Paulus Alfred Wilhelm von Stolzmann
(01.04.1863 - 05.08.1930)
place of birth:  Stolberg, Harz
Königreich Preußen:  AOK-Stabschef,  Generalleutnant


General Paulus von Stolzmann served during the Great War as Chief of General Staff for Alexander von Linsingen's Süd-Armee. Working as a regimental commander in the months leading up to Mobilization, Stolzmann was immediately sent to oversee General von Boehn's IX. Reserve-Korps headquarters, based along the North Sea coast as a part of the Army of the North. The corps moved into northern Belgium by the end of August in order to help prevent von Kluck's 1. Armee from being outflanked during the "Race to the Sea."

In January 1915, von Stolzmann was transferred East to Muncacz, Hungary (present-day Mukacheve, Ukraine) to head up General von Linsingen's staff at the Südarmee headquarters. With the German troops successfully engaged in a series of battles in the Carpathian Mountains region, von Stolzmann was recognized in July 1915 with the Pour le Merite for his outstanding leadership during the campaign. He was then transferred to L'viv to head up the general staff for General Linsingen's Army of the Bug, a force later known as Army Group Kiew-Linsingen. From July 1916 through August 1918, General von Stolzmann was in charge of 78. Reserve-Division forces. Initially entrenched near Dünaberg (Daugavpils, Latvia) the unit was redeployed in April 1917 to Alsace, France and then along the River Aisne. They conducted well-planned operations during the summer of 1917 at Chemin des Dames and near Vauxaillon. Fighting alongside Armee-Abteilung C troops between the Meuse and Moselle rivers, von Stolzmann's division engaged U.S. soldiers in April 1918 near Remieres Forrest, handing the Yanks one of their few defeats of the conflict. 

Generalleutnant von Stolzmann took over the reigns of the 16. Infanterie-Division in August 1918, returning with those soldiers back to the German homeland for demobilization. After the signing of the Armistice, von Stolzmann served in 1920-21 as the commander of Wehrkreis IV and the 4. Infanterie-Division. He ultimately was promoted to General der Infanterie ch. before retiring from active duty. His son Wilhelm served as a Leutnant and was killed in action early on during the War.  Another son, also named Paulus, served as Nazi Germany's Ambassador in Washington D.C. and Chicago during the Second World War. 

	Generalleutnant	01.07.1918
	Pour le Mérite	07.07.1915
	Militär-Max-Joseph	21.07.1915  Kommandeur