Hans Adolf von Arenstorff

Hans Adolf von Arenstorff (born October 18, 1895 in Lohe , † May 5, 1952 in Brjanka , Soviet Union ) was a German major general and manor owner .

Life

He came from the Arenstorff family of Brandenburg and was the fifth child of Altwig von Arenstorff (1856–1923) and his wife Wilhelmine, née Waitz von Eschen . Hans Adolf owned the two estates Oyle (150 ha ) and Lohe (100 ha).

Arenstorff came with the outbreak of the First World War as an officer cadet in the second Hannoversche Dragoons. 16 of the Prussian army and was promoted in May 1915 to lieutenant . After the end of the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr . a. Rittmeister and squadron chief in the 18th Cavalry Regiment . In the Wehrmacht , Arenstorff served as commander of the 79th Rifle Regiment and the 16th Rifle Brigade. He received the German Cross in Gold on January 14, 1942 . In November 1942 commissioned him as a colonel with the leadership of the 60th Infantry Division (mot.) Until the January 2, 1943 during the Battle of Stalingrad in captivity came. With seniority from January 1, 1943, he was promoted to major general on October 1, 1943.

On December 8, 1944, he was one of the 50 German generals who signed the appeal to the people and the armed forces . He died in 1952 as a Soviet prisoner of war.

Arenstorff married Dagmar Freiin Reichlin von Meldegg on September 15, 1922 in Hanover .

literature

• Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 1: Abberger – Bitthorn. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 84-85.
• Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Part A, 33 vol., Gotha 1934, p. 2.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Text online at pkgodzik.de (PDF; 53 kB)