Postcard franked Dahlhausen (?) 1916 - General Hans Hartwig von Beseler (1850-1921)
Born in Greifswald, Pomerania, on 27 April 1850, Beseler entered the Prussian Army in 1868, fought in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and had a successful military career until his retirement in 1910.
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Beseler was brought out of retirement and was given command of the 3rd Reserve Corps in the German First Army led by Generaloberst Alexander von Kluck.
In the spring of 1915, Beseler was sent to the Eastern Front with Max von Gallwitz's 9th Army where he led the successful siege of Novogeorgievsk.
On 27 August 1915 Beseler was made Military Governor of the German-occupied part of the zone of Polish lands, or Congress Poland, and served as such until the end of the war.
Beseler died on 20 December 1921 in Neu-Babelsberg near Potsdam. He was buried at the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin.
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