Ottokar von Knieriem

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Johann Conrad Ottokar von Knieriem (born August 4, 1893 at Petershof near Olai , Latvia, † May 1, 1966 in Königstein im Taunus ) was a bank director.

His father Woldemar von Knieriem (1849–1935) was an agronomist and rector of the Riga Polytechnic . He was married to Sophie Bertholet De Villebois († 1895) and Ottokar's mother Elisabeth Martha Alexandra Kupffer (1864–1947), with whom he had two and three children, respectively. Ottokar's sister Elisabeth was the mother of Olof Palme .

In 1919 he worked in Latvia as an orderly officer in the staff of General and Freikorpsführer Rüdiger von der Goltz .

Ottokar von Knieriem was director of Libauer Bank AG, a subsidiary of Dresdner Bank. He later became a representative of Dresdner Bank AG in Stockholm .

After the Second World War , the Allies charged him with being a National Socialist. On the basis of testimony from Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg, he was acquitted.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry to Knieriem, Johann Karl Woldemar v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital
  2. ↑ http://www.lundskov.dk/kongehus/getperson.php?personID=I20973&tree=treeroyal  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lundskov.dk  
  3. ^ Countries and peoples in Eastern Central Europe. In: Journal for East Research. Volume 36, 1987, p. 523.
  4. ^ Wilhelm Lenz: German power politics in Latvia in the year 1919. Selected documents of the General Command of the VI led by General Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz. Reservekorps , in: Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung 36 (1987), pp. 523-576 ( digitized on zfo-online.de ), here p. 523
  5. ↑ Henrik Berggren : Olof Palme - Wonderful days lie ahead: The biography.
personal data
SURNAME Knieriem, Ottokar von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knieriem, Johann Conrad Ottokar von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bank director
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH near Olai , Latvia
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1966
Place of death Königstein im Taunus