Friedrich Franz von Grote
Friedrich Franz Graf von Grote (born October 7, 1901 in Berlin ; † March 31, 1942 near Pekachino / Demjansk / Russia ) was a German Nazi agricultural functionary, landowner and SS-Oberführer .
Life
Friedrich Franz Graf Grote came from the old Lower Saxon noble family Grote . As a landowner, he was the owner of the Mecklenburg goods Varchentin , Deven (since April 1, 1942, to Demmin ), Varchow / Malchin . He took over Varchentin from his relative Adolf von Grote . The castle estate included over 1700 hectares of the surrounding land; practically the entire population of the places in it was dependent on the count's family. There is evidence that Grote worked with the Artamanen , who were allowed to set up a training camp in Varchentin.
In addition to his work as a landowner, Grote was still involved in the "system time" (Weimar Republic) for the National Socialists and was thus an " old fighter ". He joined the NSDAP on December 1, 1931 ( membership number 851.877). After the " seizure of power ", Grote quickly made a career in the agricultural sector. First he was chairman or president of the Mecklenburg Chamber of Agriculture in Rostock from 1933 and, after its liquidation, from 1933 head of the state department of the Mecklenburg State Farmers' Union, which moved to Güstrow in 1936 . From at least 1937 to June 1940 he was the country's farmer's leader - the highest office at the state and provincial level within the Reichsnährstand . In this function he was from August 27, 1939 head of the newly established Mecklenburg Food Office. From 1940 to 1941 he was also head of the Office for Agricultural Policy in the Mecklenburg Gauleitung of the NSDAP under Gauleiter Friedrich Hildebrandt .
After the attack on the Netherlands as part of the western campaign (yellow case) , Grote became head of the Agriculture and Food Department at the Reich Commissioner for the Occupied Dutch Territories in The Hague . With the invasion of the Soviet Union ( Operation Barbarossa ) on 22 June 1941 Grote's war effort began as a lieutenant of Skijagdkommandos in Infantry Regiment 48. Grote who is a member of and leader SS (SS-membership. 194,300) was received there on 9. November 1941 the rank of SS-Oberführer . In the spring of 1942 Grote fell on the Eastern Front , probably during the Demyansk Battle .
His wife Rachel Derby-Smith, of American descent, was able to emigrate to the USA with her five children before the arrival of the “ Red Army ” on the Mecklenburg estate .
literature
- Michael Buddrus (Ed.): Mecklenburg in the Second World War. The meetings of the Gauleiter Friedrich Hildebrandt with the NS management bodies of the Gau Mecklenburg 1939–1945, an edition of the minutes of the meeting. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2009, p. 1019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Artur Jost Pflegehar: Artamanen auf Varchentin . In: Mecklenburgische Monatshefte , Vol. 9 (1933), No. 107 (November), pp. 545-546.
- ↑ http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/lista4/lista4.html
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Grote, Friedrich Franz von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grote, Friedrich Franz Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Nazi agricultural functionary, landowner and SS-Oberführer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1942 |
| Place of death | near Pekachino, Demyansk |