Robert Emil von Klüber
(15.09.1873 - 02.03.1919)
place of birth:  Berlin
Königreich Preußen:  AOK-Stabschef,  Oberstleutnant  (Kav)


Imperial German cavalry officer Robert von Klüber was known for his distinguished service as a general staff officer during the Great War. He was born into the family of Prussian Generalmajor Friedrich von Klüber. In March of 1898, Robert von Klüber was married to Elsa, the daughter of Generalmajor Paul von Mühlberg.

As the Germans invaded Belgium in August 1914, Major von Klüber was recalled from military attaché duty at the Embassy in Paris and sent to work with the Great General Staff. He was soon assigned to head up operations at XI. Army Corps headquarters on the Western Front. In June 1915, he was transferred to IX. Army Corps headquarters on the Aisne-Front to take over as General von Quast's Chief of Staff.  In June 1917, while serving as Chief of Staff of General Fritz von Below's First Army, von Klüber was awarded the Pour le Merite for his outstanding leadership during extended defensive fighting along the Champagne-Front.

Following the Armistice, Oberstleutnant von Klüber was assigned as the War Ministry's liaison officer to the newly-formed Weimar government. In March 1919, he was dispatched to the town of Halle due to the local civil unrest. Although in civilian clothing, he was recognized by the mob as he walked the streets and then received a beating. He was then shot a couple times and thrown into the River Saale. Although initially surviving, as he reached the opposite bank of the river, he was again shot and ultimately died of his wounds. He is interred in the Berliner Invalidenfriedhof, and the Klüberstraße , located in the so-called General's Quarter of Berlin Steglitz is named in his honor.

	Oberstleutnant	27.01.1918
	Pour le Mérite	14.06.1917