Fritz von der Lancken
Fritz von der Lancken (born June 21, 1890 in Diedenhofen ; † September 29, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a German reserve officer and resistance fighter from July 20, 1944 .
Life
Fritz von der Lancken ran a boarding school for boys from aristocratic and landowning families in Potsdam since 1932 in Villa Rohn, Marienstraße 26 (today Gregor-Mendel-Straße). In 1941 he bought the villa in which he also lived.
During the Second World War , the Lieutenant Colonel of the Reserve was appointed to the Army High Command at the General Army Office as an adjutant to General Friedrich Olbricht . In 1943 and 1944, Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, among others, worked there as Chief of Staff.
The Villa Rohn often served as a place for conspiratorial meetings and was also a temporary hiding place for the explosives that Stauffenberg used in the assassination attempt.
On July 20, 1944, von der Lancken temporarily guarded the appointed military district commander of Military District III, General Joachim von Kortzfleisch, in the Bendler Block . After the uprising was put down, he was arrested himself. On August 14th, he was released from the Wehrmacht by the court of honor , which meant that the Reich Court Martial was no longer responsible for the sentencing. On September 28 and 29, 1944, the hearing before the People's Court took place under its President Roland Freisler . On September 29, Fritz von der Lancken was sentenced to death and hanged on the same day in Plötzensee . An inscription on the grave of Lancken-Wallis in the Invalidenfriedhof Berlin commemorates Fritz von der Lancken.
Fritz von der Lancken was married and had three daughters.
literature
- Bengt von zur Mühlen (ed.): The defendants of July 20 before the People's Court. Chronos Film GmbH, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-931054-06-3 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lancken, Fritz von der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and resistance fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thionville |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1944 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Plötzensee |