Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim

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Signature of Major General Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim on a certificate of award of an EK I, January 20, 1944

Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim (born October 5, 1894 in Münster , † June 9, 1977 in Uentrop ) was a German lieutenant general in World War II and later a diplomat in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Life

Friedrich-Carl came from the old Westphalian noble family, the Rabe von Pappenheim . He was the son of the Prussian Major General Walter Rabe von Pappenheim (1862-1941) and his wife Charlotte, born von Witzendorff (1868-1935).

After passing the Abitur , Rabe von Pappenheim joined the substitute squadron of the cuirassier regiment "von Driesen" (Westphalian) No. 4 at the beginning of the First World War on August 2, 1914 as a flag junior . In October 1914 he fought on the Western Front , took part in the battles of the Somme , Arras and Lille and was promoted to sergeant on October 20 . From November 1914 he was on the Eastern Front and was promoted to ensign on December 24th . In January 1915, Rabe von Pappenheim was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, for his services, and on April 26, 1915, he was appointed lieutenant . In November 1916 he took part in an MG weapons officer course in Döberitz and in May 1917 was assigned to the staff of the 9th Cavalry Division as a MG officer . On April 19, 1917, he received the Iron Cross 1st class. At the beginning of 1918 Rabe von Pappenheim came to the MG Sniper Command West and on March 15, 1918 was company commander of the Machine Gun Sniper Department 44. From June 1918 until the end of the war he was an orderly officer in the staff of the 14th Reserve Division or at the General Command of the VII Army Corps .

After the end of the First World War, Rabe von Pappenheim was accepted into the Reichswehr . On March 10th he married Hildegard, nee Freiin von der Recke-Uentrop . Their son Günter was born in December of the same year. In September 1923 he was promoted to first lieutenant and in October took part in a training course for assistant driver training . After his promotion to Rittmeister in 1928, Rabe von Pappenheim became chief of the 6th Squadron of the 15th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment . His son Burkhard was born in August 1931.

As a captain , he was transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin on November 1, 1933 as the first general staff officer (Ia) of the Attaché group in the Army Department, later the Foreign Armies Department . Promoted to major in 1935 , he served from October 1, 1937 as a military attaché at the German embassies in Brussels and in The Hague . In the same year he received his appointment to lieutenant colonel and in 1940 to colonel . In October he received his first front command as the commander of the 463rd Infantry Regiment . From October 1941 to 1943 he was a military attaché at the German embassy in Budapest . On October 8, 1943, Rabe von Pappenheim was transferred as major general (since August 8, 1943) to the Führerreserve at the Army High Command. In November he took a division leader course in Döberitz. In February 1944 he was appointed commander of the 97th Jägerdivision and on July 1, 1944 he was granted the patent for lieutenant general. Rabe von Pappenheim received the German Cross in Gold on November 8, 1944 and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on April 30, 1945 . On May 8, 1945, he fell into American captivity and on 1 June 1945 in Soviet. The extradition took place after agreements between the American and Soviet high command, according to which all troops that were most recently under the command of Army Group Schörner were taken prisoner by the Soviets. In October 1955 Rabe von Pappenheim was released from captivity and was able to return to his homeland.

From 1956 to 1967 he was still active in the civil service and was retired on October 1, 1967. Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim died on June 9, 1977 in Uentrop near Hamm at the age of 82. His wife Hildegard died in 1973.

Awards

Fonts

  • Memories of the Soldier and Diplomat 1914-1955. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1987, ISBN 3764814934 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tobias van Gent: Het falen van de nederlandse gewapende neutraliteit, September 1939 - May 1940 , pp. 551f.
  2. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 609.
  3. ↑ a b c Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1930, p. 148
personal data
SURNAME Rabe von Pappenheim, Friedrich-Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lieutenant general and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1977
Place of death Uentropic