Georg Schulze-Büttger

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Georg Schulze-Büttger (born October 5, 1904 in Posen ; † October 13, 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee ) was a career officer and resistance fighter from July 20, 1944 .

Life

Georg Schulze-Büttger came to Hildesheim with his sister and mother when he was seven , where his grandmother lived. His father, an officer, had died early. He attended the local high school Andreanum and passed the Abitur there in 1922. Then he joined the 17th (Preuß.-Braunschw.) Infantry Regiment of the Reichswehr in Goslar , which with its 12th company had taken over the tradition of the "Goslar Jäger" . In the following years he qualified as a general staff officer. From 1935 he was adjutant to Colonel General Ludwig Beck , the Army Chief of Staff, in Berlin . Through this he found contacts with circles critical of the regime. About the November pogroms of 1938 he said to his wife: “We will bitterly regret this day again”.

After Beck's resignation in August 1938, he became company commander in the 74th Infantry Regiment in Hameln and later First General Staff Officer (Ia) of the 71st Infantry Division established in Hildesheim in August 1939 . With her he moved into the Second World War . From August 1940 on he was Ia of XXXVIII. Army Corps. With this he took part in the campaign against the Soviet Union . In December 1941 he was transferred to the General Staff of Army Group Center , where he was one of the close confidants of Major General Henning von Tresckow , who together with Colonel i. G. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was the head of the military resistance against Hitler. In Smolensk, Tresckow and Schulze-Büttger tried out various explosives for an assassination attempt. In February 1943, through Tresckow's mediation, Schulze-Büttger was appointed Ia of Army Group South under the leadership of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein . In July 1944 Schulze-Büttger became Chief of the General Staff of the 4th Panzer Army .

After the failed assassination attempt on July 20, 1944, he was arrested at the front (August 20) because of his knowledge. On September 14th, Colonel i. G. dishonorably expelled from the Wehrmacht by the court of honor , so that the Reich Court Martial was no longer responsible for the sentencing. On October 13, 1944, the hearing before the People's Court took place under its President Roland Freisler . On the same day Georg Schulze-Büttger was sentenced to death and hanged in Plötzensee .

Georg Schulze-Büttger was married and had a daughter and two sons. Both sons, Georg and Jobst Schulze-Büttger, were officers in the Bundeswehr .

Honor

  • In Hildesheim since 1981 for him in the settlement Bockfeld in the district Moritzberg of Schulze-Biittger path named.
  • A meeting room in Hildesheim's town hall bears his name.
  • The family grave is located in the Lambertifriedhof , on which a gravestone inscription reminds of him.
  • His life dates are entered in the war dead memorial book that is on display at the Andreanum grammar school.

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Schulze-Büttger, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German resistance fighters against National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1944
Place of death Berlin-Plötzensee