Hubertus von Aulock

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Hubertus von Aulock (born October 2, 1891 in Kochelsdorf , Upper Silesia , † January 18, 1979 in Norderstedt ) was a German officer , most recently Major General of the Reserve in World War II and NSKK brigade leader .

Life

He was the third son of the Prussian lieutenant Franz von Aulock (1856-1904) and Antonie Schoenheyder. His brother Andreas also embarked on a career as an officer and made a name for himself as the fortress commander of Saint-Malo during World War II.

Aulock joined the Infantry Regiment "Keith" (1st Oberschlesisches) No. 22 of the Prussian Army in the summer of 1911 as a flag junior , graduated from the main cadet institute in Lichterfelde and was promoted to lieutenant on November 19, 1912 . During the First World War he was used as a platoon and company commander and as a battalion adjutant. On March 22, 1916, he was promoted to first lieutenant .

After the armistice of Compiègne and the return home, Aulock formed from demobilized parts of his regiment on December 11, 1918 the Freikorps "von Aulock", which in 1919 was transferred to the Reichswehr-Jäger-Battalion 8 of the Provisional Reichswehr .

During the Kapp Putsch , soldiers of this volunteer corps took control of Breslau on March 14, 1920 and arrested Bernhard Schottländer , editor of the Schlesische Arbeiter-Zeitung , and 30 other people. Schottländer was tortured and murdered by the coup plotters. Over a month later, on June 23, 1920, his mutilated body was found in the Oder . According to Ernst Toller's report , Aulock spent a few days in prison as a suspect, but was then released with impunity because he was incapable of imprisonment. On July 14, 1920 Aulock was with the character as a captain retired from the service.

Aulock joined the NSDAP and became leader of the Motor Brigade Greater Berlin of the National Socialist Motorist Corps in the pre-war period .

In 1937 Aulock completed a course for adjutants with division supply leaders at the supply school in Hanover and was accepted into the Wehrmacht as a reserve officer . In 1938 he was promoted to captain of the reserve retroactively to October 1, 1931. As such, Aulock took over on August 26, 1939 the post of commander of the headquarters at Corps-Supply Leader 403 of III. Army Corps . On October 1, 1939, he was promoted to major in the reserve and, on October 12, briefly took over command of the Brandenburg special unit .

Aulock then experienced the western campaign in 1940 in the position of Quartermaster III. Army Corps, which he held until September 1, 1940. On May 19, 1941 he was appointed chief of the command staff at the military commander in Northwest France and on July 1, 1942, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the reserve.

Two years later, on August 1, 1944, he was promoted to Colonel of the Reserve and in October 1943 was commander of the 79th Infantry Division for six days .

During the fighting for Paris from August 15 until his capture on September 2, 1944, Aulock led the combat group named after him in the Mons pocket , since August 21, 1944 as major general of the reserve.

In December 1948 he was released from American captivity .

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 Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 . Pp. 126-127.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Toller: Letters 1915-1939: Critical Edition. Wallstein Verlag, 2018. Partial online view
  2. ↑ Mark H. Gelber, Jakob Hessing, Robert Jütte: Integration and Exclusion: Studies on German-Jewish literary and cultural history from the early modern period to the present; Festschrift for Hans Otto Horch on his 65th birthday. P. 271. Online partial view
  3. ^ Bernhard Sauer: Black Reichswehr and Fememorde. Berlin 2004. p. 33. Fn. 50.
  4. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 136 ( google.de [accessed on April 23, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Aulock, Hubertus von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, major general of the reserve, NSKK brigade leader
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Kochelsdorf
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1979
Place of death Norderstedt