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Heinrich Schëuch (sometimes Scheüch; 21 June 1864, Sélestat – 3 September 1946, Bad Kissingen) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, Generalleutnant of the German Army and (from 1918 to 1919) Prussian Minister of War.

General der Infanterie

On the 27 August 1939, Tannenbergtag, the highly decorated Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite received the "Charakter" (honorary title) as a General der Infanterie of the Wehrmacht.

Familie

His father (1820–1888) worked as a jurist in Colmar. His mother Emilie Graeff was born in 1831 in Sélestat and died in 1879 in Herrlisheim-près-Colmar.

Promotions

17 Oktober 1893: Leutnant
28 Juli 1892: Oberleutnant
27 Januar 1897: Hauptmann
18 August 1903: Major
20 April 1910: Oberstleutnant
22 März 1913: Oberst
27 Januar 1915 or 1916: Generalmajor
9 Oktober 1918: Generalleutnant
27 August 1939: Charakter als General der Infanterie

v t e Prussian Ministers of War
Scharnhorst Hake Boyen Hake Witzleben Rauch Boyen Rohr Reyher Kanitz Schreckenstein Pfuel Strotha Stockhausen Bonin Waldersee Bonin Roon Kameke P. Bronsart von Schellendorf Verdy du Vernois Kaltenborn W. Bronsart von Schellendorf Goßler Einem Heeringen Falkenhayn Hohenborn Stein Scheüch Reinhardt

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