister of Defense. He is a former South Korean army general who served as the 40th Chief of Staff of the South Korean army as well as the 36th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean military. Han served his compulsory military service in the ROK Naval Submarine branch. He later graduated from Officer Academy in the Armour Branch and later transferred to Army Aviation as a UH-1 Cobra pilot. Han's assignments prior to assuming
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Wolfgang von Gronau


Hans Wolfgang von Gronau (25 February 1893 - 17 March 1977) was a German aviation pioneer. Wolfgang von Gronau was born in Berlin in a family hailing from the ancient dynasty of the House of Berg. He was the son of artillery General Hans von Gronau (1850–1940) and Luise Gerischer (1867–1926). Right before World War I he joined the Imperial German Navy where he was put in charge of a flying boat squadron. After the disbandment of the imperial military in 1919 von Gronau had reached the rank of "
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Jauch family


. His grandfather Diederich Brodersen (1640–1717), ancestor of today's Jauchs of the Wellingsbüttel branch is also an ancestor to the composer Johannes Brahms. Because of this marriage the earliest notable ancestor is Helmoldus I de Huckelem, documented 1097 and connecting the Wellingsbüttel branch to numerous prominent other descendants of inter alia the von Plessen, von Moltke und von Oertzen families. "Auguste Jauch" (1822–1902) was one of the well known benefactors to the poor of Hamburg. Colonel "Hans Jauch" (1883–1965), Commander of the
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Bodewin Keitel


Army Personnel Office was Rudolf Schmundt. On March 1, 1943 Keitel was appointed commanding general of the Deputy Commanding General XX Army Corps and commander in the military district XX in Danzig. The liaison officer in the military district XX at the time was Lieutenant Colonel Hasso von Boehmer, who by his friend Henning von Tresckow for his resistance to Adolf Hitler, recruited the brothers Stauffenberg to carry out the assassination of Hitler. On the day of the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler (20 July 1944) Keitel was on an inspection tour
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Erich von Falkenhayn


with whom he had a son Fritz Georg Adalbert von Falkenhayn (1890–1973) and a daughter Erika Karola Olga von Falkenhayn (1904–1975) who married Henning von Tresckow (1901–1944), the officer who organised the plot of 20 July 1944 to assassinate Hitler. Falkenhayn in many ways typified the Prussian generals; a militarist in the literal sense, he had undeniable political and military competence and showed contempt for democracy and the representative Reichstag. He addressed the Reichstag in 1914 as follows: Militarily, Falkenhayn had a mixed record. His offensive
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Schlieffen


18th century. The elder Dresow branch had in 1784 only one male descendant, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Schlieffen (b. 1753), a Prussian lieutenant. From the Soldekow branch, at the end of the 18th century only Johann Adolf Heinrich von Schlieffen (b. 1769) was alive. Hans von Schlieffen the Younger left his post as councillor to King Christopher III of Denmark, Norway and Sweden and on 11 July 1444 received a Danish grant of arms at Kalmar, after he had taken the office of mayor of Kolberg. Limbrecht
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Bertil Almgren


extensively for his research, including across Europe, to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Asia. In the 1930s he excavated with Axel W. Persson in Dendra, Greece, and twenty years later he excavated in Persia with Carl Nylander () and Hans Henning von der Osten (). One of Almgren's major works was "Vikingen", later translated into English as "The Viking" as well as into Danish, Norwegian, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and perhaps other languages. The book was
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Tanja von Lahnstein


comfort Henning in his grief over losing the love of his life. Henning is ready to believe that Tanja changed over the years and the two starts to grow closer. But Henning comes behind the truth as Tanja is ready to marry him. He and Clarissa realize that Tanja plans to kill Henning right after the wedding to play a grieving widow with the Anstetten fortune. Together with Beatrice von Beyenbach, Clarissa wants to bring Tanja down. Henning agrees to marry Tanja as a plan to let it appear as if her plan works
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Henning von Anstetten


with Henning and caught in a marriage full of hate, Christoph kills himself in his work room. Henning and Clarissa have both their problems dealing with Christoph's death. But Henning finds new happiness in his relationship with Marie von Beyenbach, who becomes his great love. But when he asks her to marry him, their love gets destroyed by Tanja. It's put in the open that maybe not Christoph, but Marie's father Martin could be his father, since he and Henning's late mother Astrid had an affair with
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Brennhausen


