Hans Georg von Mackensen
Hans Georg Viktor von Mackensen (born January 26, 1883 in Berlin , † September 28, 1947 in Konstanz ) was a German state secretary , ambassador and SS group leader .
Life
Mackensen came from a well-known military family. His father was Field Marshal August von Mackensen , his brother General Eberhard von Mackensen . Hans Georg was brought up as a child together with Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia and, from 1902 onwards, embarked on an officer career in the 1st Guard Regiment on foot . The training lasted until 1907. At the same time he studied law .
During the First World War Mackensen was Prince August Wilhelm's personal adjutant , most recently as captain . After the end of the war he worked in the Prussian Ministry of Justice until he was appointed to the Foreign Office in May 1919 . In this function he was from September 1923 Legation Counselor 2nd class in Rome ( Quirinal ), and from August 1926 to April 1929 in Brussels . On August 10, 1926, he married in Leinfelderhof near Vaihingen an der Enz Winifred Christine Helene Freifrau von Neurath, the daughter of the later Reich Foreign Minister Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath . In July 1931, von Mackensen was counselor in Madrid . In May 1933 he joined the NSDAP (membership number 3,453,634). From December 1933 he acted as envoy 1st class in Budapest until he was appointed State Secretary of the Foreign Office on April 15, 1937 as the successor to Bernhard Wilhelm von Bülow, who died in 1936 .
After him his father Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath replaced on February 4, 1938 in his office, Mackensen's successor was Ulrich von Hassell , the account of his criticism of the Italian policy of Adolf Hitler to the disposition made Ambassador to Rome. On January 30, 1942, he received the rank of SS group leader with the staff of the Reichsführer SS .
In his new office, however, he worked, not in the direction of Hitler, towards an early dismissal of Benito Mussolini . He was therefore removed from office on August 2, 1943 after a conversation with Hitler; He remained general of the SS and in this capacity took part in the SS group leader conference in Posen on October 4, 1943, at which Heinrich Himmler gave the first of the Posen speeches .
From May 1945 to April 1946 von Mackensen was a French prisoner of war . He passed away a year after his release.
Honors
- 1939 SS ring of honor
literature
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945? S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-16048-0 .
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 3: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: L – R. Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-506-71842-6 .
Web links
- Newspaper article about Hans Georg von Mackensen in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Blessing : Enzweihingen in old pictures . In: City of Vaihingen an der Enz: 1152–2002. First mentioned in a document 850 years ago: Enzweihingen . Pp. 164-199, Vaihingen / Enz 2002. ISBN 3-933486-38-6
- ^ Romuald Karmakar , The Himmler Project , DVD 2000, Berlin, ISBN 3-89848-719-9 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mackensen, Hans Georg von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mackensen, Hans Georg Viktor von (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German State Secretary and Ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1947 |
| Place of death | Constancy |