Wilhelm von Brozowski (General)

Wilhelm Karl Bernhard von Brozowski (born March 1, 1852 in Mühlhausen near Elster , Vogtland , † February 1, 1945 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a Prussian major general .

Life

Brozowski visited the cadet corps and after the beginning of the war against France on August 9, 1870, he was transferred to the 4th Westphalian Infantry Regiment No. 17 of the Prussian Army as portepeefähnrich . With this association he took part in the siege of Metz and the battles at Orléans and Le Mans . On February 7, 1871 Brozowski was promoted to second lieutenant.

After the peace treaty he acted for three years as adjutant of the 2nd battalion and was commanded from December 16, 1879 to January 1, 1880 to serve as an assistant at the military shooting school. At the end of February 1880 Brozowski came back to the military shooting school and worked here as an adjutant in the teaching department for the next few years. In this capacity Brozowski was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on January 20, 1881 . As such, he was transferred to Darmstadt on June 12, 1886, in the 1st Grand Ducal Hessian Infantry (Life Guard) Regiment No. 115 . There he was promoted to captain on August 5 , 1886 and appointed chief of the 6th Company. Under position à la suite of the Schleswig-Holstein Infantry Regiment No. 86 , Brozowski was transferred to the Weißenfels NCO School on April 16, 1889 as a company commander. From September 17, 1892, he was employed as a company commander in the 1st Hessian Infantry Regiment No. 81 . Brozowski was promoted to major on January 27, 1894 . As such, he was battalion commander from March 22, 1895 to July 21, 1900 and was then promoted to lieutenant colonel on the staff of the 1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment No. 74 .

On September 12, 1902 Brozowski was commissioned to lead the infantry regiment "Herwarth von Bittenfeld" (1st Westphalian) No. 13 in Münster . With his promotion to colonel , he was appointed regimental commander on October 18, 1902. On April 22, 1905, he handed over the command to his successor Horst von Rosenberg-Gruszczynski . Brozowski then became the commandant of Glogau . In this position he received the character of major general on March 22, 1907 and was put up for disposal two years later with the statutory pension . During his military career Brozowski was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with Oak Leaves and the Order of the Crown, II. Class.

He spent his twilight years in Frankfurt (Oder). After the city was declared a "fortress" on January 26, 1945, Brozowski shot himself on February 1, 1945, one month before his 93rd birthday. The day before, he had told his wife and housekeeper that he wanted to commit suicide to avoid being arrested by the Red Army , which was unthinkable as an officer.

literature

Julius von Basse, Karl von Kleinsorgen: Stamm-Liste der Infanterie-Regiment Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1. Westphalian) No. 13. Verlag Ch. Belser, Stuttgart, no year, pp. 26-27.

Individual evidence

^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments, as well as jäger and machine gun battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 77.
↑ Ursula Baumann: On the right to one's own death. The history of suicide from the 18th to the 20th century . Böhlau, Weimar 2001, ISBN 3-7400-1180-7 , p. 377.

personal data
SURNAME	Brozowski, Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brozowski, Wilhelm Karl Bernhard von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH	March 1, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mulhouse
DATE OF DEATH	February 1, 1945
Place of death	Frankfurt (Oder)

[1] Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The staffing of the active infantry regiments, as well as jäger and machine gun battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 77.

[2] Ursula Baumann: On the right to one's own death. The history of suicide from the 18th to the 20th century . Böhlau, Weimar 2001, ISBN 3-7400-1180-7 , p. 377.