Chevallerie, Gustav Hans Erdmann Hellmuth von der, born on 09-11-1896 in Berlin 
, Josef Goebbel 
the son of the Royal Prussian Prime Leutnant in the Guard Pioneer Battalion of the Guard Corp 
The Corps was headquartered in Berlin, with its units garrisoned in the city and nearby towns (Potsdam, Jüterbog, Döberitz). Unlike all other Corps of the Imperial German Army, the Guards Corps did not recruit from a specific area, but from throughout Prussia and the “Imperial Lands” of Alsace-Lorraine. Later Generalmajor of Huguenot descent, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Erdmann Hans von Chevallerie (1857-1946) and his wife Margret, born von Schulz (1866-1945). On 18-12-1918 Hauptmann von der Chevallerie married his fiancee the teacher Dorothea Adelaide Luise Anna Charlotte Zander (born 03-05-1895 in Rybnik/died 14-10-1957 in Göttingen), the daughter of the secret medical councilor Dr. med Rudolf Zander and his wife Charlotte, born Exss. The couple had a son, leutnant Hans -Rudolf von der Chevallerie (born 11-11-1919 in Koberg on 11-06-1940 in battle) and three daughters including Erika Margarete Charlotte, who was born in Kolberg in 1921 and who would marry in Buckow in 1942 with Hans Rudolph. His corpse, he died of his wounds in the Cologne Nippes reserve hospital, was transferred to Kolberg instead of to the war cemetery at the request of his parents. Kurt von der Chevallerie’s brother is a Knight Cross bearer Generalleutnant Gustav Hans Erdmann Hellmuth von der Chevallerie. 
Kurt died in battle on 14-01-1944, in Biala Podlaska, Lublin, and is buried at the Polish war cemetery Pulawy, in Section 2.
, Josef Goebbel the son of the Royal Prussian Prime Leutnant in the Guard Pioneer Battalion of the Guard Corp The Corps was headquartered in Berlin, with its units garrisoned in the city and nearby towns (Potsdam, Jüterbog, Döberitz). Unlike all other Corps of the Imperial German Army, the Guards Corps did not recruit from a specific area, but from throughout Prussia and the “Imperial Lands” of Alsace-Lorraine. Later Generalmajor of Huguenot descent, Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Erdmann Hans von Chevallerie (1857-1946) and his wife Margret, born von Schulz (1866-1945). On 18-12-1918 Hauptmann von der Chevallerie married his fiancee the teacher Dorothea Adelaide Luise Anna Charlotte Zander (born 03-05-1895 in Rybnik/died 14-10-1957 in Göttingen), the daughter of the secret medical councilor Dr. med Rudolf Zander and his wife Charlotte, born Exss. The couple had a son, leutnant Hans -Rudolf von der Chevallerie (born 11-11-1919 in Koberg on 11-06-1940 in battle) and three daughters including Erika Margarete Charlotte, who was born in Kolberg in 1921 and who would marry in Buckow in 1942 with Hans Rudolph. His corpse, he died of his wounds in the Cologne Nippes reserve hospital, was transferred to Kolberg instead of to the war cemetery at the request of his parents. Kurt von der Chevallerie’s brother is a Knight Cross bearer Generalleutnant Gustav Hans Erdmann Hellmuth von der Chevallerie. Kurt died in battle on 14-01-1944, in Biala Podlaska, Lublin, and is buried at the Polish war cemetery Pulawy, in Section 2.Helmut’s sister was Anna Julia Barbara Else from the Chevallerie (born 09-08-1893 in Berlin and died 22-02-1983 in Oberstdorf)
Hellmut came from the old Huguenot and noble family of the Chevallerie, who came to Prussia in 1660 
. Chevallerie joined the Army, as a volunteer, on 04-08-1914, one month after the outbreak of World War I. He came with 5th Garde Grenadier Regiment 
, his brother Kurt was the commander, on the front. Kurt was missed in action on 18-04-1945 near Kolberg in World War II and Kurt’s only son Hans Rudolf died on the Western Front. Helmut was twice wounded 
during the battles, in captivity and received both the Iron Crosses. 
