Ernst von Reichenau (publicist)

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Ernst-Leuchtmar Friedrich Eduard Karl Wilhelm von Reichenau (born May 23, 1893 in Charlottenburg near Berlin , † July 27, 1966 in Hermeskeil ) was a German publicist, editor and writer.

Life and activity

Ernst von Reichenau was the youngest of three sons of the Prussian general Ernst von Reichenau (1841-1919) and his wife Elisabeth, née Greve (* 1853). His older brother was Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau .

Ernst Leuchtmar Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Reichenau, photo taken around 1960

Like his older brother, Reichenau embarked on a military career and took part in the First World War. He then lived in Paris for a few years , little is known about his activities during this time.

After the formation of a German-Chinese trading company (HARPO) in Canton , which was under the influence of the German army, Reichenau got a job in this through the mediation of his brother. The task of the trading company was to organize the importation of German machines for the construction of armaments factories into China. Since 1927 he stayed in the Far East with short interruptions. This activity ended with the Japanese invasion of Canton. According to the International Biographical Archive, there is no information about his whereabouts in the following years. Reichenau later described himself as an advisor to the Chinese National Socialists for a period of twenty years. Claims made by him that he had even acted as a military advisor to the Kuomintang were refuted in the 1950s.

In some cases later allegations were made that Reichenau was working with the Chinese communists. His brother, Field Marshal Reichenau, broke off all contact with him by the 1930s at the latest and, at a request from the German diplomatic mission in Canton, said that he would ensure that his brother would return home from Canton, where he was a disruptive factor have no brother. After the Second World War, Reichenau worked in the American authority to check the Germans in China.

Reichenau returned to Germany around 1950, where he was editor of the short-lived, nationalist-oriented magazine Military Political Forum . The magazine stood out mainly because of its sharp attacks against the West integration of the Federal Republic. Reichenau had to withdraw from it at the end of 1952 after allegations that he had received funds from representatives of the GDR government to influence his political activities and to organize them. On February 16, 1956, he married the midwife Helena Emma Elgas.

Fonts

  • The black city. Novel. Wigand, Berlin / Leipzig 1913.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death register of the registry office Hermeskeil No. 130/1966.
  2. ↑ Ernst von Reichenau: On our own behalf! In: Military Political Forum. 3/1952, p. 134.
personal data
SURNAME Reichenau, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reichenau, Ernst-Leuchtmar Friedrich Eduard Karl Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist, editor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1966
Place of death Hermeskeil