Traugott von Sauberzweig

Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig (October 28, 1863 to April 14, 1920 in Kassel) was a Prussian Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) who served on both the Eastern and Western Front in the German Army during World War I. In 1915 he had been Military Governor of Brussels in the days of Edith Cavell's execution, and in connection with this tragedy his name was prominently mentioned.[1] The Cavell case was the reason that von Sauberzweig was supplanted.[2] Among those who had to suffer under his following anger had been Herbert Hoover and his Commission for Relief in Belgium as von Sauberzweig was close to interrupt the services of this organisation.[3] He served as chief of staff on the 8th Army in the Ukraine in 1916 and was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 6 September 1917.

Assignments and Commands (pre-War)
  • 02.1883 Leutnant
  • 04.1911 III. Armeekorps - Berlin (von Bülow's Chief of Staff)
  • 04.1913 Grenadier-Regiment Prinz Karl von Preußen (2. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 12 - Frankfurt an der Oder (Cdr)
  • 02.1914 XI. Armeekorps - Kassel (von Plüskow's Chief of Staff)

Assignments and Commands (during World War I)

References
  1. Gen. Sauberzweig Dead. Was Military Governor of Brussels When Edith Cavell Was Executed, The New York Times, April 19, 1920
  2. Cavell Case Causes Official's Removal, The New York Times, November 2, 1915
  3. Herbert C. Hoover, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover (vol. 1): Years of adventure, 1874–1920. New York: Macmillan 1951.
  4. Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung der deutsche Streitkraefte 1815 -1990 (1990) ISBN 3-7648-1779-8

Literature
  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand/Christian Zweng Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite 1740-1918; ISBN 3-7648-2503-0
  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand/Christian Zweng Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite des I. Weltkriegs Band 2: H-O, ISBN 3-7648-2516-2
  • van Wyngarden, G (2006). Early German Aces of World War I, Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84176-997-5
  • Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung der deutsche Streitkraefte 1815 -1990 (1990) ISBN 3-7648-1779-8
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