Generalmajor Johann-Conrad Hans Edgar Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau (bis 1913 Malsen, seit 1950 Malsen-Tilborch)
* 23.01.1899 in München
† 01.09.1964 in [?]
Eltern: kgl. bay. Kämmerer und Oberst Theobald Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau (* 26.06.1867 in Bayreuth; † 20.10.1930 in Osterberg bei Illertissen) & Olga, geb. Freiin von Ponickau, auf Osterberg und Nieder-Raunau (* 09.06.1873 in Dillingen an der Donau; † 14.08.1940 in Bad Tölz)
His brothers included the SS-officers Johann-Erasmus and Lambert von Malsen-Ponickau.
verheiratet seit 04.05.1937 in Berlin-Nikolasee mit Irmgard, geb. Matthias (* 21.03.1910 in Düsseldorf).
Conrad von Malsen-Ponickau became Fahnenjunker in Kgl. Bayer. 4. Feldartillerie-Regiment "König" during World War I. It is astonishing how rare literature is on him. Perhaps he owed his advancement to the connections of his brothers. In 1940 he was Major z. V. and Direktor in der westf.-anhalt. Sprengstoff AG (WASAG). After the war he became Kaufmännischer Angestellter and lived in Osterberg (perhaps in Schloß Osterberg, which was owned by the Malsen family). He changed his surname to "Malsen-Tilborch" on 02.12.1950.
Sources
Ludwig Schrott: Das Kgl. Bayerische 4. Feldartillerie-Regiment "König" 1859–1919. Landesverband der ehemaligen Angehörigen des Kgl. Bayerischen 4. Feldartillerie-Regiments "König", 1937
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 2#p1684892
http://forum.ahnenforschung.net/showpos ... tcount=446
https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothe ... EFAYXG6XMY
http://lexikon-deutschegenerale.de/biog ... start=1750
http://www.schlossarchiv.de/TNG//getper ... tree=tree1
[I am creating this thread for future reference, since it concerns a quite elusive Wehrmacht officer].
Jake
Conrad Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau
Re: Conrad Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau
An article in the Tagesspiegel about his wife: http://www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/u ... 38554.html. It mentions that Conrad was involved in the army Rüstung (probably with Sprengstoff AG).
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Re: Conrad Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau
Has anybody heard more of him?
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Maj. d. G. Conrad Freiherr von Malsen-Ponickau
Dear Jake,
here some info on Konrad Frhr. von Malsen-Ponickau from T-78 R-818. It is tricky to decipher, so I do hope I got it right. However it appears that he was never promoted to GM, at least I don´t have any evidence:
Stammwaffe: Artillerie (A. R. 7), Generalstab
01.10.1932: Offizierlehrgänge III
01.08.1933: Reichswehrministerium T3
01.10.1935: Geh. Militärattaché Paris
30.04.1937: ausgeschieden
His last ranks were Hptm. i. G. 01.06.1933 (9) and then Maj. d. G. 01.10.1936 (112).
Jürgen
here some info on Konrad Frhr. von Malsen-Ponickau from T-78 R-818. It is tricky to decipher, so I do hope I got it right. However it appears that he was never promoted to GM, at least I don´t have any evidence:
Stammwaffe: Artillerie (A. R. 7), Generalstab
01.10.1932: Offizierlehrgänge III
01.08.1933: Reichswehrministerium T3
01.10.1935: Geh. Militärattaché Paris
30.04.1937: ausgeschieden
His last ranks were Hptm. i. G. 01.06.1933 (9) and then Maj. d. G. 01.10.1936 (112).
Jürgen