The Tannenberg Generals

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Re: The Tannenberg Generals

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Post by Halfdan S. » 24 Jan 2021, 14:09

Thank you, Jake,

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Re: The Tannenberg Generals

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Post by JakeV » 13 Aug 2022, 10:11

askropp wrote:
15 Aug 2014, 21:23
If Neuendorf is near Fürstenwalde, Hans Petri cannot have been a PoW there on March 5. Maybe May 5 is correct?
I have revisited this subject. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels says: † 05.05.1945 in Neuendorf, Suizid. His wife Ulrike Klotilde Neuhaus (from 1916 von Neuhaus, *07.01.1884 in Berlin) also died by suicide in Neuendorf on the same day. His wife's sister Hertha (*13.12.1884 in Merseburg) as well.

Herta had married in 1905 Paul von Richter, a Hauptmann d.R. who was KIA in 1917, who was also Fideikommissherr auf Neuendorf und Zessin auf Rügen (both located near Neuenkirchen auf Rügen).

The most probable explanation is that Petri and his wife lived/fled to his sister's in law estate in Neuendorf auf Rügen. Since Rügen was taken by the Red Army on 04.05.1945, it seems reasonable that Petri, his wife and his wife's sister committed suicide together, all too common during the end of the war.

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Re: The Tannenberg Generals

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Post by askropp » 13 Aug 2022, 10:37

Another mystery solved! Great job, Jake!
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Re: The Tannenberg Generals

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Post by graveland » 14 Aug 2022, 20:14

Danke, Dieter and Jake.

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Re: The Tannenberg Generals

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Post by askropp » 18 Jul 2023, 00:16

We have the Heer Tannenberg promotions in the Heer PV. Is it known if there are any original lists of the Tannenberg promotions in the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine (not only the generals listed in the biblio series)?
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