Friedrich Prisi

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Friedrich Prisi (born December 25, 1875 in Uebeschi , † February 16, 1955 in Bern ) was a Swiss officer, most recently in the rank of Oberstkorpsommandanten .

Life

As the son of a secondary school teacher, Prisi initially trained as a teacher and studied natural sciences and mathematics at the University of Bern and was then a secondary teacher in Meiringen . In 1915 he became an officer in the General Staff of the Swiss Army and in 1923 he was promoted to colonel. In 1932 he was given command of the 3rd Division , from 1936 to 1943 he commanded the 2nd Army Corps and was initially responsible for the position area in northwestern Switzerland to the left of the Limmat position . After moving into the Redoubt , the 2nd Army Corps secured the positions to the left of Lake Lucerne as far as the Interlaken and Hohgant area . In 1943, as the oldest commander of an army corps at the time, he was retired by General Guisan .

Prisi was a founding member of the Pro Aero Foundation , which was set up in 1938 and is still committed to pre-flight training for young people today.

Controversy with General Henri Guisan

His dismissal as commander was preceded by a protracted controversy about the early dismissal of the officers Ulrich Wille and Gustav Däniker , who were considered to be “friendly to Germany” . In addition, Prisi and Guisan had different opinions about the reduit strategy and the concept of troop training. At a conference in June 1940, Prisi pointed out that a retreat to the central area would hardly be effective: "If the army has to sacrifice itself and is supposed to perish, this will be done advantageously in the expanded army position known to the troops".

After Guisan had submitted the report to the Federal Assembly on active service 1939–1945 in the summer of 1946 , Prisi then wrote a reply in which, among other things, he sharply criticized Guisan's allegations to the commander of the air and anti-aircraft troops Hans Bandi : It would be "An unprecedented outrage" that would amount to "a posthumous public execution". The Federal Council and the public sided with Guisan.

literature

  • The Swiss General Staff Corps 1875–1945. A collective biographical study ( Der Schweizerische Generalstab , Volume 8). Helbing and Lichtenhahn, Basel a. a. 1991, ISBN 3-7190-1144-5 .
  • Willi Gautschi : General Henri Guisan: the Swiss army command in World War II. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1994, 4th, revised edition, ISBN 3-85823-516-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pro Aero , accessed May 25, 2015
  2. ^ Willi Gautschi: General Henri Guisan . Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich. 1994, 4th revised edition, ISBN 3-85823-516-4 , page 303
  3. ↑ Walter Dürig (ed.): Colonel Division Hans Bandi. Verlag Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 978-3-7357-7442-2 , page 10
  4. ^ Willi Gautschi: General Henri Guisan . Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1994, 4th, revised edition, ISBN 3-85823-516-4 , page 683 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Prisi, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prisi, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss officer
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Uebeschi
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1955
Place of death Bern