Karl Litzmann

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Karl Litzmann
Nickname(s)Lion of Brzeziny
Born(1850-01-22)22 January 1850
Neuglobsow, Stechlin, Brandenburg
Died28 May 1936(1936-05-28) (aged 86)
Neuglobsow, Stechlin, Germany
Allegiance North German Confederation
German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1867–1918
RankGeneral der Infanterie[1]
Commands held
Battles/warsWorld War I
Battle of Łódź
AwardsPour le Mérite with Oakleaves
RelationsWalter Lehweß-Litzmann (grandson)

Karl Litzmann (22 January 1850 – 28 May 1936) was a German World War I general and later Nazi Party member and politician.

World War I

He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Łódź (1914); he earned the nickname "the Lion of Brzeziny" there. On 29 November 1914 he was awarded the "Pour le Mérite" for military bravery and Oak Leaves (signifying a second award) on 18 August 1915.[2]

Interwar years

Litzmann became a member of Nazi Party in 1929 having previously become a member of

Minister President Hermann Göring appointed him to the recently reconstituted Prussian State Council where he also served until his death.[3]

The Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe, Generalleutnant Walther Wever, died in an air accident shortly after taking off from Dresden to attend Litzmann's funeral in Berlin on 3 July 1936.[4]

Legacy

After the 1939

Brzeziny later became Löwenstadt (lion city). After World War II the towns reverted to their original Polish
names.

Passau named a street after him.[5]

Karl Litzmann was an Honorary Citizen of Neuruppin. The honorary citizenship was withdrawn in 2007.

He was the father of Karl-Siegmund Litzmann (1893–1945) who was General Commissioner for Estonia in the Reichskommissariat Ostland during the German occupation 1941–1944. He was also grandfather to Walter Lehweß-Litzmann (1907–1986).

References

  1. ^ "Karl Litzmann". The Prussian Machine. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Orden Pour le Mérite". Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  3. ISBN 978-3-770-05271-4
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  4. ^ Suchenwirth, Richard (1969). Fletcher, Harry (ed.). Command and Leadership in the German Air Force. USAF Historical Studies No. 174. Aerospace Studies Institute: Air University. pp. 12–13.
  5. ^ Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 249f

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