Bishopric of Würzburg. From 1635 to 1647, Franz was the Commandant of the fortress at Königshofen. Franz’ son Hans, also a distinguished military man, received Brennhausen. Hans and his second wife Felicitas Agnes Leschin von Mülheim coat of arms are in the courtyard. The transfer to their minor son, Johann Georg Hartmann Günther von Brennhausen, upon Hans' death was held up in court in part due to Felicitas Agnes being protestant. The 1675 case was eventually won in 1679 and invested in 1680, only to have Johann
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Franz Maria Liedig


, and a participant of the Kapp Putsch in March 1920. Liedig left the navy in September 1920 and was active in some rightwing organisations throughout the 1920s. Liedig studied law and worked as a lawyer. In 1936 he joined the "Kriegsmarine" at the instigation of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, who knew Liedig from the Freikorps episode. Here he came in contact to members of the German military resistance such as Hans Oster and Hans von Dohnanyi. Around September 20, 1938 the leading members of that opposition Erwin von Witzleben, Hans
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Hans Müller von Bulgenbach


Hans Müller, also known as Hans Müller von Bulgenbach, († 12 August 1525 in Habsburg-Laufenburg), was a peasant leader during the German Peasants' War. After a career in the French military, he played a pivotal role in the initial peasant uprising at Stuhlingen, and organized peasant bands throughout southwestern Germany. He was captured after the peasants' loss at Klettgau in July 1525, imprisoned at the Hohentweil fortress, and executed in August of that year. The exact date of his birth is not known,
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Hen (pronoun)


"Nationalencyklopedin", the modern standard Swedish encyclopedia, had created an article about "hen" describing it as a "suggested gender-neutral personal pronoun instead of "hon" and "han"". In January 2012, the children's book "Kivi och Monsterhund" ("Kivi and Monster Dog") by Jesper Lundqvist was published. The book consistently used "hen" instead of "han" or "hon" and sparked a lively media debate. In the February 2012 issue of "Nöjesguiden",
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Wilhelm von Rath


Wilhelm von Rath (1585 – 27 April 1641) was a German scholar and a military officer. His name, in the dative case (after "von"), may be rendered as "Rathen". Rath was born in Klein-Wülknitz, Anhalt, and came from an old noble family. His parents were Hans von Rath and Anna Voigt Rath. Rath enjoyed a Protestant education and was registered at the University of Leipzig starting the summer of 1601. But he eventually left academia for a career in the military
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Claus von Stauffenberg


Stauffenberg was the driving force behind the plot to assassinate Hitler and take control of Germany. His resolve, organisational abilities, and radical approach put an end to inactivity caused by doubts and long discussions on whether military virtues had been made obsolete by Hitler's behaviour. With the help of his friend Henning von Tresckow, he united the conspirators and drove them into action. Stauffenberg was aware that, under German law, he was committing high treason. He openly told young conspirator Axel von dem Bussche in late 1943, ("
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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen


Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (1621/22 – 17 August 1676) was a German author. He is best known for his 1669 picaresque novel Simplicius Simplicissimus () and the accompanying "Simplician Scriptures" series. Grimmelshausen was born at Gelnhausen. At the age of ten he was kidnapped by Hessian soldiery, and in their midst experienced military life in the Thirty Years' War. At the close of the war, Grimmelshausen entered the service of Franz Egon von Fürstenberg, bishop of Strasbourg. In 1665, he was made magistrate (
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Vasaborg


, Lord of Forbach in Lorraine; and son Count Henning Gustav (1719-1787). With the fading of the Vasaborg line, Henning Gustav von Stralenheim was adopted into it and began to use both names, typically written in Germany as "Count von Stralenheim-Wasaburg." He married baroness Caroline von Esebeck and had children who continued the Vasaborg name, the male line of which died out in 1872 and the female line of which still exists. In 1777, King Gustav III of Sweden forbade his distant cousin Henning
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Hans Oster


