Wolf-Werner von der Schulenburg

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Wolf-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (born September 14, 1899 in Muskau , † July 14, 1944 at Saint-James , France ) was a German administrative lawyer , businessman , head of the foreign department of the Reich Sports Leader, Wehrmacht officer and SA brigade leader .

Life

Wolf-Werner von der Schulenburg came from a noble family from the Altmark . He was the second eldest son of the Prussian general and later NSDAP Reichstag deputy Friedrich Bernhard Graf von der Schulenburg (1865–1939) and Freda-Marie Countess von der Schulenburg, née. Countess von Arnim (1873–1939), a niece (later also stepdaughter) of the Muskau landlord, Count Traugott Hermann von Arnim-Muskau . He had four siblings, including the younger brother Fritz-Dietlof and the younger sister Elisabeth .

Already at an early stage he hit the military and then the civil service career. After taking part in the First World War as a reserve officer, Graf Schulenburg studied law in Göttingen and in September 1919 became active in the Corps Saxonia . In the summer semester of 1920 he was a senior in the corps.

He joined the NSDAP on November 1, 1930 and the SA on February 1, 1931 .

Until 1933 he was a businessman in Brazil and Berlin and then became a consultant at the Reich Sports Office . In 1936 he became personal advisor and Gau leader of the Gaues Abroad of the German Reichsbund for physical exercises , a little later head of the foreign department and the head office of the Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten , who advised him and represented him on foreign policy issues.

In the meantime director of the government , he was promoted to captain at the outbreak of the Second World War , later to major and on November 9, 1942 to SA brigade leader.

For his services he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on June 20, 1943 .

On November 15, 1943 he became commander (i. V.) of the Parachute Fighter Regiment 1. He fell in 1944 as commander of the 13th Parachute Regiment in the battle of Saint-Lô . Posthumously Graf von der Schulenburg was appointed lieutenant colonel of the reserve .

He was born with Gisela Married Freiin von Stralenheim .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 47 , 664
  2. ↑ a b Hans-Joachim Teichler: Internationale Sportpolitik im Third Reich, 1991, p. 111.
  3. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 688.
  4. ^ W. von der Groeben: Directory of the members of the Corps Saxonia Göttingen . Düsseldorf 2006
personal data
SURNAME Schulenburg, Wolf-Werner from the
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schulenburg, Wolf-Werner Graf von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and National Socialist politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Muskau
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1944
Place of death Saint-James (Manche)