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In April 1904, he married Charlotte Hellmich. The couple had five children. Graduated from the academy in 1907, Blomberg entered the German General Staff in 1908. Serving with distinction on the Western Front during the First World War, Blomberg was awarded the Pour le Mérite. [2]
Aug 19, 1999 · Historian Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., has speculated that his injury, coupled with the death of his first wife, may have led to an increase in Blomberg’s emotional instability. Charlotte von Blomberg, his wife of 28 years, died in 1932.
- Blaine Taylor
Jul 17, 2012 · Charlotte Hellmich - Danzig, October 04, 1880 - Königsberg, May 11, 1932 - The first wife of Werner von Blomberg - Portrait around 1930 (Photo by Haeckel collection/ullstein bild via Getty Images) Sons:
Blomberg and Werner von Fritsch. Blomberg's scandal-ridden marriage to Erna Gruhn was used to discredit him, while Fritsch's resignation amid accusations of homosexuality showcased the
May 10, 2003 · GFM Werner von Blomberg, then Germany's defence minister, married Margarethe Gruhn at the War Ministry on January 12, 1938. Hitler and Göring were the witnesses to the wedding. Von Blomberg first met Gruhn while taking a stroll through the Tiergarten in Berlin in September 1937.
The Blomberg–Fritsch affair began soon after the marriage on 12 January 1938 of War Minister Werner von Blomberg to Erna Gruhn, when the Berlin police discovered she had a long criminal record and had posed for pornographic photographs.
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Werner von Blomberg was a German general and minister of war (1933–38) in the National Socialist government of Adolf Hitler. A career soldier before the Nazi seizure of power, he was one of Hitler’s most loyal officers among the old-line officer corps before being abruptly dismissed from office.
