Beautiful photograph of a wedding in the household of General Alexander von Hartmann (seen sitting on the left, behind him an officer wearing the DKIG). General von Hartmann was KIA at Stalingrad. Writing on reverse, which reads: “Zur Erinnerung an die Hochzeit im Hause Hartmann und mit vielem Dank für alle Mithilfe. Ihre M. v. Hartmann” (likely the Wife of General Alexander von Hartmann). Knick in the upper right corner and small cut out on the bottom left.
Alexander von Hartmann (11 December 1890 – 26 January 1943) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 71st Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Hartmann was killed on 26 January 1943 during the Battle of Stalingrad and was posthumously promoted to General of the Infantry.
Before his death Hartmann stated, “I intend to go to my infantry in the front line…I will seek death among their ranks. Captivity for a general is dishonourable.” He was killed instantly when he was shot in the head while standing upright on the railway embankment firing “shot after shot from his rifle”.
