Karl Viktor von Wilsdorf
(18.01.1857 - 25.03.1920)
place of birth:  Großhartmannsdorf bei Freiberg
Königreich Sachsen:  Kriegsminister,  General der Infanterie z.D.


Saxon general Viktor von Wilsdorf served as the kingdom's War Minister during the First World War. Viktor was born in a small village south of Chemnitz and near the Bohemian border. After passing the Abitur exam in Freiberg, he enlisted in the Saxon Army in 1875 as a one-year volunteer. After about 14 years service in his original regiment, Wilsdorf was promoted to lead a company in the Royal Saxon Army's 2nd Jäger Battalion, and his military career was underway.

Following stints as a battalion commander, Wilsdorf was transferred to Dresden to replace Otto von Tettenborn as Commandant of the Saxon Cadet Corps. He then moved up to the Saxon War Ministry to serve Chief of Department IV. for the next seven years, going on active reserve status about one year prior to the outbreak of the Great War. When the War began, von Wilsdorf was reactivated to function as the Chief of Staff for General Georg von Schweinitz, who was Acting Commanding General of XIX. Armee-Korps headquarters in Leipzig. One month later, Wilsdorf found himself back in Dresden serving as War Minister Adolph von Carlowitz' provisional replacement. When it became clear after about one year that von Carlowitz would be remaining on the Front, General von Wilsdorf was permanently installed as Saxon War Minister in October 1915. He remained at this post until War's end in 1918. General von Wilsdorf retired once again following the Armistice of November 1918 and died in Dresden two years later. 

	Kriegsminister	10.09.1914  -  11.11.1918
	General der Infanterie	11.02.1918