After returning to his homeland in November 1918, Gustav joined the volunteer Garde-Grenadier battalion of the Freikorps Hindenburg
. Chevallerie joined the Army, as a volunteer, on 04-08-1914, one month after the outbreak of World War I. He came with 5th Garde Grenadier Regiment , his brother Kurt was the commander, on the front. Kurt was missed in action on 18-04-1945 near Kolberg in World War II and Kurt’s only son Hans Rudolf died on the Western Front. Helmut was twice wounded during the battles, in captivity and received both the Iron Crosses. After returning to his homeland in November 1918, Gustav joined the volunteer Garde-Grenadier battalion of the Freikorps Hindenburg
. In May 1920 his takeover took place in the Provisional Reichswehr. Helmut was allowed in this new Reichswehr and was an adjutant in the Generalkommando XII. Armeekorps, as World War II starts. XII Armykorps was completely destroyed in the encirclement east of Minsk. The commander of the 12th Corps, Lieutenant General Vincenz Müller, 
and the commander of the 57th Infantry Division 
Generalleutnant Oskar Blümm, 
were captured. The commander of the 267th Infantry Division was killed and the commander of the 18th Armored Grenadier Division committed suicide to avoid captivity. Blum survived the war and 12 december 1951 (Ursberg/Bayeren, age 67. In 1956, the DDR was allowed to build its own army, the Nationale Volksarmee (NVA). However, this came under the direct command of the Russian army. From 1956 to 1958, Vincent Müller was Chief of Staff of the NVA and deputy minister of defense of the DDR. In 1958 he resigned as minister and commander “for health reasons”. In 1961, Vincenz Müller committed suicide at the age of 66.Chevallerie was involved in the invasion of Russia and as an Oberst and commander of the 10th Schützen Brigade, Gustav landed in the Führer Reserve, in 1942. In October 1942, he was assigned as commander of the 22nd Panzer Division 
, he succeeded Generalleutnant der Panzertruppe, Commander of the 22nd Panzer Division, Wilhelm von Apell 
and in November promoted to Generalmajor. He is seriously wounded 
and has to give up his command until 30-04-1943. Awarded with the Ritterkreuz 
and promoted to Generalleutnant. Apell was placed in the Führerreserve (Leader’s Reserve) until March 1943. He was made the Replacement Army Inspector in Vienna and, having received a promotion to Generalleutnant, served in this role for the remainder of the war. He died in the village of Varnhalt, near Baden-Baden, on 07-03-1969, age 77.
, he succeeded Generalleutnant der Panzertruppe, Commander of the 22nd Panzer Division, Wilhelm von Apell and in November promoted to Generalmajor. He is seriously wounded and has to give up his command until 30-04-1943. Awarded with the Ritterkreuz and promoted to Generalleutnant. Apell was placed in the Führerreserve (Leader’s Reserve) until March 1943. He was made the Replacement Army Inspector in Vienna and, having received a promotion to Generalleutnant, served in this role for the remainder of the war. He died in the village of Varnhalt, near Baden-Baden, on 07-03-1969, age 77.Chevallerie reactivated as commander of the 13th Panzer Division 
in Mai 1943, former commander Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Commander of the 20th Panzer Division 
, Walter Düvert.
in Mai 1943, former commander Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Commander of the 20th Panzer Division , Walter Düvert.
Chevallerie was awarded the Deutsche Kreuz in Gold 
, and on 30-04-1943, the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. During the invasion of Poland, soldiers from the 20th Division took part in massacres in the village of Drzewica 
on September 8 and 9 Medical columns marked with Red Cross signs 
were also attacked. Soldiers from the division used civilians as human shields. The offensive of the Soviet pushed the Germans to their starting positions of June 1941. The 13th Panzer Division was attached to Army Group South Ukraine, under General Field Marshal, Ferdinand Schörner, 
which had orders to stop the Soviets from capturing the Romanian oil fields.Schörner was said to be devoted to Adolf Hitler, a view that is seen as confirmed by Hitler’s appointment of Schörner as his replacement as Commander-in-Chief of the German Army on his suicide in the Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler. Schörner did not hesitate to second Hitler’s fantasy in the last weeks of the war, agreeing that the Red Army’s main objective would be Prague instead of Berlin (in itself a colossal strategic blunder) and so leading him to weaken the critically thin defense lines in front of Berlin.
Ferdinand Schörner was arrested in Austria by American troops on 18-05-1945. In February 1952, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in a Soviet court. In April of the same year, that sentence was reduced to 12 years. In January 1955, Schörner was released from captivity and left for Dresden in the DDR. His release caused a commotion in the Federal Republic, Bundes Republiek. The later defense minister, the conservative Franz-Josef Strauß,
referred to Schörner as Ungeheuer in Uniform (monster in uniform) and in March 1955 the Bundesdisziplinarkammer started a disciplinary investigation to prevent Schörner from using the redundancy pay scheme in accordance with Article 131 of the German Constitution. could make. In 1957, a judicial investigation started into his unethical behavior during the Second World War (particularly because of the executions of deserting Wehrmacht soldiers and his flight during the capitulation). In 1958 the GDR allowed him to leave for the Federal Republic. Here he was arrested again and sentenced to four and a half years in prison. He also lost his military pension. Schörner was released in 1963. Schörner died ten years later in his native city of Munich on 02-07-1973 age 83..Franz-Josef Strauss studied at the University of Munich and was an active member of a Roman Catholic youth organization/”Katholische junge Gemeinde” (short: “KjG“) is a major German Catholic youth organization that clashed with the Nazi Party of Adolf Hitler. Called up for military service in 1939, he was captured by U.S. forces near the end of World War II. After his release in 1945, he served as councillor to the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior and in 1946 was appointed deputy county director in the Schongau district by the American occupation authorities. Strauss helped found the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) in 1945 and was elected to the Bundestag (parliament) in August 1949. After being reelected in September 1953, he was appointed minister without portfolio by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. 
In 1955 he became minister for atomic affairs and deputy chairman of the Defense Council. In October 1956 Adenauer appointed him minister of defense. As defense minister until 1962, Strauss oversaw West Germany’s rearmament and played a major role in building up the Bundeswehr (armed forces). Strauss died 03-10-1988,, age 73. Adenauer died 19-04-1967, of heart failure, age 91, in Rhöndorf.
