Friedrich-Wilhelm Jakoby

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Friedrich-Wilhelm Jakoby (born October 1, 1899 in Remscheid , † January 19, 1967 in Düsseldorf ) was a German police officer and officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

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Early life

After attending school, Jakoby joined the replacement battalion of the 5th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 53 on June 19, 1915 as a war volunteer . At the end of August 1915 he was transferred to the 9th company of his regiment. While at the same time being promoted to sergeant in the reserve, Jakoby completed an officer course on March 1, 1917 at the Sennelager military training area and subsequently became a platoon leader in his main regiment as a vice sergeant in the reserve . On January 23, 1918, he came to the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 2 as a company officer and was promoted to Lieutenant of the Reserve on March 23, 1918 . Jakoby remained in the regiment beyond the end of the war until December 1918. He was then appointed as adjutant of the reserve battalion. Jakoby then served as a company officer in the III. Battalion of the Fusilier Regiment "Queen Victoria of Sweden" (Pomeranian) No. 34 , before he was transferred to the II Army Corps and finally retired from active service on October 31, 1919.

Jakoby joined the Prussian police on November 1, 1919 with the rank of police lieutenant. During the Weimar Republic , he was promoted to lieutenant police officer (May 24, 1924) and to police captain (August 11, 1932).

Adjutant Görings and Reichstag fire

On January 31, 1933, immediately after the formation of the Hitler government on January 30, 1933, Jakoby was appointed adjutant to the newly appointed aviation minister and Prussian interior minister Hermann Göring . Jakoby is often mentioned in this capacity in the historical literature in connection with the Reichstag fire of February 28, 1933. According to a statement by Jakoby to the Reichstag fire researcher Fritz Tobias , he was the one who first informed Göring about the fire in the Reichstag building :

“On the day of the Reichstag fire, I, then the only adjutant, reported to Goering. I was then and still am convinced that this surprise was real. "

Has been discussed in the literature often also the prompting of Jakoby investigation of the subterranean passage between the Reichstag Building and inhabited by Goering in his capacity as president of the Reichstag Reichstag President's Palace , by the chief of Goering SS Stabswache Walter Weber randomly selected and some officials of the police .

Commander of the State Police Group and General Göring's Regiment

On April 20, 1933, Jakoby was promoted to police major in the command staff of the state police, where he played a key role in the reorganization and cleaning of the police apparatus in the interests of the National Socialists. Almost a year later, on June 6, 1934 Jakoby took over as successor to Walther Wecke command of the " Landespolizeigruppe General Goering z. b. V. ”, an elite unit of the Prussian protection police, which was formed in 1933 to secure the Reich government against violent attacks. Under Jakoby's direction, the structure, armament and equipment of this troop corresponded to that of a motorized infantry regiment of the army as early as April 1935. With a troop strength of 1,856 police officers, the unit was also an important part of Göring's “home power” in the power struggle of the Nazi leaders. After Göring had to hand over the command of the Prussian police to Heinrich Himmler and Reinhard Heydrich in April 1934 - who thus united the power over all police forces in the Reich in their hands - the state police group was applied, which, unlike the rest of the Prussian police, remained in Göring's area of ​​command , as a kind of life insurance of Göring in the event of a violent conflict, since he still had a large armed bodyguard available as a counterweight to Himmler's SS units.

Six months after Göring's appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force in March 1935, the State Police Group was incorporated into the Air Force as General Göring's Regiment in September 1935 . Jakoby continued to be their commander. On October 1, 1935, he was officially accepted into the Air Force - with the character of a lieutenant colonel . After almost a year as commander of the regiment, Jakoby was transferred to another post on August 13, 1936, while Artur Axthelm took over the leadership of the regiment .

Later career

In the later years of the Nazi regime, Jakoby was entrusted with several other commands in the Air Force and was successively promoted to lieutenant colonel (October 1, 1937), colonel (May 1, 1939), major general (February 1, 1943) and lieutenant general on March 30 , 1937 January 1945 promoted.

literature

  • Andres Schulz / Günter Wegmann: The generals of the Waffen SS and the police. Lammerding-Plesch , (= volume 3 of the series), 2003.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jakoby's communication to Fritz Tobias from February 16, 1961, Tobias archive. See: Fritz Tobias: Der Reichstagbrand , 1962, p. 109. The statement made by State Secretary Grauert on October 3, 1957, also Tobias archive, agrees.
  2. ^ Fritz Tobias : Der Reichstagbrand , 1962, p. 111. Furthermore, Walther Hofer : Der Reichstagbrand. A scientific documentation , Vol. 2, 1978, p. 245 and Alexander Bahar : Der Reichstagbrand. How History is Made , 2001, p. 262.
  3. ↑ Volker Knopf: Göring's Reich Self-Staging in Karinshall , p. 72.
personal data
SURNAME Jakoby, Friedrich-Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German police officer and officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Remscheid
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1967
Place of death Dusseldorf