Erich Lüdke

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Erich Lüdke

Erich Gustav Theodor Heinrich Richard Lüdke (born October 20, 1882 in Naumburg , † February 13, 1946 in Torgau ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the infantry in World War II .

Descent and youth

His father was Colonel zD Richard Germanus Lüdke (born 1849), most recently commander of the Landwehr district of Erfurt (Stendal), who was married to Johanna Louise Elsbeth Schwanecke (born 1859). The upbringing took place in the parents' house, at the pre-school of the grammar school in Mülhausen , Jülich and Rastatt , where his father was stationed. He passed the Abitur. His grandfather was Gustav Germanus Lüdke (1808-1894), the manor owner of the estate in Ober Schönfeld in the Bunzlau district , now Kraśnik Górny in Lower Silesia .

Direct ancestors are the Havelsberg canon Matthäus Ludecus and the electoral Brandenburg chancellor Johann Weinlob .

Life

Promotions

Early years and World War I

Lüdke joined the 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71 in Erfurt on September 19, 1900 as a Fahnenjunker , where he was employed as an adjutant of the III. Battalion and most recently as a regimental adjutant. Subsequently, Lüdke was assigned to the Great General Staff in Berlin from March 22nd until the outbreak of war .

After the outbreak of World War I , he returned to his regular regiment, with whom he was in the field as a company commander until 1915. In 1915 Lüdke moved to the general staff of the field army , where he remained until 1917. He then served in the General Staff of the 36th Reserve Division until 1918 . In 1918 Lüdke was assigned to the Prussian War Ministry , where he remained until October 1, 1919 after the end of the war.

Interwar period

After his transfer to the Reichswehr , Lüdke worked from October 1, 1919 to February 23, 1920 in the Defense Ministry , and after the end of March 1922 in the local peace commission. On April 1, 1922 he was transferred to the 17th Infantry Regiment , where he served as a company commander until April 1, 1923 . On April 1, 1923, Lüdke was reassigned to the Reichswehr Ministry while being promoted to major and used here in the Army Transport Department (T 7). He stayed there until February 1, 1927. On this day Lüdke rose to command of the 2nd Battalion of the 11th (Saxon) Infantry Regiment in Leipzig . Lüdke left this regiment on April 1, 1929, in order to join the staff of Group Command 1 in Berlin . On March 1, 1930 Lüdke was appointed Chief of Staff in the 3rd Cavalry Division based in Weimar . He then held this position until February 1, 1932, after which he became commander of the 12th Infantry Regiment . He directed its fortunes until the end of January 1934.

From February 1, 1934, with simultaneous appointment as major general , until mid-June 1935, Lüdke then acted in the Reichswehr Ministry as training director of the police units. Subsequently, Lüdke was appointed Infantry Leader V on June 15, 1935 , which was renamed the 9th Infantry Division on June 15, 1936 . Lüdke led his fortunes until March 7, 1936. He then held the same position from March 7, 1936 on as commander of the 34th Infantry Division in Koblenz . On October 1, 1937, he handed over the division command to Lieutenant General Max von Viebahn and was then General z. b. V. at the General Command of the X Army Corps in Hamburg .

Second World War

Here, on June 29, 1939, Lüdke was briefly charged with the command of the X. Army Corps , as its previous commanding general of the cavalry Wilhelm Kniehauer had died on that day. However, Lüdke only held this command until August 26, 1939. On that day, as instructed, he handed over command of the infantry general Wilhelm Ulex and was also appointed commanding general of the Deputy General Command of the X Army Corps in Hamburg . In this position, which he filled until June 1, 1940, he also acted as commander in military district X (Hamburg) . Subsequently, Lüdke was appointed "Commander of German troops in Denmark " after the Weser Exercise company and the associated occupation of Denmark by German troops . On September 27, 1942, Lüdke was removed from his post on the occasion of the telegram crisis and replaced by Hermann von Hanneken on October 12, 1942 , as a crackdown on the civilian population was called for. Lüdke himself was transferred to the Führerreserve at the Wehrmacht High Command , but was no longer given a command. On January 31, 1944, he was released from active military service.

In May 1945 Lüdke was arrested by Soviet troops and taken prisoner of war in Torgau . He died there on February 13, 1946.

Awards

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Gender Book , Volume 128, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1962, p. 15.
  2. ^ Voigt, Wilhelm Albert, list of active officers of the 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 71 1860-1910: Completed. On April 30, 1910, 1910, call number: 1915 B 9876 National Library Leipzig. Digitally printed in the forum axishistory, (The link is blocked by a spam filter, the scan can be viewed via google "Ranking and quarters list of the Royal Prussian Army 1900") (Glenn2438 »07 May 2012, 08:03)
  3. ↑ Museum Center Hanstholm, Tyske hærgeneraler i Danmark, Erich Lüdke, digital accessed on 26 September 2017 [1]
  4. ↑ Matthias Bugaeus: funeral sermon for Germanus Luidtke. Stendal 1673. (Braunschweig City Archives, Vol. 95 No. 25)
  5. ↑ When editing the article, the editor had a handwritten compilation “Data about the Lüdke family”, which the Secret Government Councilor and Syndic of the Upper Silesian Principality in Ratibor Carl Lüdke (1857–1927) made.
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1924, p. 135.
personal data
SURNAME Lüdke, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lüdke, Erich Gustav Theodor Heinrich Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently General of the Infantry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Naumburg
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1946
Place of death Torgau