Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss

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Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss (7 October 1886 – 12 May 1945) was a German military officer and an SS-Gruppenführer in Nazi Germany. A member of both the Nazi Party and the Sturmabteilung (SA), he served in the Reichstag for one term in 1933. During the Second World War, Pückler-Burghauss commanded the Latvian Division of the Waffen-SS, and then was the commander of the Waffen-SS units in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He died by suicide on the day that he surrendered to the Red Army.

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Ancestry and family Born as Carl Friedrich Graf von Pückler in Upper Silesia, he was the son of Friedrich Graf von Pückler-Burghauss (1849–1920), a retired Major in the Prussian Army, and his wife, Ella von Köppen (1862–1899). (He would add Burghauss to his name on his father's death in 1920.) At the time of his birth, his father was district governor in Friedland. On 20 May 1913, Carl Friedrich married his 5th cousin, Princess Olga Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1886–1955), member of the House of Wettin, daughter of Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Marie of Prussia. Together, they had two daughters and one son: Baroness Ella-Viola von Pückler-Burghauss (8 April 1914 – 4 April 1982, Oberaudorf). She married Andreas von Flotow (16 April 1913, Brussels – 14 September 1990) on 3 November 1941. They had three children: Adrian von Flotow (b. 5 June 1943). Married firstly Sylvia Kolck (b. 27 March 1945) on 10 July 1968 in Siggen. They had one son before divorcing in 1976. He then married secondly, Marie-Elisabeth von Sennyey (b. 17 October 1947, Vienna) on 12 May 1978 in Wangen im Allgäu. They had two daughters before divorcing in 2019.

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Constantin von Flotow (b. 1969, Brussels) Stephanie von Flotow (b. 18 December 1980, Brussels) Marie Sophie von Flotow (b. 13 December 1982). Viola von Flotow (b. 27 March 1945, Prague). She married Jan Peter Ratdke (b. 22 February 1944) on 5 May 1977. They had two daughters:

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Ann-Leonie Ratdke (b. 1 December 1981) Cyrill von Flotow (b. 1 December 1955, Nonnenhorn). He married Elke Ritter (b. 23 August 1953, Lustenau) on 25 April 1980 in Wangen im Allgäu. They had two sons: Dominic von Flotow (b. 6 October 1981) Sandro von Flotow (b. 22 November 1987, Lübbecke) Baroness Eleonore-Renata von Pückler-Burghauss (25 November 1919 – 1997). She married firstly, Manfred von Schröder (b. 6 November 1914) on 9 September 1939. They had two children before they divorced in 1948. She married secondly, Jurgen Petersen (13 September 1913 – 5 September 1987) on 21 April 1949. They had two sons. Karoline-Eleonore von Schröder (b. 26 September 1940). She married Rudolf Menzel (b. 10 August 1924) on 12 June 1965. They had two sons: Robin Menzel (b. 29 June 1966, Stamford) Johann Menzel (b. 16 July 1968, Washington) Rudiger von Schröder (10 March 1943 – 30 October 2020, Frankfurt-am-Main). He married Xenia Blum and they had three children: Luisa von Schröder (b. 31 July 1982, Luxembourg) Heinrich von Schröder (b. 6 July 1984, Luxembourg) Helena von Schröder (b. 28 December 1988) Marcus Petersen (6 December 1950 - 20 July 2005) Sylvius Petersen (b. 12 January 1959). He married Andrea…Citește mai mult

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Jasper Petersen (b. 21 December 1992) Carl Rüdiger Graf von Pückler-Burghauss who died a few months after his birth in 1923.

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Early life Pückler-Burghauss attended the Gymnasium in Breslau (today, Wrocław) until 1905 and then studied law and political science at the University of Bonn. On 1 April 1908, he entered the 1st (Silesian) Life Cuirassiers Regiment of the Royal Prussian Army, headquartered in Breslau, as a Fahnenjunker (officer cadet). The following year, he was commissioned as a Leutnant. He served in on both the western and eastern fronts during the First World War and won the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class. Promoted to Oberleutnant in 1915, he served as an orderly officer and an adjutant with the 5th Cavalry Division and, from 1917, as a general staff officer with the VI Army Corps. He left the army in 1919 with the rank of Hauptmann and served with Freikorps units in Upper Silesia until 1920. Following the death of his father that year, he returned to Schloss Friedland, his family estate, to assume its management. In 1924, he became a member of Der Stahlhelm, the right-wing German veterans association. He also was a member of the conservative German National People's Party from 1919 until 1 December 1931. At that point, he joined the Nazi Party (membership number 788,697) and its…Citește mai mult

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Career in Nazi Germany In July 1932, Pückler-Burghauss was appointed as the advisor on military issues on the staff of the SA-Gruppe Schlesien, commanded by Edmund Heines. On 15 December, he advanced to chief of staff and, on 1 June 1933, he was named chief of staff of SA-Obergruppe I (later redesignated SA-Obergruppe III), both also headed by Heines. At the parliamentary election in March 1933, Pückler-Burghauss was elected as a deputy to the Reichstag, representing electoral constituency 9 (Oppeln). However, at the following election of November 1933, he was not re-nominated. On 15 March 1934, he became chief of staff of the newly-formed SA-Obergruppe VIII in Breslau, again under the command of Heines. At the Night of Long Knives on 30 June 1934, Heines was murdered but Pückler-Burghauss survived the purge. When the Obergruppen were disbanded, he was assigned to the staff at the Supreme SA Leadership as an Amtschef (office head). He was promoted to SA-Brigadeführer on 1 May 1937, and headed the Berlin liaison office from October 1937. Pückler-Burghauss rejoined the army in April 1938 in his former rank of Hauptmann and served as an adjutant with the 4th Light Division and then as an intelligence officer…Citește mai mult

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Death Contravening the terms of Germany's capitulation which took effect 8 May and required troops to remain in place, Pückler-Burghauss moved his forces west in an attempt to surrender to the American forces. His advance to the American lines was blocked by Czech partisans and his surrender offer was refused by the American commander. The Red Army's attack on 11 May resulted in the Battle of Slivice, in which the Germans were defeated. Pückler-Burghauss signed a capitulation around 3:00 a.m. on 12 May, the last document of surrender of World War II in Europe. Shortly afterward, he shot himself together with some of his staff.

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