Hasso von Wedel (general)
| Hasso von Wedel | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
20 November 1898 Stargard (Pommern), German Empire |
| Died |
3 January 1961 (aged 62) Gehrden, Germany |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire (1915 to 1918).svg.png){kind=small} Weimar Republic (to 1933).svg.png){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |
 Heer |
| Years of service | 1916–45 |
| Rank | Generalmajor |
| Unit | Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 9 |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords Prussian Iron Cross First Class |
Hasso von Wedel (20 November 1898 – 3 January 1961)[1] was a German Generalmajor and Commander of the Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops during the Second World War. He was directly subordinate to the head of OKW Operations Staff (Wehrmachtführungsstab, WFSt.), General Alfred Jodl. Wedel's Propaganda Department had to control over the growing number of new propaganda units and served to mediate between them and the Reich Propaganda Ministry of Joseph Goebbels.[2]
After capitulation of the Nazi Germany, Wedel was taken prisoner by the US troops on 6 May 1945 and released on 18 May 1946. Wedel described his experience on war propaganda in an apologetic account written between 1957 and 1958 and published after his death under the title Die Propagandatruppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht ("Propaganda troops of the Wehrmacht").
Books authored (German)
- Die Propagandatruppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht. Neckargemünd, Scharnhorst Buchkameradschaft, 1962.
- Schießtechnik und Taktik des einzelnen f. M.G. in 26 Kampfaufgaben mit Lösungen. Berlin 1928
- Zwanzig Jahre deutsche Wehrmacht. Berlin 1939
- Der Feldherr Adolf Hitler und seine Marschälle. Leipzig 1941
- Die Propagandatruppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht. Hrsg. von Hermann Teske. Neckargemünd 1962
References
- ↑ Ernst Klee: Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, p. 648.
- ↑ Daniel Uziel: Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops and the Jews. Shoah Resource Center. Yad Vashem, p 3.
Bibliography
- Daniel Uziel: The Propaganda Warriors. The Wehrmacht and the Consolidation of the German Home Front. Peter Lang, Oxford 2008, ISBN 978-3-03911-532-7.
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