August by Cramon
August Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Erdmann von Cramon (* 7. April 1861 in Pawlau , Upper Silesia ; † 19th October 1940 ) was a Prussian officer, last lieutenant general in the First World War .
Life
Cramon served as adjutant general of the German emperor and served as German military plenipotentiary in the Austro-Hungarian general staff from 1915 to 1918 . Freytag von Loringhoven had previously held the post. After the war Cramon was active as a writer and worked a. a. as executive chairman of the General Staff Association "Graf Schlieffen ". Cramon was married to Helene Freiin von Tschammer .
His grave is in the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin.
Works
- Germany's fateful union with Austria-Hungary , Berlin, 1932.
- Away with the inter-allied control commissions , Berlin, 1922.
- Our Austro-Hungarian ally in the World War , Berlin, 1920.
- History of the Leib-Kürassier-Regiment "Großer Kurfürst" (Silesian) No. 1 , Berlin, 1893.
Web links
- August von Cramon in the online version of the Reich Chancellery Edition Files. Weimar Republic
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Hadley: Military Diplomacy in the Dual Alliance: German Military Attaché Reporting , p. 212. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
- ^ Johannes Hürter: Wilhelm Groener : Reichswehrminister at the end of the Weimar Republic (1928–1932) , p. 220. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
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| SURNAME | Cramon, August of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cramon, August Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Erdmann von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer, last lieutenant general in the First World War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pawlau , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1940 |