Heinrich von Trott zu Solz
Hans Heinrich Siegfried von Trott zu Solz (born May 16, 1918 in Kassel , † October 14, 2009 in Nentershausen ) was a German officer and forest scientist .
Life
Trott was the youngest son of the royal Prussian state minister August von Trott zu Solz and Eleonore von Schweinitz . After studying forestry , he served as an active officer in World War II. In 1944 he deserted , unknowingly on the same day that his brother Adam von Trott zu Solz was executed as a resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. After the war he ran a sawmill until 1977 and worked as a forester.
In order to work up his experiences, he maintained intensive contacts with Reinhold Schneider or Ludwig von Ficker , the editor of the cultural magazine “ Der Brenner ”. He was also happy to make himself available to students as a contemporary witness.
After his death, his body was buried in the family cemetery in Imshausen .
biography
- Michaela Seul: An upright life - Heinrich von Trott zu Solz , Herbig, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7766-2507-3
Web links
- Estate of Heinrich von Trott zu Solz in the Brenner archive of the University of Innsbruck.
- biography
- Obituary notice
- Deutschlandfunk biogram
Individual evidence
- ↑ In memory of Heinrich von Trott, who was born 100 years ago. Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine , May 22, 2018, accessed on August 26, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trott zu Solz, Heinrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trott zu Solz, Hans Heinrich Siegfried von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and forester |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 2009 |
| Place of death | Nentershausen (Hesse) |