" group established contact with the resistance group of Henning von Tresckow in Army Group Centre. In 1942, his most important recruit was General Friedrich Olbricht, head of the General Army Office, at the "Bendlerblock" in central Berlin, who controlled an independent system of communications to reserve units all over Germany. The Oster group supplied British-made bombs to Tresckow's group for their attempts to assassinate Hitler in 1943. In 1943, the "Abwehr" group's rescue efforts for Jews were exposed by the "Gestapo"
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St. Anne's Museum Quarter, Lübeck


in Germany. It possesses the Grönauer Altar, the only preserved Gothic high altar of a church in Lübeck. The other altars kept here were mostly donated by guilds or merchants to monastery churches, e.g. to the church of the castle monastery or to the Saint Catherine Church. Among them are Another outstanding piece is the "Group of Saint George" (1504), which was initially made for St. Jürgen's Chapel in the "Ratzeburger Allee" by the sculptor Henning von der Heide. The work of Hans Kemmer, a
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Hans von Seeckt


Johannes "Hans" Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt (22 April 1866 – 27 December 1936) was a German military officer who served as Chief of Staff to August von Mackensen and was a central figure in planning the victories Mackensen achieved for Germany in the east during the First World War. During the years of the Weimar Republic he was chief of staff for the "Reichswehr" from 1919 to 1920 and commander in chief of the German Army from 1920 until he resigned in October 1926. During this period he engaged in the reorganization
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Hans von Dach


Hans von Dach (1927–2003) was a Swiss military theorist. He was the author of the influential seven-volume 1957 guerrilla warfare manual "Total Resistance" ("Der totale Widerstand: Eine Kleinkriegsanleitung für Jedermann"), which made him the internationally best-known Swiss tactical theorist. Von Dach, a Bernese, was employed from 1970 to 1980 in the training division of the Swiss Defence Department. His emphasis on broadly based irregular warfare was not shared by senior Army leaders, who preferred to focus Switzerland's Cold War
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Hans von Lehwaldt


Hans von Lehwald(t) (24 June 1685 – 16 November 1768), also known as Johann von Lehwald(t), was a Prussian "Generalfeldmarschall". He joined the military in 1700 and participated in all Prussian field operations from the War of Spanish Succession through the Seven Years' War. He served with particular distinction in Frederick the Great's war with the Austrians in the Silesia and Seven Years' War. Lehwaldt was born in Legitten near Labiau in the Duchy of Prussia. His mother Marie Esther came from an old Prussian
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Werner von Haeften


Werner Karl Otto Theodor von Haeften (9 October 1908 – 21 July 1944) was an Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht who took part in the military-based conspiracy against Adolf Hitler known as the 20 July plot. Haeften and his brother Hans were born in Berlin, the sons of Hans von Haeften, an army officer and President of the "Reichsarchiv" (German National Archives). He studied law in his home town and then worked for a bank in Hamburg until the outbreak of the Second World War when he joined the
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Hans Otfried von Linstow


Hans Otfried von Linstow, (16 March 1899 – 30 August 1944) was a German Army colonel. He took part in the 20 July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Born in Berlin, von Linstow joined the German military, Reichswehr, after the First World War. He served in several units, in 1939 with 15th infantry division and 1940 with the 10th army corps, in 1941 with the 9th army corps in Russia. In April 1944, he was dispatched to Paris, France, as Chief of Staff under the
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July Crisis


Falkenhayn, the head of the German Imperial Military Cabinet Moriz von Lyncker, the Adjutant general Hans von Plessen, Captain Hans Zenker of the Naval General Staff, and Admiral Eduard von Capelle of the Naval State Secretariat all endorsed Wilhelm's "blank cheque" as Germany's best policy. On 6 July, Hoyos, Zimmerman, Bethmann Hollweg, and Austro-Hungarian Ambassador Szögyény met and Germany gave its "blank cheque" commitment to Austria-Hungary of firm support. On 6 July, Bethmann-Hollweg and Zimmermann further repeated
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Günther von Kluge


the crisis of the Soviet counter-offensive in December 1941, Kluge was promoted to command Army Group Centre replacing Field Marshal Fedor von Bock. Several members of the German military resistance to Adolf Hitler served on his staff, including Henning von Tresckow. Kluge was aware of the plotters' activities but refused to offer his support unless Hitler was killed. His command on the Eastern Front lasted until October 1943 when Kluge was badly injured in a car accident. Following a lengthy recuperation, Kluge was appointed OB West (Supreme Commander West
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Cécile de Maron


