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History of the Inventory Designer: Lieutenant General, Reichsminister Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener Life data 22.11.1867 born in Ludwigsburg (Württemberg) 03.05.1939 died in Bornstedt near Potsdam Development 22.11.1884 as a flag squire in the 3rd Württemberg Infantry Regiment No. 121 joined Ludwigsburg 01.04.1890 Battalion adjutant 01.10.1993-July 1896 Commanded to Kriegsakademie 01.04.1897-01.04.1899 Commanded to Großen Generalstab 25.03.1899 Transferred to Großen Generalstab 12.09.1902 Company commander in infantry regiment no. 98 transferred 01.10.1904 to the Great General Staff transferred 01.07.-11.09.1907 to the General Command VII Army Corps commanded 18.04.1908 to the spring voyage of the deep-sea fleet commanded 10.09.1908 with effect from 01.10.1908 to the General Staff of the XIII Army Corps transferred 18.10.1910 as battalion commander in the 7th Württemberg Infantry Regiment No. 125 transferred 13.09.1911 with effect from 01.10.1911 to the Great General Staff commanded 01.10.1912 appointed head of department in the Great General Staff 03.08.1914 chief of the field railway 26.05.1916, leaving his position as chief of the field railways for use at the War Food Office, 01.11.1916 appointed chief of the War Office at the War Ministry and appointed representative of the Prussian War Minister 09.11.1916 appointed Deputy Plenipotentiary of Prussia in the Federal Council 16.08.1917 appointed Commander of the 33rd Infantry Division 20.12.1917 appointed Leader of the XXV Reserve Corps 25.02.1918 appointed Leader of the 1st Army Corps 28.03.1918 appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Army Group Eichhorn - from 08. 08. 1917 appointed Commander of the 33rd Infantry Division 20.12.1917 appointed Leader of the XXV Reserve Corps 25.02.1918 appointed Leader of the 1st Army Corps 28.03.1918 appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Army Group Eichhorn - from 08. 08. 1918 appointed Commander of the 33rd Infantry Division08.1918 Army Group Kiev appointed 15.07.1919 appointed Commander of the Kolberg Command Post 30.09.1919 Approval of his farewell request 25.07.1920-12.08.1923 Reich Minister of Transport 19.01.1928 Reich Minister of Defence 08.10.1931 Reich Minister of the Interior 30.05.1932 Resignation from both offices Promotions 08.08.1885 Ensign 09.09.1886 Lieutenant 18.09.1893 Lieutenant Colonel 25.03.1899 Captain 27.01.1906 Major 01.10.1912 Lieutenant Colonel 05.09.1914 Colonel 26.06.1915 Major General 01.11.1916 Lieutenant General 29.10.1918 I. General Quartermaster Orders and Decorations 01.09.1900 Royal Prussia. Red Eagle Order 4th Class 11.05.1905 Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Württembg. Friedrichs-Order 11.09.1907 Prussia. Crown Order 3rd Class 28.02.1908 Royal Bayer. Order of Military Merit 4th class with crown 09.03.1908 Officer's Cross of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. French Joseoh Order 17.09.1909 Crown to the Royal Prussia. Red Eagle Order 4th Class and Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württembg Crown 13.09.1912 Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Saxon. Albrechts Order with Crown 19.07.1913 Royal Prussia. Red Eagle Order 3rd Class 29.04.1914 Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württembg Crown 17.10.1914 K.u.K. Austrian-Hungarian. Iron Crown 2nd Class 16.11.1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class 05.12.1914 Officer's Cross of the Royal Bavarian. Military Order of Merit with Swords 07.12.1914 Officer Cross of the Royal Württembg. Military Order of Merit with Swords 17.12.1914 Iron Cross 1. Class 29.12.1914 k.u.K. Austrian-Hungarian. Military Cross of Merit 3rd Class with war decoration 14.05.1915 Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords 29.06.1915 Knight's Cross of the Royal and Royal Austro-Hungarian Empire. Leopold Order with War Decoration 11.09.1915 Order pour le mérite 15.12.1915 Commander's Cross 2nd Class of the Royal Saxon. