Wolf-Werner von der Schulenburg
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
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 47 , 664
- ↑ a b Hans-Joachim Teichler: Internationale Sportpolitik im Third Reich, 1991, p. 111.
- ↑ 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.
- ^ W. von der Groeben: Directory of the members of the Corps Saxonia Göttingen . Düsseldorf 2006
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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) |