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- 1911-1943 (Creation)
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39 Aufbewahrungseinheiten; 1,0 laufende Meter
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Boell, Ludwig, 1889-
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History of the Inventory Designer: Life data 03.07.1889 born in Weißenburg/Elsaß I. married with Edith ..., died 1927 II. married with Miranda ... Military service in the royal prussia. Army and in the Reichswehr 01.10.1907 Entry 30.09.1920 Release from the 200,000 man army Promotions 1908 Corporal 31.03.1909 NCO 10.08.1909 Deputy Sergeant 19.11.1909 Flag Junker 22.03.1910 Lieutenant (with patent of 22.3.1908) 25.02.1915 Lieutenant Colonel 18.06.1917 Captain Positions 01.10.1907 Inf.Rgt. 143 One-year volunteer 04.02.1909 Inf.Rgt. 132 Voluntary exercise 16.06.1909 Inf.Rgt. 60 Exercise A 23.08.1909 Inf.Rgt. 56 Flag officer 26.11.1913 Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika, Recruit Depot Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika, 10th field comp. 03.1914 Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1st field comp. Kp-Führer, Ordonnanz-Officier beim Kommandostab, Adjutant der Schutztruppe und Generalstabsoffizier bei General Wahle 31.03.1920 VII AK budgeted Kp chief 07.1920 Schutztruppen-Abwicklungsamt Berlin-Adlershof Inventory description: Eugen Friedrich Ludwig Boell, was born on 03.07.1889 in Weißenburg/Elsass. He attended the elementary school and the grammar school in Weissenburg, as well as the University of Strasbourg/Elsass where he studied philology. Married in second marriage to Miranda Machalitzky born 13.01.1908, with whom he had four children. Hildegard Ingeborg Boell born 19.02.1934 Friedrich Ludwig Boell born 12.05.1935 Gisela Adelheid Boell born 14.03.1939 Erika Miranda Boell born 03.04.1943 Ludwig Boell was an officer in the army and in the Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika (1914-1918). In 1920 he retired from the Reichswehr due to the reduction of the Wehrmacht and due to military service damage. After his retirement from the army, he was responsible for collecting and sifting the material for the history of the East African campaign at the Schutztruppenamt and the Colonial Central Administration. Furthermore, he was adjutant of the staff chief of the senior management of the organization "Escherich", as well as office manager and accountant at the Theresientaler Kristallglasfabrik. 01.08.1936, appointment to the government council in the Reichsdienst at the Forschungsanstalt für Kriegs und Heeresgeschichte in Potsdam. 01.05.1938, was promoted to the senior government council. On 01.09.1944, Ludwig Boell was awarded the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords. Military service in the Royal Prussian Army and in the Reichswehr 01.10.1907 Entry 30.09.1920 Discharge from the 200,000 man army Promotions 00.00.1908 Corporal 31.03.1909 NCO 10.08.1909 Sergeant 19.11.1909 Fahnenjunker 22.03.1910 Lieutenant (with patent dated 22.03.1908) 25.02.1915 Lieutenant Colonel 18.06.1917 Captain Positions 01.10.1907 Inf.Rgt. 143 One-year volunteer 04.02.1909 Inf.Rgt. 132 Voluntary exercise 16.06.1909 Inf.Rgt. 60 Exercise A 23.08.1909 Inf.Rgt. 56 Flag-junker 26.11.1913 Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika, Rekrutendepot Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika, 10. field company 00.03.1914 Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1. field company 00.03.1914 Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1. field company 00.03.1914 Schutztruppe Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1. field company 00.03.1914 Feldkompanie Kompanieführer, Ordonnanz-Offizier bei beim Kommandostab, Adjutant der Schutztruppe und Generalstabsoffizier bei General Wahle 31.03.1920 VII. AK budgeted company commander 00.07.1920 Schutztruppen-Abwicklungsamt Berlin-Adlerdorf Einsatz 1914-1918 Deutsch-Ostafrika citation method: BArch, N 14/...
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Amtliche Druckschriften: <br />
Ludwig Boell: Die Operationen in Ost-Afrika im Weltkrieg 1914-1918, Hamburg 1951.
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Literatur: <br />
Tanja Bührer: Die Kaiserliche Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika. Koloniale Sicherheitspolitik und transkulturelle Kriegführung, 1885-1918, München 2011 (Beiträge zur Militärgeschichte; 70).
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