Günther-Joachim Rothe

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Günter-Joachim Rothe (born June 24, 1915 - July 18, 2003 ) was a German officer, most recently a brigadier general in the Bundeswehr .

Life

Günter Rothe was the son of the district court councilor and major of the reserve, Ernst Rothe, and Frida Rothe born Bachmann (1887–1970).

He graduated in the armed forces , the general staff training . As a general staff officer he was among other things deployed to the Wehrmacht commander- in- chief in the Netherlands . His last rank in the Wehrmacht was a major .

In the Bundeswehr he was, among other things, from November 17, 1960 to September 30, 1963 commander of the 11th Artillery Regiment in Oldenburg . In September 1964 he was promoted to brigadier general. In this rank he was initially commander of the artillery school of the Bundeswehr in Idar-Oberstein . His last position was from October 1, 1967 to September 30, 1970, in command of the 30th Panzer Grenadier Brigade in Ellwangen (Jagst) .

He was married to Gertraud Rothe, née Hoppe (1919–2003), who died two months after him. The grave is in the cemetery in Luttum .

Remarks

  1. ↑ also found as Günt (h) er Rothe or in the spelling Günt h er-Joachim Rothe

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rothe, Günter-Joachim. In: Clemens Range : The tolerated army. 50 years of the Bundeswehr. Translimes Media, 2005, p. 285.
  2. ^ Press and Information Office: Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. Deutscher Bundes-Verlag 1967, p. 789.
  3. ↑ a b Gravstener: Luttum cemetery (Kirchlinteln). genealogy.net.
  4. ↑ a b Obituary for Frida Rothe in: Das Ostpreußenblatt , vol. 21, volume 19, May 9, 1970, p. 13.21 ( PDF )
  5. ↑ a b Rothe. Günter. In: Documentation of Time. Issue 1–12 (1969), German Institute for Contemporary History , p. 20.
  6. ↑ a b Reinhard Teuber: The Bundeswehr 1955–1995. Patzwall, Norderstedt 1996, pp. 46, 64, 77, 151
  7. ↑ Personal details . In: 136th cabinet meeting on September 23, 1964
  8. ^ Günter Rothe. In: Der Spiegel , January 6, 1965, p. 74
  9. ^ Exams passed - Rothe, Bärbel (Colonel Günther Rothe and Mrs. Frida from Osterode). In: Das Ostpreußenblatt , vol. 15, episode 15, April 11, 1964
personal data
SURNAME Rothe, Günther-Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rothe, Günter-Joachim; Rothe, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1915
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 2003