Klie, Emil

Klie, Emil, born 05-01-1875 in Bevensen, district Uelzen, joined the Army Service on 18-03-1895, as a Fahnenjunker in the 34^th Field Artillery Regiment, age 20. He was in the fields as a Hauptmann with the 94^th Field Artillery Regiment and remained in the new Reichswehr  after the war. Klie retired on 31-01-1931 and placed to disposal of the growing Army on 01-07-1938 again. He was the commander of the 33^rd Artillery Replacement Regiment until 31-08-1942 and retired on the age of 67. His son Oberleutnant Helmut Klie was killed, age 24, on 26-07-1943.

Death and burial ground of Klie, Emil.

Living in Göttingen after the war Klie died at the age of 74, on 07-06-1949 and is buried with his wife Angela, born Quehl, who died age 81 on 12-01-1966 on the Stadtfriedhof of Göttingen. On this cemetery are nine more WWII Generals buried, Generalleutnant der Flakartillerie, Kommandeur Heeres Gruppe IV, Curd Bernard,  Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Kommandeur 34^th Division , Friedrich Bremer,  General der Panzertruppe, Kommandeur 4^th Panzer Grenadier Division , Fritz Graser , Generalleutnant der Infantrie, Kommandeur der 83^th Infanterie Division , Wilhelm Heun, General der Infanterie, Commander 4^th Heeresgruppe, Friedsrich Hossbach, Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur Heeres Regio 593, Walter Krause, Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Erwin Leister, General der Flieger, Inspector of Smook Troops and Gas defence, Erich Quade   and Generalmajor der Artillerie, Kommandeur vom WBK Königsberg II,  Rudolf Scheller.