Friedrich Jakob

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Friedrich Jakob (born March 18, 1910 in Ehringshausen ; † September 9, 1994 in Mainz ) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht and, like Otto Remer, played a fatal role on July 20, 1944 .

Military background

Friedrich Jakob entered the 15th Infantry Regiment in Gießen in 1928 , and in April 1936 he was transferred to the 36th Infantry Regiment in Worms. In October 1936 when the 6./IR 105 was reorganized in Trier, he became a platoon leader. In 1939 he took over as a first lieutenant in IR 105 as company chief. With this he fought in France and in the Balkans. He took over the IR 105 as captain. For the capture of Fort Balaklava in the Crimea was awarded the Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross on March 4, 1942. From September 1942 he led the combat school of the 72nd Infantry Division, and in April 1943 he became a major tactics teacher at the Döberitz military training area .

July 20, 1944

As part of the company's Valkyrie Major Friedrich Jakob occupied already at 17:30 the House of Broadcasting . He ordered the director to stop broadcasting. Thereupon he went with Jakob into a switch room and flipped a switch. Jakob believed that broadcasting was over. Nevertheless, Berlin continued to broadcast. This left the Nazi regime with the opportunity to inform the German people quickly and directly that Hitler had survived the assassination attempt.

Further war events

Since Jakob had not participated in the conspiracy, but only carried out orders, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on August 1, 1944 and took over as commander of the Volksgrenadier Regiment 1149. On December 18, 1944, he was decorated with the oak leaves to the knight's cross. On May 8, 1945 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets, from which he was released on January 6, 1950.

literature

  • Antje Vollmer , Lars-Broder Keil : Stauffenberg's companions. The fate of the unknown conspirators. Hanser, Berlin / Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-24156-5 . In it, pp. 27–43: “So don't ask about me anymore, but let me be wiped out”. Friedrich Karl Klausing (1920–1944).
  • Peter Hoffmann : Resistance, Coup, Assassination. The fight of the opposition against Hitler . Munich 1985 (new edition).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Wiegrefe : Heroes and Murderers. Der Spiegel , July 12, 2004.
personal data
SURNAME Jakob, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Ehringshausen
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1994
Place of death Mainz