Preußische Hauptkadettenanstalt

The Preußische Hauptkadettenanstalt (transl. Royal Prussian Main Cadet Institute) in Groß-Lichterfelde near Berlin, was the main military academy training officer corps of the Prussian Army from 1882 to 1920. From 1933 till 1945, the building complex housed the SS Division Leibstandarte.[1]

Main entrance and administration building

Cadets preparing for a parade, 1906

Former students

Hans Kahle World War I veteran turned Communist Party of Germany member, NKVD spymaster, senior commander in Spanish Republican Army's International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, and politician in the German Democratic Republic.
Manfred von Richthofen (1896-1918), legendary World War I flying ace nicknamed "The Red Baron".

References

"From Military to Civilian Use of the Grounds (1878-1933)". The New Building of the Federal Archives in Berlin.

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