PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 170Richard DehmelLIFEThe son of a forester, Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel was born on November 18, 1863. His birthplace was Hermsdorf near Wendisch Buchholz (now a part of Münchehofe)…
EARLY YEARSThe son of a carpenter, Otto Könnecke was born in Straßberg (located in Saxony-Anhalt) on September 20, 1892. He attended the Building Trade School in Frankfurt am Main and…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 167Erich WeberEARLY YEARSErich Paul Weber was born in Kamen (a town in North Rhine-Westphalia) on September 12, 1860. At seventeen, he entered the Prussian Army and received his…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 166Joachim von RibbentropTHE NAZI DIPLOMATTo most people, the name Joachim von Ribbentrop is linked with Nazi Germany. He was named Reich Commissioner for Disarmament in 1934, Nazi German…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 164Hans von FlotowTHE PRE-WAR ERAHans Ludwig Carl Theodor von Flotow was born on September 10, 1862 at the family estate of Felsenhagen near Pritzwalk. He was part of…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 163Günther von PannewitzGünther Ludwig Feodor von Pannewitz was born in the Prussian Silesian town of Neisse on December 6, 1857. He was thr son of the Prussian lieutenant…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 162Hans, Baron von WangenheimEARLY YEARSHans, Baron von Wangenheim was born in Gotha on July 4, 1859. He got his education at the Ernestine Gymnasium. In 1902, Wangenheim married…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 161Baron Wilhelm von SchoenWilhelm Eduard Freiherr von Schoen was born in Worms on June 3, 1851. For two years beginning in 1905, he was the German Ambassador to…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 158Hans Baur: the obscure ace who became the personal pilot to Adolf HitlerWORLD WAR IJohannes “Hans” Baur was born on June 19, 1897 in Ampfing in the Kingdom…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 157Walther ForstmannEARLY YEARSWalther Forstmann was born in Essen-Werden on March 9, 1883. At the age of seventeen, young Walther was made Seekadett upon entering the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial…