Hans Henrici

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Hans Henrici (born January 15, 1895 in Hagen ; † April 23, 1960 in Neheim-Hüsten ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II and an entrepreneur.

First World War

Henrici entered after the end of his high school and the outbreak of the First World War on August 5, 1914 as a volunteer in the replacement battalion of the infantry regiment "Prince Friedrich of the Netherlands" (2nd Westphalian) No. 15 of the Prussian Army . On October 10, 1914, he was transferred to the replacement battalion of the Hohenzollern Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13 , and from January 1916 he served with the 247th, 246th and 360th artillery batteries on the western front . He was promoted to private on May 12, 1915 and to non-commissioned officer on May 6, 1916 . On November 11, 1916, he was appointed a flag squire and transferred to the replacement battalion of the foot artillery regiment "General Feldzeugmeister" (Brandenburgisches) No. 3 for training. This Henrici was from March 1917 where he on 14 June 1917 again at the front, Ensign , and on August 18, 1917 Lieutenant was promoted. After staying in a hospital from October 1917 to March 1918 due to illness , he returned to the reserve battalion in April 1918. From July 26, 1918, he was an artillery trainer for booty guns in Metz .

Interwar period

After the war ended, Henrici was first adjutant of the replacement battalion from December 12, 1918 . On March 12, 1919, he joined the Baltic State Army , where he became battery leader on June 1 and adjutant on July 26.

On February 18, 1920 Henrici was accepted into the provisional Reichswehr and initially assigned to the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 20. From October 1 to December 22, 1920 he was ordered to take a shooting course in Jüterbog . With the further reduction of the Reichswehr to 100,000 men, he was transferred to the 1st (Prussian) Artillery Regiment on January 1, 1921 , where he was used with the 9th battery from January 27th. On October 1, 1923 his promotion was made to Lieutenant , and he began studying for a mechanical engineer at the Technical University in Berlin-Charlottenburg, which he in May 1928 as a graduate engineer graduated. However, he remained an officer and after completing his studies on April 1, 1928, was assigned to the Army Weapons Office of the Reichswehr Ministry (RWM) and promoted to captain on May 1, 1928 . In April 1929 he switched to the 1st battery of his regiment and became battery chief there on October 1, 1929 . On March 1, 1932, he was again seconded to the arms office of the RWM and transferred there on October 1 of the same year. On March 1, 1935, he became a major . From October 12, 1937 to September 30, 1939 he was in command of the 1st battalion in Artillery Regiment 13. There he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 1, 1938 .

Second World War

From September 30 to November 3, 1939, he served as regimental commander , his last post as a troop officer. Henrici then served in the Army Arms Office of the OKH until the end of the war . There he was promoted to chief of the weapons department in the office group for industrial armament (Wa J Rü 2) on February 1, 1940 and promoted to colonel on April 1, 1940 . From August 1, 1940 until the end of the war he was head of the Office for Industrial Armaments (Wa J Rü). He was promoted to major general on July 1, 1943. From 1944 until the end of the war, he was a representative of the OKH on the supervisory board of the Verwertungsgesellschaft für Montanindustrie GmbH "Montan", founded in 1916 .

After the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 , he was imprisoned for three weeks; but no direct involvement in the attack could be proven.

With the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht , Henrici was a US prisoner of war until May 1947 .

Military awards

post war period

After returning from captivity, he joined the Brökelmann, Jäger und Busse company . He took the place of his father-in-law Adolf Brökelmann, who had died five years earlier. In addition to Hanns Busse and Dietrich Gercken, he was one of the company's managing directors. The company expanded during the time of the economic miracle . However, difficult times for the company began as early as the late 1950s due to increasing international competition. After his death, his son Dieter Henrici took over the position of managing director in 1964.

family

Henrici married Eva Brökelmann in 1936. The marriage had three children, Ernst-Dietrich (Dieter) (* 1937), Christine (* 1938) and Hans (* 1941).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barbara Hopmann: From MONTAN to the industrial management company (IVG), 1916-1951: Barbara Hopmann . Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-515-06993-3 , pp. 50 (316 p., Limited preview in the Google book search - the book gives a wrong first name (Rudolf)).
  2. ↑ For the company's activities, see: In the center: The light. BJB 125 years of involvement in Neheim's industrial history . Arnsberg o. J.
personal data
SURNAME Henrici, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1960
Place of death Neheim-Hüsten