Cécile discovers soon, that she has feelings for Henning too, but because of her disease she doesn't want a relationship with him. In this time, Charlie Schneider (Gabrile Metzger) becomes a great friend of Cécile. But her love to Henning is stronger and they find to each other. Cécile gets even more happy, when Henning asks her to marry him. But when comes out that Henning and Marie von Anstetten (Solveig Duda) aren't related, as they thought after an intrigue by Tanja von Anstetten (
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Henning von Berg


Henning von Berg (born 10 June 1961) is a former German civil engineer who became a portrait photographer. His specialty is character portraits and fine art nudes. Henning von Berg was born in Northern Germany into a family with a nearly 500-year-old history. He worked as an engineer for thirteen years until the age of 35, when he discovered his calling was to be a photographer. In the summer of 1997, he organized his first group photo shoot. This featured 28 nude men in an abandoned factory in Cologne
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Bassewitz


Bassewitz" (Count von Bassewitz). Four descendants of Count Henning Friedrich von Bassewitz held the highest office (prime minister) in Mecklenburg: Count Carl Friedrich (1720–1783) — President of the Privy Council Count Bernhard-Friedrich (1756–1816) – President of the Privy Council Count Henning Karl Friedrich (1814–1885) – President of the Privy Council Count Karl (1855–1921) – President of the State Ministry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1901 through 1914. Hereditary Holy Roman imperial countship granted to Henning Friedrich von Bassewitz in Vienna on 9
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Centre Against Expulsions


Austrian crown prince Otto von Habsburg, and historians such as Guido Knopp, Hungarian novelist György Konrád, and Christian Tomuschat, have also voiced their support for the centre. In a petition initiated by Hans Henning Hahn, Eva Hahn, Alexandra Kurth, Samuel Salzborn and Tobias Weger in 2003, signed by several hundred people, primarily German, Czech, and Polish historians, opponents of the proposed form of Centre expressed concerns the centre would "establish and popularize a one-sided image of the past, without historical context",
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Bombing of Gorky in World War II


were destroyed. The shipyard was also attacked. The commander of the squadron Baron Hans-Henning von Böst personally supervised the actions of German pilots. His plane flew over the city at high altitude. Gorky Machine-Building, Sokol and Krasnoye Sormovo plants, as well as bridges across the Oka and the Volga, were not affected. The seventh raid on June Wednesday, 21–Thursday, 22 was the last. Since this was the second anniversary of Germany's attack on the Soviet Union, both sides were preparing for the fight
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Deutscher Morgen


Deutscher Morgen (also known as Aurora Alemã in Portuguese, meaning ""German morning"") was a German language Brazilian newspaper published between 16 March 1932 and December 1941. Self-proclaimed the "official paper of the Nazi Party in Brazil", it was the largest Nazi newspaper of that country. Installed in the neighborhood of Mooca, São Paulo during its early years and led by Hans Henning von Cossel, the "Deutscher Morgen" reported almost exclusively facts related to the Third Reich, disseminating statements made by Adolf
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Eva Margareta Frölich


Eva Margareta Frölich (c. 1650 – September 1692 in Stockholm), was a Swedish mystic, prophet, visionary and Pietistic writer. Frölich was born the daughter of colonel Hans Christoffer Frölich and Elisabet von Plessen. The location and exact date is unknown. Her brother, Karl Gustaf Frölich, was an ennobled count; she became the aunt of Charlotta Frölich. She was married in Riga in Latvia, then a Swedish province, to Johann Henning Neumeijer, colonel in the Swedish army, whom she abandoned in 1684, when she
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Neue Rechte


and even affect centre-right parties, a second wing openly uses terms like "revolution" or "socialism" in political disputes, based on the model of Ernst Niekisch and Strasserist concepts. They have made attempts to build up a "Querfront" strategy with originally 'left' anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist circles. Well-known scholars and influential figures of the "Neue Rechte" beside Henning Eichberg and Armin Mohler include Gerd-Klaus Kaltenbrunner, Hans-Dietrich Sander, Robert Hepp, Caspar von Schrenck-
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Claus von Stauffenberg


