PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XLI: Rudolf Hess
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XLI: Rudolf HessRudolf Hess: the mystic with the buck-toothed grin, the secretary who helped write Mein Kampf, the Deputy Führer of the Third Reich, the failed peacemaker, the…
PEEBLES PROFILES–Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XLUlrich von Brockdorff-RantzauUlrich Karl Christian Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau was born in Schleswig on May 29, 1869. His father, Graf Hermann zu Rantzau (1840–72), was a Prussian Regierungsassessor…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXIX Erich von Falkenhayn
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XXXIXErich von FalkenhaynFAMILYBorn on September 11, 1861 in Burg Belchau near Graudenz, West Prussia (now Białochowo, Poland), Erich Georg Sebastian Anton von Falkenhayn was the son of Fedor…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXVIII Paul Bäumer
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XXXVIIIPaul BäumerPaul Wilhelm Bäumer was born on May 11, 1896 in Duisburg, Germany. He was a dental assistant before the Great War and earned a private pilot's license…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXVII Eduard von Capelle
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XXXVIIEduard von CapelleBorn in Celle (then in the Kingdom of Hanover) on October 10, 1855, Eduard Capelle joined the Imperial German Navy as a seventeen-year-old cadet. He served…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXVI: Hugo Gutmann
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXVI: Hugo GutmannHugo Gutmann was born on November 19, 1880 in Nuremberg. In 1902, he joined the Bavarian Army and had risen to the rank of highest…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXIV Wilhelm Groener
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXIVWilhelm GroenerWilhelm Groener was born in Ludwigsburg in the Kingdom of Württemberg on November 22, 1867. After attending gymnasium at Ulm and Ludwigsburg (where his father had…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXIII Karl Bolle
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXIIIKarl BolleBorn in Berlin on June 20, 1893 to a family owning a well-known dairy, Karl Bolle studied economics at The University of Oxford in 1912. While…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE XXXII Hugo von Pohl
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XXXIIHugo von PohlHugo von Pohl was born in Breslau (in Prussian Silesia) on August 25, 1855. He entered the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) as a cadet in April…