Ernst Graf Strachwitz

Ernst Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz (22 December 1919 – 13 July 1998) was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II, Austrian politician and lawyer.

Early life He was born in Wöbling near Graz into a family of landowners. After graduating from school and before he began studying Law he worked in Austria where he had joined the Homeland Security, which earned him a temporary arrest after the Anschluss.

During the World War II he took part as an officer in the Gebirgsjäger. He finished the war as major and battalion commander with the 2nd Mountain Division. He returned from the war with severe wounds.

Political career After the end of the war, he had the difficulties as a former officer, but he overcame them and obtained his degree and then joined a law firm in Graz.

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 November 1944 as Hauptmann and leader of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 137