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    Thomas Ludwig Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a member of the German High Command. He was Commander-in-Chief of the...
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    Johann David Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (born von Yorck; 26 September 1759 – 4 October 1830) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall instrumental in...
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    Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (19 September 1901 – 12 June 1972) was an Austrian biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory (GST)...
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    Ludwig August Theodor Beck (German: [ˈluːt.vɪç bɛk] ; 29 June 1880 – 20 July 1944) was a German general and Chief of the German General Staff during the...
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    Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (2 September 1878 – 13 March 1946) was a German General Staff officer and the first Minister of War in Adolf Hitler's...
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    Great General Staff had been prohibited by the Allies in the Treaty of Versailles after the First World War. His predecessor was General Werner von Blomberg...
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    Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German military leader and statesman who led the Imperial...
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    Anton Alexander von Werner (9 May 1843 – 4 January 1915) was a German painter and illustrator, best known for his depictions of the Franco-Prussian War...
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    Nuclear Physics Working Group, and president of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Werner Karl Heisenberg was born in Würzburg, Germany, to Kaspar Ernst...
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    Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau (listen; born as Count Pückler, from 1822 Prince; 30 October 1785 – 4 February 1871) was a German nobleman...
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    (1848–1915) Werner von Erdmannsdorff (1891–1945) (executed) Waldemar Erfurth (1879–1971) Friedrich Freiherr von Esebeck (1870–1951) Ludwig von Estorff (1859–1943)...
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  • André Werner (born 1960), German composer Annette Werner (born 1966), German mathematician Anton von Werner (1843–1915), German painter Axel Werner (born...
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    Werner von Erdmannsdorff (27 July 1891 – 5 June 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of...
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    Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian...
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    Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers...
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    Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz ForMemRS (/ˈhɛlmhoʊlts/; German: [ˈhɛʁ.man vɔn ˈhɛlmˌhɔlts]; 31 August 1821 – 8 September 1894) was a German physicist...
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    Werner von Alvensleben (4 July 1875 – 30 June 1947) was a German businessman and politician. He was the second son of Werner Graf von Alvensleben-Neugattersleben...
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    "Wernher von Braun biography". Biography.com. Retrieved 1 March 2014. "Recollections of Childhood: Early Experiences in Rocketry as Told by Werner von Braun...
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    fought in World War I, such as Max Hoffmann, Helmuth von Moltke, Ludwig von Falkenhausen and Karl von Bülow, were buried in the cemetery, along with several...
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    dissatisfied with the two high-ranking military officials concerned, Werner von Blomberg and Werner von Fritsch, regarding them as too hesitant with the war preparations...
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    Ludwig-Ferdinand Friedrich (1884–1923). On 28 July 1931, Schleicher married Elisabeth von Schleicher, daughter of the Prussian general Victor von Hennigs...
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    (1896–1968) Ludwig Crüwell (1892–1958) Karl Decker (1897–1945) (committed suicide) Heinrich Eberbach (1895–1992) Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim...
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  • Britain by his mistress Amalie von Wallmoden. Among her siblings were brother Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn, the Austrian General of Cavalry, and sister Wilhelmine...
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  • Reinhard F. Werner (born 26th march 1954) is a German physicist, and Professor at the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the Leibniz Universität Hannover...
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    The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university...
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    Johann Paul von Werner (11 December 1707 – 25 January 1785) was chief of the Prussian Hussar Regiment No. 6 (Brown Hussars); he also received the Prussian...
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  • architect Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901–1970), Nazi official Ludwig von Alvensleben (1800–1868), German writer from Berlin Werner von Alvensleben (1875–1947)...
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  • The Werner von Siemens Ring (in German orthography, Werner-von-Siemens-Ring) is one of the highest awards for technical sciences in Germany. It has been...
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    Friedrich Ludwig Finck von Finckenstein, Royal Prussian lieutenant general (1709–1785) Count Karl Friedrich Ludwig Albrecht Finck von Finckenstein, Royal...
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    Herbig, München 1971 (dort meist L. K. genannt) Katzenellenbogen, Ludwig, in: Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen...
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