PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 208Georg BruchmüllerTHE ARTILLERY INSTRUCTORGeorg Bruchmüller was born in Berlin on December 11, 1863 into a middle-class family. After studying physics at Berlin University, the nineteen-year-old Bruchmüller became a…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 207Hermann Freiherr von SteinFAMILY AND MILITARY RISEBorn February 11, 1859 in Ansbach (located in Bavarian Middle Franconia), Dietrich Karl Hermann Freiherr von Stein zu Nord und Ostheim was…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 206Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf… and the “hell of Verdun”PRE-WAR RISEBorn on December 13, 1860 in Frankfurt an der Oder (in Prussian Brandenburg), Konstantin Heinrich Schmidt von Knobelsdorf began…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 200Charles KuentzTHE ARDENT ALSATIANCharles Kuentz was born Karl Kuntz in the Alsatian town of Ranspach on February 18, 1897. He was the son of a French-born railwayman.Alsace-Lorraine and…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 199Ernst BassermannLAWYER TURNED POLITICIANErnst Bassermann was born in Wolfach (in the Grand Duchy of Baden) on July 26, 1854. He was the son of regional court president and…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 198Karl ThomKarl Thom was born in the West Prussian town of Freystadt on May 19, 1893. He was the son of a field hand. Young Karl began his…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 196Prinz Heinrich von Preußen (Prince Henry of Prussia)EARLY YEARSBorn in Prussian Berlin on August 14, 1862, Albert Wilhelm Heinrich was the third child (second son) of eight children…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 195Theodor MengelbierMILITARY RISETheodor Wilhelm Albert Mengelbier was born in Mühlhausen im Elsaß on December 30, 1857. He joined the Prussian Army’s Lower Rhine Infantry Regiment Number 39 as…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 194Karl AllmenröderMEDIC TURNED ACEThe son of a Lutheran minister, Julius Karl “Karlchen" Allmenröder was born in Wald (in the Rhine Province) on May 3, 1896. Quiet, amiable, and…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 193Elisabeth von KnobelsdorffElisabeth von Knobelsdorff was born in the Berlin suburb of Potsdam on June 17, 1877. She was the daughter of Major General Heinrich Wilhelm Kurt von…