Preußische Hauptkadettenanstalt Explained

The German: Preußische Hauptkadettenanstalt in Groß-Lichterfelde near Berlin, was the main military academy training officer corps of the Prussian Armyfrom 1882 to 1920. From 1933 till 1945, the building complex housed the SS Division Leibstandarte.^[1]

Former students

• Hans Kahle World War I veteran turned Communist Party of Germany member, NKVD spymaster, senior commander in Spanish Republican Army's International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, and politician in the German Democratic Republic.
• Paul Tafel (1872-1953), early member of the German Workers' Party,^[2] mentor of its founder Anton Drexler.
• Manfred von Richthofen (1896-1918), legendary World War I flying ace nicknamed "The Red Baron".
• Yinchang, Chinese military official, ambassador to Germany, and educational reformer in the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China.
• Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), Prussian field marshal and President of the Weimar Republic.

Notes and References

1. Web site: From Military to Civilian Use of the Grounds (1878-1933) . The New Building of the Federal Archives in Berlin.
2. Ludolf Herbst: Hitlers Charisma – Die Erfindung eines deutschen Messias. Fischer, Frankfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-10-033186-1.