Max Schwarte
Max Schwarte (born April 5, 1860 in Solingen , † December 14, 1945 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and military writer.
Life
Military career
Schwarte had been an officer in the Prussian Army since October 14, 1880 . In the run-up to his military career, he worked as a teacher at the War Academy in Berlin from 1902 and as a department head in the General Staff from 1906 . From August 15, 1912 to January 26, 1913, Schwarte was in command of the 4th Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 63 in Opole . Then he was promoted to major general as commander of the 79th Infantry Brigade in Wesel .
At the beginning of the First World War he led his brigade , consisting of infantry regiments No. 56 and 57 , in the group of the 14th Division on the northern western front . Schwarte took part in the battles at St. Quentin and the Marne . From November 23, 1914 to February 13, 1915 he commanded the 17th Reserve Division and since February 16, 1915 the 10th Infantry Division . In this capacity, Schwarte was promoted to Lieutenant General on June 6, 1916, and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves and Swords, in December 1916 .
Schwarte was recalled on April 30, 1917.
From 1919 onwards, Schwarte was editor of the Wehr und Waffen. The technology in the world war . He was also active as an author and editor of a large number of books and articles on military history.
family
Schwarte married Clara Quambusch in 1890 (born January 4, 1868 in Unterbarmen; † June 18, 1930 in Berlin-Charlottenburg). They had the following children together:
- Wera (born December 14, 1893; † November 28, 1969 in Solingen), later secretary to the head of the Abwehr , the military secret service of the Wehrmacht , Wilhelm Canaris and the first President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution in the Federal Republic of Germany Otto John . She was later exposed as a Soviet agent.
- Kurt-Joachim (born March 19, 1898 in Metz , † August 1, 1943 at sea), buried in Reval .
Fonts
- The military lessons of the Great War. 1920.
- War teachings in examples from the world war. 1925.
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The Great War 1914–1918 in ten volumes. 1921-1927.
- later appeared as The World Battle for Honor and Justice
- History of world war. A German folk book. Berlin: Reichel, 1932 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Literature by and about Max Schwarte in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Peter-Ferdinand Koch: Unmasked. Double agents: names, facts, evidence. P. 306. ( limited preview with Google Book Search ).
- ^ Military weekly paper. No. 13/14 of January 27, 1913, p. 255.
- ^ Military weekly paper. No. 100/101 of June 8, 1916, p. 2351.
- ^ Military weekly paper. No. 111/112 of December 21, 1916, p. 2629.
- ↑ Gangolf Hübinger (ed.): Writings on politics and cultural philosophy (1918–1923). S. 589. ( limited preview with Google Book Search ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwarte, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Lieutenant General in World War I and military writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1945 |