as one of its functions was to have Operation Valkyrie in place. This was a contingency measure to let it assume control of the in the event that internal disturbances blocked communications to the military high command. The "Valkyrie" plan had been agreed to by Hitler but was secretly changed to sweep the rest of his regime from power in the event of his death. In 1943, Henning von Tresckow was deployed on the Eastern Front, giving Stauffenberg control of the resistance. Tresckow did not return to Germany, as he committed
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Henning von Tresckow


von Manstein, culminating in the invasion of France in the spring of 1940. Tresckow played a role in the adoption of the Manstein Plan, which proved to be so successful in the French campaign. Tresckow's former regimental comrade Rudolf Schmundt was Hitler's chief military aide, and it was through the Tresckow-Schmundt channel that Manstein's plan, after being rejected by Army High Command, was brought to Hitler's attention. He is also said to have worked on developing the Manstein Plan itself as Günther Blumentritt's deputy.
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Bendlerblock


of the "Sudetenland". In the early 1940s, the OKH Army Office under the leadership of General Olbricht became the focus of military resistance to the Nazi regime. In October 1943, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was transferred to the General Army Office as chief of staff. It was at the Bendlerblock that Stauffenberg and Major General Henning von Tresckow secretly modified the Wehrmacht "Operation Valkyrie" plan for the suppression of a possible revolt into a scheme for a coup attempt upon an assassination on Hitler. Stauffenberg's position gave him direct
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Georg von Boeselager


the "School for Shocktroops" in Krampintz. While there, Boeselager became acquainted with members of the military resistance, who realised the war was not going well. Boeselager took part in rear security (Bandenbekämpfung, "bandit fighting") operations conducted within the territory of the Soviet Union under the control of the Army Group Centre Rear Area. On 23 June 1943, as commander of Cavalry Regiment "Mitte" he sent a report to Henning von Tresckow regarding tactics of partisans and ways to reduce "risk of gangs",
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Hans von Marées


painter and printmaker Carl Steffeck. He served in the military in 1855–7, after which he moved to Munich where he met Franz von Lenbach. During his time in Munich he concentrated mainly on portraiture. In 1864 Count Adolf von Schack sent Marées and Lenbach to Italy to copy old masters. In Italy he became friendly with the art theorist Konrad Fiedler, who later became his patron, and the sculptor Adolf von Hildebrand. In 1869, he visited France, the Netherlands and Spain with Fiedler. He served in military in the
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Andreas Hillgruber


kind, tending towards a fusion of the military and civilian sectors and ultimately a totalitarian military state ("Wehrstaat"). Hillgruber wrote that after the fall of Hans von Seeckt in 1926, Kurt von Schleicher became “in fact, if not in name”, the "military-political head of the "Reichswehr"”. Hillgruber wrote that Schleicher's triumph was also the triumph of the "modern" faction within the "Reichswehr" who favored a total war ideology and wanted Germany to become a dictatorship in order
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Münch (family lineage)


and pieces of the lengthy, compound surname were recorded. Just imagine the possibilities for simple one worded surnames from the compound surname, Münch von Münchenstein-Muttenz von Löwenberg de Meier (the Münch Dynasty) and the other Münch Dynasty subdivisions. There were many zwigs (twigs / branches) derived from the Münch Dynasty family. The Mischler / Minnix line possibly descended from Hans Thüring II Münch von Münchenstein-Muttenz von Löwenberg. Many members of the Münch von Münchenstein-Löwenberg family emigrated to the American colonies in the late 17th
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Frederick William von Kleist


on the Equestrian Statue of Frederick the Great. Friedrich Wilhelm Gottfried Arnd von Kleist came from the Kleist family. He was the fourth son of the royal Prussian colonel and heir to Schmenzin and Stavenow Andreas Joachim von Kleist (1678–1738) and Marie Elisabeth von Hake (1700–1758). He remained unmarried, but had fifteen siblings (ten brothers and five sisters), and appointed his youngest brother, Major General Hans Reimar von Kleist (1736–1806), as his heir. Many members of the Stavenow branch of the family, to
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Rudolf Hartmann


