Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
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| Born | 7 May 1918 Berlin-Charlottenburg, Prussia, German Empire |
| 💀Died | 14 October 2001 (aged 83) Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany14 October 2001 (aged 83) |
| 💼 Occupation | Director of Zündwaren monopoly |
| 👔 Employer | Zündwaren monopoly |
| 👪 Relatives | Erich Fellgiebel (father) |
| 🏅 Awards | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Walther-Peer Fellgiebel (7 May 1918 – 14 October 2001) was a German author, industrialist, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and a key member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients.
World War II[edit]
Fellgiebel was born on 7 May 1918 in Berlin-Charlottenburg, at the time in Prussia of the German Empire.[1] He served in World War II reaching the rank of a Major and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Fellgiebel's father was General der Nachrichtentruppe (General of Communications Troops) Erich Fellgiebel who was a conspirator of the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler's life; he was sentenced to death and executed on 4 September 1944.[2] Following his fathers arrest, Fellgiebel and his wife Rosemarie, his sister Susanne, and his fathers brother, Oberstleutnant Hans Fellgiebel, were also arrested (Sippenhaft—kin liability) and interrogated by the Gestapo.[3][4] Until the end of the war, all of Fellgiebel's correspondence was censored. Every week, his commanding officer had to provide a special evaluation. On 7 April 1945, Fellgiebel was imprisoned again until 16 April 1945. He was then expelled from the army by the head of the Army Personnel Office, General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf, on account of his alleged National Socialist unreliability.[5]
Association of Knight's Cross Recipients[edit]
Fellgiebel joined the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) in 1954 and as of 1961 served on the board of directors. He became head of the order commission of the AKCR in 1970, a position he held until 1985. From this work evolved the book Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes, 1939–1945 (The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945). For many years this book was considered a reference work on this topic. Fellgiebel himself indicated that the book was not official. The deteriorating situation of Nazi Germany during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process; loss of evidence of the presentation was also an issue in the verification process. In some of these instances the AKCR later accepted and listed holders of the Knight's Cross with questionable evidence. Author Veit Scherzer analyzed the German Federal Archives and found discrepancies in 193 instances of the original 7,322 listings by Fellgiebel (false acceptance rate of 2.6%).[6] Fellgiebel's work was translated into English in 2003 as Elite of the Third Reich: the Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 1939–45.[7]
Business life[edit]
After the war in July 1963,[8] Fellgiebel became a member of the board of directors of the Zündwaren monopoly (Monopoly for Safety Matches).[9][10] In 1930, Ivar Kreuger had granted the Weimar Republic a long-term governmental loan valuing 125 million Dollars. To secure the loan, a 53 year monopoly on matches was granted, which as a foreign monopoly did not fall under the competition law. During the validity period of the monopoly, matches in Germany were only available via the Zündwaren-Monopolgesellschaft (Society for the Safety Matches Monopoly) based in Frankfurt am Main. In 1983, when the monopoly expired, the society was directed by Fellgiebel.[11] He died on 14 October 2001 in Frankfurt am Main.[1]
Awards[edit]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 September 1943 as Oberleutnant as chief of the 2./leichte Heeres Artillerie-Abteilung 935 (mot.)[1][12]
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse (4 July 1975)[2]
Works[edit]
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes, 1939–1945: Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2003). Elite of the Third Reich: the Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 1939–45. Solihull, West Midlands, England: Helion. ISBN 978-1-874622-46-8 Search this book on ..
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Scherzer 2007, p. 305.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Habel 1990, p. 319.
- ↑ "MAZ 4 August 2018".
- ↑ Keil 2012.
- ↑ Wildhagen 1970, p. 319.
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, pp. 117–186.
- ↑ Elite of the Third Reich: the Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 1939–45 (C.F. Colton and Duncan Rogers translation) in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- ↑ Lesch 1970, p. 134.
- ↑ "Die Zeit 47/1965".
- ↑ Wendt 2007.
- ↑ Weyershaus 2012, p. 334.
- ↑ Von Seemen 1976, p. 125.
Bibliography[edit]
- Habel, Walter, ed. (1990). Wer ist wer? [Who's Who?] (in German) (29th ed.). Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild. ISBN 978-3-7950-2010-1.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- Keil, Lars-Broder (17 July 2012). "Ein Verschwörer, der lange als Versager galt" [A Conspirator, who for a long Time has been considered a Failure]. Welt (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- Lesch, Manfred (1970). Die Rolle der Offiziere in der deutschen Wirtschaft nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges [The Role of Officers in the German Economy after the End of the Second World War] (in German). Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. ISBN 978-3-428-02035-5. OCLC 468293775.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945. Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945. The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- Von Seemen, Gerhard (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 : die Ritterkreuzträger sämtlicher Wehrmachtteile, Brillanten-, Schwerter- und Eichenlaubträger in der Reihenfolge der Verleihung : Anhang mit Verleihungsbestimmungen und weiteren Angaben [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 : The Knight's Cross Bearers of All the Armed Services, Diamonds, Swords and Oak Leaves Bearers in the Order of Presentation: Appendix with Further Information and Presentation Requirements] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7909-0051-4.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- Wendt, Marianne (14 March 2007). "Global Player und "Prometheus"" [Global Player and "Prometheus"]. Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- Weyershaus, Hans Adolf (2012). Wirtschaftsprüfung in Deutschland und erster europäischer Zusammenschluß in den Jahren 1931 bis 1961 [Auditing in Germany and first European Merger between 1931 and 1961] (PDF) (in German). Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 978-3-515-10162-2.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- Wildhagen, Karl Heinz, ed. (1970). Erich Fellgiebel: Meister operativer Nachrichtenverbindungen. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Nachrichtentruppe [Erich Fellgiebel: Master of Operational Communications. A Contribution to the History of the Signal Troops] (in German). Emden. ISBN 9781874622468. OCLC 925826270.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- "Reiben Sie quer, das genügt" [Rub Across, That's Enough]. Die Zeit (in German). 19 November 1965. Retrieved 27 August 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- "Die Enkelin des Generals" [The Granddaughter of the Gerneral]. Märkische Allgemeine (in German). 4 August 2018. ISSN 0863-7075. Retrieved 1 September 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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