George of Neufville

Georg Heinrich von Neufville (born October 27, 1883 in Frankfurt am Main ; † November 3, 1941 near Panovo, USSR ) was a German officer , free corps leader and National Socialist functionary.

parents

His father was the banker Johann Gustav Adolf von Neufville (1848–1942), his mother Karlotta * Amalie Johannette Betty Hütterott. (* 1854-NN)

Life

In 1902 Georg von Neufville became a flag boy in the Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 3 . There he was promoted to lieutenant in 1904 retrospectively for 1903 . He later switched to the Leib-Guard Hussar Regiment. He took part in the First World War, from which he was discharged as a major . After the end of the war, he built the Voluntary Guard Landess Rifle Corps of Neufville.

He entered the Stahlhelm , in which he became regional leader in Baden and Württemberg. In 1933 he was appointed executive president of the Reich Board of Trustees for Youth Enhancement. He also became a member of the NSDAP and SA . In the latter he achieved the rank of brigade leader.

In the Reichstag election on March 29, 1936, he applied unsuccessfully to the NSDAP's nomination for a seat in the National Socialist Reichstag . He was living in Munich at the time .

After the Wehrmacht was founded , he got involved there, was promoted to colonel and took part in the Second World War. As commander of the 195 Infantry Regiment, he was seriously wounded on November 3, 1941 on the Eastern Front in the Mihailovskoje area 60 kilometers west of Moscow on the left bank of the Moscow River . He died the following day at the Panovo Medical Center. He was posthumously promoted to major general.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on September 22, 1941

Web links

Biographical information about the de Neufville families
Neufville, Georg Heinrich von. Hessian biography. (As of March 23, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Neufville, Georg von in the Frankfurt personal dictionary

Individual evidence

↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 566.

personal data
SURNAME	Neufville, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Neufville, Georg Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer and National Socialist functionary
DATE OF BIRTH	October 27, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	November 3, 1941
Place of death	Panovo

[1] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 566.