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern 21.01.1916 Großoffizierkreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. militär-Verdienstorden mit Schwertern 10.04.1916 Komturkreuz 1. Klasse des Großhzgl. Bad. Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords 23.08.1916 Commander Cross of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Franz Joseph-Ordens 27.10.1916 Bremer Hanseatenkreuz 08.11.1916 Hamburg Hanseatenkreuz 05.01.1917 Commturkreuz des Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Max Joseph-Ordens 22.03.1917 Cross of Merit for War Aid 07.06.1917 K.u.K. Österr.-Ungar. Iron Crown 1st Class with War Decoration 02.08.1917 Commander Cross of the Royal Württembg. Friedrichs-Order with Swords 16.08.1917 Royal Prussia. Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with Crown and Swords 31.08.1917 Cross of Honour 1st Class of the Princel. Hohenzollern House Order with Swords 15.06.1918 Star to the Royal Prussia. Red Eagle Order 2nd Class with Crown and Swords 27.06.1918 Grand Cross of the Royal Württembg. Friedrichs-Orden with Crown and Swords Description of the Collection: The collection includes, among others..: Memoirs 1867-1919; personal war diary, e.g. as chief of the field railways (1914-1916), chief of the war office (1916-1917); as First Quartermaster General (1918-1919); correspondence with Ebert and Hindenburg, among others; manuscripts mainly on the First World War, e.g. on the Schlieffen Plan and on field railways; material collections mainly of a war-historical and war-economical nature; political documents as Reich Minister of Transport (1920-1923), Reich Minister of the Armed Forces (1928-1932) and acting Reich Minister of the Interior (1931-1932). Further parts of the estate can be found in the Main State Archives in Stuttgart and in private hands. References to other stocks PH 3 Großer Generalstab RH 26-33 33. infantry division R 4101 Reichseisenbahnamt R 1501 Reich Ministry of the Interior R 5 Reich Ministry of Transport [online finding aids] Citation method: BArch, N 46/...

History of the Inventory Designer: Wilhelm Souchon, Vice Admiral born on 02 June 1864 in Leipzig, died on 13 January 1946 in Bremen married to Violet (née Lahusen) 1881: Sea cadet on SMS Leipzig; 1894: Commander of the mine training ship SMS Rhein, promotion to Captain Lieutenant 1900: I. Officer/Commander of SMS Odin 1900-1903: promotion to Corvette Captain 1903: Chief of Staff of II. (Reserve) Wing 1904: Chief of the Staff of the Cruiser Wing in East Asia on the SMS Fürst Bismarck 1906: Promotion to Captain at Sea, Employment in the Naval Office 1907: Commander of the SMS Wettin 1909: Chief of the Staff of the Naval Station Baltic Sea 1911: Promotion to Rear Admiral, 2nd Admiral of the II. 1913: Commander of the Mediterranean Division 1914: Commander-in-Chief of the Ottoman and Bulgarian Navy 1915: Promotion to Vice Admiral 1917: Commander of the 4th Battle Squadron of the Baltic Sea Fleet 1918: Chief of the Naval Station of the Baltic Sea, Governor of Kiel 1919: Pension Awards: Iron Cross I. and II. Class Pour le Mérite Red Eagle Order II. Class with star, oak leaves and swords Crown Order II. Class with Star Prussian Service Award Cross Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz Commturkreuz I. Class of the Albrechts Order Grand Cross of the House Order of the White Falcon with Swords Cross for Merits in War Description: Correspondence, inter alia with Wilhelm II. and Tirpitz; lectures and elaborations on naval history; memoirs and diaries; documents from military service, including as chief of the Mediterranean Division (1911-1915), as commander-in-chief of the Turkish and Bulgarian navies (1915-1917) and as chief of the IV Squadron (1917-1918). State of development: Special conditions of use Citation method: BArch, N 156/...