contact with the Commander-in-Chief OB West, Erwin von Witzleben. In 1942, he became a member of the staff of the military commander of occupied France, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel. Together with General Hans Speidel, Colonel Karl-Richard Koßmann, Colonel Eberhard Finckh and Lieutenant Colonel Caesar von Hofacker, Hartmann became part of the core of the military resistance circles in Paris. During the May of 1944, Hartmann and his fellow plotters tried to win Rommel over as a leading figure for the resistance. According
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Sven Hedin


Hans Bernhard Risanger died in prison just a few days before his release. Von Falkenhorst was condemned to death, by firing squad, by a British military court on August 2, 1946, because of his responsibility for passing on a "Führerbefehl" called the Commando Order. Hedin intervened on his behalf, achieving a pardon on December 4, 1946, with the argument that von Falkenhorst had likewise striven to pardon the ten Norwegians condemned to death. Von Falkenhorst's death penalty was commuted by the British military court to 20 years
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Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort


's staff, who later became supreme commander of Army Group Centre ("Heeresgruppe Mitte"). During Operation Barbarossa (the German attack on the Soviet Union), Lehndorff became an eyewitness to a massacre of the Jewish population near Barysaŭ in Belarus by Einsatzgruppen. Thereupon, Henning von Tresckow won him over to the cause of military resistance ("Widerstand") against Hitler. As a first lieutenant in the reserves, Lehndorff was deployed as liaison officer to Defence District I (East Prussia) in Königsberg (today Kaliningrad,
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Bund Bayern und Reich


; retired general Otto von Stetten was placed in charge of the military branch in 1923, with Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Preitner serving as his assistant. In June of that year, retired general Ludwig von Tutschek replaced von Stetten. Conflict quickly rose between Pittinger and von Tutschek, due largely to the fact that the power of the military leader was never properly outlined. While Pittinger saw himself as the sole leader of "Bayern und Reich", von Tutschek demanded full autonomy over all military concerns. As a result, difficulties grew in
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Hans Henric von Essen


1810 he was sent as Ambassador to Paris by Charles XIII, and his negotiations with Napoleon's ministers restored Pomerania to Sweden. In 1814, Hans Henrik von Essen served as the commander of the Swedish military forces at the border with Norway. By the Treaty of Kiel, the King of Denmark had to cede Norway to the King of Sweden, due to the alliance of Denmark-Norway with France during the later phases of the Napoleonic Wars. This treaty was however not accepted by the Norwegians. The Norwegian-Swedish War
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Château de Wangenbourg


The Château de Wangenbourg is a ruined castle in the "commune" of Wangenbourg-Engenthal in the Bas-Rhin "département" of France. In 1504, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilien I, having vanquished the Prince-elector, Philipp, in the war of succession of Bavaria, confiscated the castle from the cousins Hans and Stephan von Wangen for the count Tiestein, who himself gave it to the Archbishop of Strasbourg, Wilhelm III von Hohnstein, in 1516. Nevertheless, a branch of descendants of the von Wangens, Georg
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Memorial to the German Resistance


opposed it, for whatever reason. All resisters are given equal respect. The museum, while seeking to show the many strands of German society which engaged in resistance activity, does not seek to disguise the fact that the great majority of Germans supported Hitler's regime and that there was never an effective resistance movement. Particular attention is given to military resistance figures such as Claus von Stauffenberg, Ludwig Beck, Erwin von Witzleben, Günther von Kluge, Erich Hoepner, Hans Oster and Friedrich Olbricht. This underlines the modern German military
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325th Security Division (Wehrmacht)


The 325th Security Division (German: 325. Sicherungs-Division) was a German military formation that operated in German-occupied France during World War II. It was established in May 1943 under Lieutenant General Hans Freiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld and was responsible for the defense of Paris and its surrounding area. Division commander von Boineburg-Lengsfeld, simultaneously Commandant of Greater Paris, supported military governor of France Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel in the anti-Hitler 20 July plot. On 20 July 1944, Stülpnagel was informed by Stauffenberg
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