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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 · In 1931, Blomberg had suffered a serious concussion as the result of a riding accident. 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.
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Göring and Himmler got their chance in Jan 1938 when Blomberg's newly wedded wife Erna Gruhn was discovered to have a criminal record for having posed for pornographic photographs, and she also grew up in a suspected house of prostitution.
May 10, 2003 · Hallo, 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.
Werner von Blomberg was born in Stargard, Germany, on September 2, 1878. He joined the German Army and served as a second lieutenant in the 73rd Fusilier Regiment. He attended the War Academy (1904-07) before joining the General Staff in 1908. On the outbreak of the First World War, Blomberg was General Staff Officer with the 19th Reserve Division.
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Reviewed by Katrin Paehler. Published on H-German (June, 2009) Commissioned by Susan R. Boettcher. Kirstin Schäfer has written a fascinating biog‐raphy of General Werner von Blomberg that is, at once, an embarrassment of riches and slightly un‐satisfactory.
