Siegfried Emmo Owls

Siegfried Emmo Eulen (born September 23, 1890 in Cloppenburg , † January 20, 1945 in Weeze ) was one of the presidents of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge .

Life

Born as the son of a bailiff , Eulen studied German and philosophy in Freiburg and Heidelberg after attending the Oberrealschule in Oldenburg . During his studies in 1909 he became a member of the Freiburg fraternity of Teutonia . He was a member of the Wandervogel . In 1914 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . He took part in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. Since 1917 he was an officer in the war graves administration in Poland , Galicia and Turkey .

In 1919 he co-founded the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge , which he chaired as president from 1933 to 1945. From 1939 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War, at the end of which he succumbed to a war wound.

Honors

During the First World War he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class. In Weeze, Siegfried-Eulen-Strasse was named after him. From 1952 to 1963 the Volksbund awarded the Siegfried Emmo Owl Plaque as its highest honor .

literature

Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I Politicians, Part 1: A – E. Heidelberg 1996, p. 269.

Individual evidence

↑ Sabine Stamer: Forgetting about the graves. In: Die Zeit from November 13, 1987. (accessed November 7, 2016)

personal data
SURNAME	Owls, Siegfried Emmo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 23, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cloppenburg
DATE OF DEATH	January 20, 1945
Place of death	Weeze

[1] Sabine Stamer: Forgetting about the graves. In: Die Zeit from November 13, 1987. (accessed November 7, 2016)