Helmuth Groscurth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helmuth Groscurth

German officer (1898-1943)

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1898

Place of Birth: Lüdenscheid, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 07-Apr-1943

Profession: military officer, resistance fighter

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Helmuth Groscurth (December 16, 1898 – April 7, 1943) was a staff and Abwehr officer in the Wehrmacht and a member of the German resistance.
As an intelligence officer he was an early proponent of the Brandenburgers, commanded unconventional warfare operations in the Sudetenland, and was an active conspirator against Hitler's agenda.
He was later reassigned to the regular army following his criticism of war crimes committed by German forces in Poland.
After commanding an infantry battalion in the invasion of France he assumed a variety of staff roles.
He was involved in the events of the Bila Tserkva massacre where he attempted to avert the killing of Jewish children.
He ended his active service as Karl Strecker's Chief of Staff in the 11th Army Corps.
He participated in the Battle of Stalingrad and helped draft the final message from the German forces trapped there.
After the surrender he contracted typhus and died while in Soviet captivity.
The recovery of his diaries and papers provided a significant source for historians researching the early resistance to Hitler within the German military.