In 1955 he became minister for atomic affairs and deputy chairman of the Defense Council. In October 1956 Adenauer appointed him minister of defense. As defense minister until 1962, Strauss oversaw West Germany’s rearmament and played a major role in building up the Bundeswehr (armed forces). Strauss died 03-10-1988,, age 73. Adenauer died 19-04-1967, of heart failure, age 91, in Rhöndorf.Another famous member of this Roman Catholic youth organization was the later pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Alois Ratzinger.
Joseph Ratzinger Sr. was a critic of the Nazi government and refused to join the NSDAP. In 1943, when he was 16, Joseph Ratzinger was drafted with many of his classmates into the Luftwaffenhelfer program. They were posted first to Ludwigsfeld, north of Munich, as part of a detachment responsible for guarding a BMW aircraft engine plant. Next they were sent to Unterföhring, northwest of Munich, and briefly to Innsbruck. From Innsbruck their unit went to Gilching to protect the jet fighter base and to attack Allied bombers as they massed to begin their runs towards Munich. At Gilching, Ratzinger served in a telephone communications post. On 10-09-1944, his class was released from the Corps. Returning home, Ratzinger had already received a new draft notice for the Reichsarbeitsdienst. He was posted to the Hungarian border area of Austria; Austria having been annexed by Germany in the Anschluss of 1938. When Hungary was occupied by the Red Army Ratzinger was put to work setting up anti-tank defences in preparation for the expected Red Army offensive. 
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (2nd from L), during his time at the anti-aircraft corps; picture was made in Rosenheim, Germany. Josef Ratzinger died, age 95, on 31-12-2022, at Mater Ecclesiae, Vatican City, Vaticaanstad. Joseph’s brother Georg Ratzinger (Pleiskirchen, 15-01-1924 – Regensburg, 01-07-2020) was also a German priest and church musician. Georg was the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI.The Red Army offensive of August 1944 resulted in the deaths or imprisonment of most of the division. Panzer Division. In the spring of 1945, the division was reformed under the name Feldherrnhalle 2 
. The last engagements with the Soviets were fought on the Austro-Hungarian border. The Division surrendered in Austria in May 1945.
. The last engagements with the Soviets were fought on the Austro-Hungarian border. The Division surrendered in Austria in May 1945.Von der Chevallerie again wounded on 25-10-1943, is in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know) and in November 1943 assigned as commander of the 273rd Reserve Panzer Division. His son Lieutenant Udo was killed in action in Russia, age 21 on 14-07-1943. His division is disbanded in the spring of 1943 and he lands for the third time in the Reserve. Temporary replaced commander of the 233rd Reserve Panzer Division, he replaced Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Kommandeur 29th Infanterie Division 
, Max Fremery
, Max Fremery
from August 1944 until the autumn 1944. Commander, from 01-11-1944, of the Truppenübungsplatzes Bergen, on 20-02-1945 again in the Führer Reserve. He became commander of “Sudetengau” and with the capitulation in Mai 1945 in Allied captivity, until his release in the summer of 1947.Hellmuth married his fiancée Ruth Schwarzenberger in 1921, and their children included Udo (born 02-02-1922 in Biere), who had remained in front of the enemy at Tereben on the eastern front as a lieutenant in the army on 24-7-1943.
Death and burial ground of Chevallerie, Gustav Hans Erdmann Hellmuth von der.
Von der Chevallerie, here with General Erich von Manstein 
died at the age of 68, on 01-06-1965 in Wiesbaden. He is buried with his wife Ruth, born Schwarzenberge, who died age 81 on 06-02-1987, on the Südfriedhof of Wiesbaden. Wiesbaden apparently a popular place, Generalmajor der Artillerie, Kommandeur der 145th Artillerie Division, Rudolf Henrici, Generalmajor der Infanterie, Director of Replacement Army Corps XII, Max von Basse, Generalmajor der Flieger, Kommandeur III Luftwaffe Ersatz Battalion, Wolf von Biedermann,
Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur der 7th Infanterie Regiment, Eberhard Bohnstedt, Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Kommandeur 153th Feld Division, Karl Edelmann, Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur der 560, Besancon, Paul von Felbert
Generalleutnant Inspekteur der Artillerie, Kommandeur 106th Infanterie Division, Werner Forst, Generalmajor der Pioniere, Kommandeur der 87th Grenadier Battallion, Hans Halke, General der Infanterie, Kommandeur General VII AK, Ernst Hell, Generalmajor der Flieger, Kommandant Flughafen Bezirk 8/VI, Anton Heidenreich, Generalstabarzt der Wehrmacht, Dr. Walter Kittel, Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur Schule Infanterie /Kavallerie, Kurt Lindner, Generalleutnant der Flieger, Lufwaffe Ersatz Division, Frans Nowak, General der Polizei, Oskar Wantke and Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Kommandeur of Magdeburg, 1944, Hans Zanthier. The World War I flyer aces “Red Baron”, Manfred von Richthofen and brother Lothar.
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