Traugott von Sauberzweig
Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig was a Prussian Generalleutnant 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. The Cavell case was the reason that von Sauberzweig was supplanted. 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. 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
- 04.1913 Grenadier-Regiment Prinz Karl von Preußen Nr. 12 - Frankfurt an der Oder
- 02.1914 XI. Armeekorps - Kassel
Assignments and Commands (during World War I)
- 08.1914 XI. Armeekorps = 3. Armee
- 07.1915 III. Reserve-Korps
- 11.1916 8. Armee
- 07.1917 Heeresgruppe Eichhorn - Wilna
- 09.1917 10. Armee
- 07.1918 Generalleutnant''
- 11.1918 Heeresgruppe Gallwitz - Verdun
- 12.1918 38. Infanterie-Division
Literature
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand/Christian Zweng Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite 1740-1918;
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand/Christian Zweng Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite des I. Weltkriegs Band 2: H-O,
- van Wyngarden, G. Early German Aces of World War I, Osprey Publishing Ltd.
- Formationsgeschichte und Stellenbesetzung der deutsche Streitkraefte 1815 -1990
