Erich Fellgiebel

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General Erich Fellgiebel

Fritz Erich Fellgiebel (born October 4, 1886 in Pöpelwitz near Breslau , † September 4, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German general in the intelligence service and resistance fighter of July 20, 1944 .

Life

In September 1905 Fellgiebel joined the Telegraph Battalion No. 2 of the Prussian Army as a flag junior and thus began his military career. During the First World War he was active in the general staff. After the end of the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr , and Fellgiebel came to Berlin as a general staff officer. He completed his staff officer career and was appointed major on April 1, 1928 . In 1933 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel , in 1934 to colonel and in 1938 he was appointed major general . In August 1938 he was appointed chief of military intelligence system and the head of the armed forces communication links in the High Command of the Armed Forces appointed and in 1940 to General der Nachrichtentruppe transported and Chief of Signal Corps appointed. In addition, he was a general representative for technical communications equipment (GBN) and was therefore responsible for the procurement and use of all types of telecommunications equipment.

Through his acquaintance with Colonel General Ludwig Beck , who was his superior, and his successor Colonel General Franz Halder , Fellgiebel came into contact with the military resistance circles. Fellgiebel was instrumental in the preparation of the company's Valkyrie involved and tried - as agreed - after the explosion of the bomb on July 20, 1944 at 12:42 am in the conference hut in trap 1 a, in which Adolf Hitler held a meeting, the Fuehrer's headquarters in the Wolfschanze cut off all communication links. He gave the order to switch off the telephone system, which was revoked after a few minutes. In addition, this interruption did not affect the SS's communication links and a replacement center in restricted area 2. Therefore, Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels received knowledge of the assassination at around 1 p.m. in Berlin, albeit without further details. Around the same time Fellgiebel had learned that Hitler was still alive. In order to have the putsch canceled, he called Lieutenant General Fritz Thiele in the Bendlerblock , where the conspirators were waiting for a message, and reported ambiguously: "Something terrible has happened, the Führer is alive". Co-conspirator Colonel Kurt Hahn also confirmed to Thiele in another phone call from Wolfsschanze that Hitler had survived the assassination attempt. As a result, the processes provided for in the Walküre plan were initially only partially triggered.

Fellgiebel was arrested in Wolfsschanze on July 20, 1944. His daughter, his son Walther-Peer and his daughter-in-law and his brother, Lieutenant Colonel Hans Fellgiebel , were also arrested. This was followed by an indictment against Erich Fellgiebel before the People's Court , where he was found guilty by Roland Freisler on August 10, 1944 and sentenced to death . As Freisler in the process he sarcastically imagined the impending death, replied Fellgiebel ". Then hurry up with the hanging, Mr. President, or else you hang it rather than us" On September 4, 1944 Fellgiebel was in detention prison Berlin-Plötzensee by strangulation executed.

His son Walther-Peer Fellgiebel was an officer, manager and author.

Honors

The Bundeswehr barracks in Pöcking -Maxhof (" Bundeswehr Information Technology School ") was named " General Fellgiebel Barracks " in his honor .

Once a year, the “General Fellgiebel Prize” is awarded to deserving individuals or units in the German armed forces' telecommunications service.

Awards

See also

literature

  • Linda von Keyserlingk-Rehbein: Just a "very small clique"? The Nazi investigation via the network of July 20, 1944. Lukas, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86732-303-1 .
  • Kenneth Macksey: Without Enigma: the Ultra and Fellgiebel Riddles. Allan, Shepperton 2000, ISBN 0-7110-2766-8 .
  • Antje Vollmer , Lars-Broder Keil (ed.): “You just have to risk your head”. In: Stauffenberg's companions. The fate of the unknown conspirators. Hanser, Berlin 2013 ISBN 978-3-446-24156-5 .
  • Karl Heinz Wildhagen (Ed.): Erich Fellgiebel. Master of operational communications. A contribution to the history of the news force. Self-published, Wennigsen 1970.

Movies

Web links

Commons : Erich Fellgiebel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Price commemorates resistance fighters in Augsburger Allgemeine from July 20, 2008, accessed on May 31, 2019.
  2. ↑ P. 222 ff in: Guido Knopp: You wanted to kill Hitler. 1st edition 2004, ISBN 3-570-00664-6 .
  3. ↑ p. 16 ff in: Gerd. R. Ueberschär: Stauffenberg - July 20, 1944, 2004, ISBN 3-10-086003-9 .
  4. ↑ Lars-Broder Keil : A conspirator who was long considered a failure. In: Die Welt , July 17, 2012.
  5. ^ Antje Vollmer, Lars-Broder Keil: Stauffenberg's companions . Carl Hanser Verlag , 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-24156-5 , p. 61 (256 pages, online excerpt [PDF]).
  6. ↑ Plötzensee Memorial - July 20, 1944 (accessed October 23, 2009)
  7. ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry , ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1930. p. 125.
personal data
SURNAME Fellgiebel, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fellgiebel, Fritz Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German General of the Intelligence Force and resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Poepelwitz
DATE OF DEATH September 4, 1944
Place of death Berlin