(1898-12-16)16 December 1898 Lüdenscheid, Germany[1]
Died
7 April 1943(1943-04-07) (aged 44) Frolovo, Soviet Union
Allegiance
German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Heer
Years of service
1916–1920 1924-1943
Rank
Oberst
Unit
Abwehr 11th Army Corps
Commands held
Abwehr-Abteilung II Abteilung Heerwesen zbV (Abwehr)
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Sudetenland
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Stalingrad
Awards
German Cross in Gold[2]
Helmuth Groscurth (16 December 1898 – 7 April 1943) was a German staff and Abwehr officer in the Wehrmacht and a member of the German resistance. As an intelligence officer he was an early proponent of the Brandenburgers, commanded unconventional warfare operations in the Sudetenland, and was an active conspirator against Hitler's agenda. He was later reassigned to the regular army following his criticism of war crimes committed by German forces in Poland. After commanding an infantry battalion in the invasion of France he assumed a variety of staff roles. He was involved in the events of the Bila Tserkva massacre where he attempted to avert the killing of Jewish children.[3]
He ended his active service as Karl Strecker's Chief of Staff in the 11th Army Corps. He participated in the Battle of Stalingrad and helped draft the final message from the German forces trapped there. After the surrender he contracted typhus and died while in Soviet captivity. The recovery of his diaries and papers provided a significant source for historians researching the early resistance to Hitler within the German military.
HelmuthGroscurth (16 December 1898 – 7 April 1943) was a German staff and Abwehr officer in the Wehrmacht and a member of the German resistance. As an...
at the Berlin Sportpalast. September 28, 1938 Berlin Hans Oster, HelmuthGroscurth Generalmajor Hans Oster and other high-ranking conservatives in the...
Anneliese Groscurth (1910–1996), European Union (resistance group) Georg Groscurth (1904–1944), European Union (resistance group) HelmuthGroscurth (1898–1943)...
determined to form the unit, Hippel looked to his section chief, HelmuthGroscurth, who supported the unit's formation and the two men conferred on the...
Gisevius (1904–1974), a diplomat and intelligence officer Colonel HelmuthGroscurth (1899–1943), Chief of Abwehr Department II and staff officer Generalmajor...
execution of ninety Jewish children in the Bila Tserkva massacre, after HelmuthGroscurth petitioned him to avert the killings. "German Generals: Brief Who's...
man. When Strecker finally surrendered, he and his chief of staff, HelmuthGroscurth, drafted the final signal sent from Stalingrad, purposely omitting...
anti-Hitler conspiracy. Fest refers to "the officer sent by Groscurth (the Abwehr officer HelmuthGroscurth) to Rundstedt", but does not name him. In Stauffenberg...
Colonel HelmuthGroscurth in August 1941. Near Kiev lies the town of Belaya Tserkov; it was here between 20 and 22 August 1941 that Groscurth learned...
organised and developed by then Oberstleutnant Hans Oster and Major HelmuthGroscurth of the Abwehr. They drew into the conspiracy such people as Generaloberst...
be spared. The chaplains won over staff officer Lieutenant-Colonel HelmuthGroscurth to their cause. He ordered a postponement of the planned massacre...
the ban and said the source was actually German resistance fighter HelmuthGroscurth. "It's utterly outrageous. They have no reason for doing it. It's...
result. Throughout the process, Canaris and subordinates such as HelmuthGroscurth worked to prevent war to the extent feasible. Meanwhile, Canaris participated...
his 11th Corps to Soviet troops. When he and his chief of staff, HelmuthGroscurth, drafted the final transmission sent by the 6th Army at Stalingrad...
Freiburg i.Br. 1965. Helmut Krausnick, Harold C. Deutsch (Eds.): HelmuthGroscurth. Tagebücher eines Abwehroffiziers. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart...
Friedrich Graebe (1900–1986), recognised 1965 Georg (1904–1944) and Anneliese Groscurth (1910–1996), recognised 2005 Heinrich Grüber (1891–1975), recognised 1964...
from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016. Groscurth, Helmuth-M (1 July 1995). "Design and management of energy databases". Energy...
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