Ernst von Radowitz

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Ernst Joseph Maria von Radowitz (born May 4, 1869 in Altenburg ; † January 31, 1944 in Stettin ) was a German officer and SS leader, most recently an SS group leader .

Life

origin

He was the eldest son of the future Prussian Lieutenant General Clemens von Radowitz (1832-1890) and his first wife Paula, née Spangenberg († October 23, 1876 in Berlin).

Prussian Army (1879/1919)

Radowitz received his education at the cadet schools in Plön and Groß-Lichterfelde , which he attended from 1879 to 1886. He then joined the 1st Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 31 of the Prussian Army on May 17, 1886 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant on November 15, 1887 . On June 1, 1889, he was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 135 , where he served as a battalion adjutant. Since December 15, 1894 Prime Lieutenant , Radowitz graduated from the War Academy in Berlin in 1896/99 . In 1899 he was accepted into the General Staff and there he was assigned to the Topographical Department. With his promotion to captain on March 23, 1901, he became chief of the 11th company in the infantry regiment "von der Goltz" (7th Pomeranian) No. 54 in Kolberg . As a major , Radowitz was on the staff of the Teutonic Order Infantry Regiment No. 152 and then from 1912 acted as commander of the 2nd Battalion in the Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 5 in Spandau. With this position he rose on June 19, 1914 to lieutenant colonel .

During the First World War , Radowitz commanded the 5th Guards Regiment on foot as a lieutenant colonel from August 30, 1914 . He gave up this command on February 7, 1918 and commanded the 37th Infantry Brigade until July 4, 1918 and then the 2nd Guard Infantry Brigade until December 7, 1918 after the end of the war . Briefly interrupted by commands in the 185th Infantry Brigade and the 5th Guard Infantry Brigade . During the war he was promoted to colonel on March 22, 1917 .

In the post-war period Radowitz was again commander of the 5th Guards Regiment on foot from December 12, 1918 to January 1919. He then retired from active service under the bestowal of the character as major general .

time of the nationalsocialism

In the early 1930s Radowitz approached the Nazi movement. On January 1, 1932, he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 894.121). September 13, 1936, he was also a member of the SS (membership number 276980), in which he, according to the principle of rank approximation taking into account its army rank among skipping of eight SS lieutenants and-Leader ranks directly from the SS man to standartenführer promoted has been. On April 20, 1937, he was promoted to SS-Oberführer .

On April 20, 1939, Radowitz was promoted to SS-Brigadführer and on November 9, 1942 to SS-Gruppenführer.

Radowitz took part in the group leader conference in Poznan on October 4, 1943, at which Heinrich Himmler gave the first speech in Poznan .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldatisches Führertum . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , p. 462, no. 3330.
  2. ↑ Ernst von Radowitz on www.dws-xip.pl
  3. ^ Romuald Karmakar : The Himmler project . DVD 2000, Berlin, ISBN 3-89848-719-9 .
personal data
SURNAME Radowitz, Ernst von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and SS leader
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenburg
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1944
Place of death Szczecin