Grolman, Helmuth Wilhelm Otto von, born 06-11-1889 seven months after Adolf Hitler (did you know) 
(see Alois Hitler ) 
(see William Hitler)
, in Reimsheim, 
came from the noble family von Grolman. 
His father was the landscape director and temporary Reich and State Commissioner for the investigation of riot damage in Upper Silesia Siegfried von Grolman (1870-1938).
(see Alois Hitler ) (see William Hitler), in Reimsheim, came from the noble family von Grolman. His father was the landscape director and temporary Reich and State Commissioner for the investigation of riot damage in Upper Silesia Siegfried von Grolman (1870-1938).Helmut joined the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the 3rd Garde Ulanen Regiment in Potsdam 
, on 30-06-1916, age 27. He was in the fields with his regiment and end October 1917 he started a pilot training 
and came with the Luftwaffe Flying Corps. 
He retired from the Army on 31-12-1920 and reactivated in the growing Reichswehr 
on 01-08-1939 as an Oberstleutnant in the General Staff of the 28th Infantry Division 
, under General der Infanterie, Hans von Obstfelder 
, who died old age 90, on 20-12-1975, in Wiesbaden. Another famous commander in WWI was Paul von Hindenburg.
, on 30-06-1916, age 27. He was in the fields with his regiment and end October 1917 he started a pilot training and came with the Luftwaffe Flying Corps. He retired from the Army on 31-12-1920 and reactivated in the growing Reichswehr on 01-08-1939 as an Oberstleutnant in the General Staff of the 28th Infantry Division , under General der Infanterie, Hans von Obstfelder , who died old age 90, on 20-12-1975, in Wiesbaden. Another famous commander in WWI was Paul von Hindenburg.
Grolman was in the fields of World War II 
with this Division and promoted to Lieutenant General on 01-11-1944. The youngest Lieutenant General in WWII with 36, was Theodor “Tolsdorf the Mad” Tolsdorff. 
He is assigned as commander of the Army Group Süd, under Generaloberst der Infanterie, Johannes Friessner and ends the war as commander of the 4th Cavalry Division, he succeeded Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Rudolf Holste
and lands in US captivity until his release on 31-03-1948. After the war Grolmann works in the German Bundestag, as State Secretary and he discharged on 14-07-1961, after being accused of a homosexual relation with a waiter pupil.Von Grolman was married to Renate Katharina von Cramon (1906–2003), and the marriage gave birth to five children.
Death and burial ground of Grolman, Helmuth Wilhelm Otto von.
After discussions about his homosexuality he tried a suicide with a zyankali capsule in his office, but he failed. Until the end of his life, Grolman lived in seclusion with his family in retirement, 
Grolmann at the old age of 87 died, on 18-01-1977, in Hanover and is buried with his wife Renate, born Cramon, who died old age 96 on 05-04-2003, on the cemetery of Seelhorst in Handover.
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