Traugott Martin von Sauberzweig
(28.10.1863 - 14.04.1920)
place of birth:  Greifenberg, Brandenburg
Königreich Preußen:  Gen-Gouv von Belgien,  AOK-Stabschef,  Generalleutnant


Imperial German general who saw action on both Great War fronts as a corps-level and army-level chief of staff. He was awarded the Pour le Merite in 1917 for outstanding leadership as General von Hutier's chief of staff (Eighth Field Army) and their actions at Riga. Sauberzweig was born in 1863 the son of a commoner pastor, but was later brought into the aristocracy. During the War, he functioned as Chief of Staff for commanding generals such as Eichhorn, Hutier, and Gallwitz. Sauberzweig also served as Imperial Germany's Governor General in Brussels, Belgium. It was in this capacity that General von Sauberzweig signed the orders which ultimately had British nurse Edith Cavell executed for her alleged treasonous acts: helping some 200 allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium.

 
 
Generalleutnant  15.07.1918

Pour le Mérite  06.09.1917
Militär-St-Heinrich 07.05.1918  Ritter
 
 
 

  
    
Curriculum Vitae  
      
00.00.0000 Grenadier-Regiment ,,Prinz Karl von Preußen” (2. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 12 - Frankfurt an der Oder
13.02.1883 Sekonde-Lieutenant
00.00.0000 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin
00.00.0000 Infanterie-Regiment ,,Hamburg”(2. Hanseatisches) Nr. 76 - Hamburg
16.06.1891 Premier-Lieutenant
00.00.1894 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detached from IR-76)
19.03.1896 Hauptmann
00.00.1896 Großer Generalstab - Berlin
00.00.0000 II. Armeekorps - Stettin  (general staff)
00.00.0000 4. Infanterie-Division - Bromberg  (general staff) 
12.09.1902 Major
00.00.0000 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (instructor)
00.00.0000 XV. Armeekorps - Straßburg  (general staff)
00.00.0000 Infanterie-Regiment ,,Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg” (3. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 20 - Wittenberg  (Bn Cdr)
22.05.1909 Oberstleutnant
21.04.1911 III. Armeekorps - Berlin  (von Bülow's Chief of Staff)
22.04.1912 Oberst
04.04.1913 Grenadier-Regiment Prinz ,,Karl von Preußen” (2. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 12 - Frankfurt an der Oder  (Cdr)
03.02.1914 XI. Armeekorps - Kassel  (von Plüskow's Chief of Staff)
   
Great War  
    
02.08.1914 XI. Armeekorps = 3. Armee  (Otto von Plüskow's Chief of Staff)
18.09.1914 9. Armee  (Oberquartiermeister on Paul von Hindenburg's staff)
24.12.1914 Generalmajor
24.07.1915 III. Reserve-Korps  (Adolph von Carlowitz' Chief of Staff)
17.09.1915 Kaiserliche Deutsche Generalgouvernement Belgien - Brüssel  (Governor General in Belgium)
27.06.1916 Großer Generalstab, Generalquartiermeister - Berlin  (Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven's Chief of Staff)
12.09.1916 Großer Generalstab, Generalquartiermeister - Berlin  (provisional replacement)
16.11.1916 8. Armee  (Chief of Staff for Mudra, Kirchbach, and Hutier)
09.07.1917 Heeresgruppe Eichhorn - Wilna  (Hermann von Eichhorn's Chief of Staff)
09.09.1917 10. Armee  (Hermann von Eichhorn's Chief of Staff, concurrent with above)
27.12.1917 18. Armee  (Oskar von Hutier's Chief of Staff) 
15.07.1918 Generalleutnant
07.08.1918 convalescent leave
05.11.1918 Heeresgruppe Gallwitz - Verdun  (Max von Gallwitz' Chief of Staff)
28.12.1918 38. Infanterie-Division   (Cdr, replaced Schultheis) 
15.07.1919 zur Disposition gestellt
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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