Friedrich-August von Michael (RK), II./GrenRgt 172
Friedrich-August von Michael (RK), II./GrenRgt 172
I am looking for detailed biographical information regarding Major Friedrich-August von Michael, who received the Knight's cross of the Iron Cross as Hauptmann and commander of II./GrenRgt 172 (75. InfDiv) in February 1945. Who can help?
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Re: Friedrich-August von Michael (RK), II./GrenRgt 172
Hello Daniel,
the only thing I've found on his military career is that from 1964 - 1966 he was commander of the Wach-Bataillon in Bonn.
Otherwise here's a bit on his family from GHdA (1977, pp. 322):
His father was Dr. iur. Friedrich Heinrich Christian Ludwig Karl August von Michael
* Groß-Plasten 16. 8. 1857
+ Groß-Plasten 22. 3. 1929
He was the owner of the estate farm Groß-Plasten in Mecklenburg.
oo Liegnitz 14. 12. 1911 Johanna Ida Elisabeth Irmgart von Kirchbach.
* Bojanowo (Posen Province) 26. 1. 1882
+ Groß-Plasten 29./30. 4. 1945 (before the Soviet occupation)
For both it was the second marriage, their first ones having ended in divorce.
Child:
Friedrich August Louis Werner Hugo Hubert von Michael
* Groß-Plasten 10. 3. 1917
+ Munich 20. 7. 2007
oo I. Groß-Plasten 28. 5. 1943 Gudrun von Wedelstaedt
* Düsseldorf 23. 6. 1923
+ Groß-Plasten 29./30. 4. 1945 (before the Soviet occupation)
oo II. Essen 31. 12. 1955 Ingrid Scheer
* Essen 23. 10. 1929
Children:
first marriage: Friedrich Karl, * Waren 4. 10. 1944, + Groß-Plasten 30. 4. 1945 (before the Soviet occupation)
second marriage: Karl Friedrich Stephan Christian, * Hammelburg 11. 2. 1957
That his mother, his wife and their son died on the same date implies it was a suicide case though it doesn't say so explicitly in GHdA. This was a common phenomenon in regions facing Soviet occupation in 1945. Sometimes even in small towns the death toll from such cases went into the hundreds.
References:
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
Vol. 64; Verlag C.A. Starke; Limburg/Lahn; 1977
Best regards
Torsten
the only thing I've found on his military career is that from 1964 - 1966 he was commander of the Wach-Bataillon in Bonn.
Otherwise here's a bit on his family from GHdA (1977, pp. 322):
His father was Dr. iur. Friedrich Heinrich Christian Ludwig Karl August von Michael
* Groß-Plasten 16. 8. 1857
+ Groß-Plasten 22. 3. 1929
He was the owner of the estate farm Groß-Plasten in Mecklenburg.
oo Liegnitz 14. 12. 1911 Johanna Ida Elisabeth Irmgart von Kirchbach.
* Bojanowo (Posen Province) 26. 1. 1882
+ Groß-Plasten 29./30. 4. 1945 (before the Soviet occupation)
For both it was the second marriage, their first ones having ended in divorce.
Child:
Friedrich August Louis Werner Hugo Hubert von Michael
* Groß-Plasten 10. 3. 1917
+ Munich 20. 7. 2007
oo I. Groß-Plasten 28. 5. 1943 Gudrun von Wedelstaedt
* Düsseldorf 23. 6. 1923
+ Groß-Plasten 29./30. 4. 1945 (before the Soviet occupation)
oo II. Essen 31. 12. 1955 Ingrid Scheer
* Essen 23. 10. 1929
Children:
first marriage: Friedrich Karl, * Waren 4. 10. 1944, + Groß-Plasten 30. 4. 1945 (before the Soviet occupation)
second marriage: Karl Friedrich Stephan Christian, * Hammelburg 11. 2. 1957
That his mother, his wife and their son died on the same date implies it was a suicide case though it doesn't say so explicitly in GHdA. This was a common phenomenon in regions facing Soviet occupation in 1945. Sometimes even in small towns the death toll from such cases went into the hundreds.
References:
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
Vol. 64; Verlag C.A. Starke; Limburg/Lahn; 1977
Best regards
Torsten
Re: Friedrich-August von Michael (RK), II./GrenRgt 172
Hello Torsten, I thank you for this tragic but important puzzle piece!