Karl Höfer

:"Not to be confused with contemporary German painter Karl Hofer (1878-1955)"

Karl Höfer (also Hoefer; 1862 – 1939) was a German officer. During World War I he became known as the "Held vom Kemmelberge" [Andreas Dornheim: "Röhms Mann fürs Ausland" [http://books.google.com/books?id=UlggfBqKnMAC&pg=PA226&vq=Kemmelberge&dq=Karl+H%C3%B6fer+&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1&sig=ACfU3U34RuEevHC78M9RyysV-8UouEAMqg] ] (Hero of Kemmelberg) for his actions at the Kemmelberg.

Retired as "Generalleutnant a. D.", Höfer defended German Upper Silesia against Polish insurgents in the Silesian Uprisings in 1921. The Freikorps leaders had agreed [Dornheim] [The German Freikorps 1918-23, By Carlos Caballero Jurado, Ramiro Bujeiro] upon Höfer as commander; he led them to success in the Battle of Annaberg. In the international press, he was referred to as "General Hoefer" or "Teuton Commander Hoefer". [The New York Times June 27, 1921, Monday Page 1, 829 words [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B07E6DF1731EF33A25754C2A9609C946095D6CF] ]

Works

* Karl Hoefer: "Oberschlesien in der Aufstandszeit, 1918-1921: Erinnerungen und Dokumente", published by E.S. Mittler & Sohn, 1938, 376 pages [cite book
title=Oberschlesien in der Aufstandszeit, 1918-1921
author=Karl Hoefer
year=1938
publisher=E.S. Mittler & sohn
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url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ytvkGAAACAAJ&dq="Oberschlesien+in+der+Aufstandszeit,[phone]"&lr=]
**reviewed by H. F. P. Percival, International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1931-1939), Vol. 17, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 1938), pp. 853-854 (review consists of 2 pages) [http://www.jstor.org/pss/3019448]

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