Vietinghoff
Vietinghoff is a surname. People with that name include: * Egon von Vietinghoff (1903-1994), German-Swiss painter, author and philosopher, son of Jeanne * Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887-1952), German general of the Wehrmacht during World War II * Jeanne de Vietinghoff (1875-1926), Belgian writer, mother of Egon See also * Baron Boris Vietinghoff-Scheel Baron Boris Alexandrovich Fitinhoff-Schell (russian: Борис Александрович Фитингоф-Шель, tr. ) (1829? in Morshansk – in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian composer of Baltic German descent. Biography Fiti ...

Jeanne De Vietinghoff
Jeanne de Vietinghoff (31 December 1875 – 15 June 1926) was a Belgian writer who published several books on ethical, mystical and religious topics. She was the mother of the painter and philosopher Egon von Vietinghoff. Life Jeanne Céline Emma Bricou was born on 31 December 1875 in Schaerbeek, now a district of Brussels, Belgium. Her parents were Alexis Pierre Joseph Bricou, a chandler and trader in sponges and chamois leather at the Nouveau Marché aux Grains, 9, in Brussels (1825–77), and his third wife Emma Antoinette Isaure Storm de Grave (1841–1933), who came from a patrician Dutch family. She was their only child, and her father died when she was 18 months old. Although she was a Protestant she received her secondary education at the Catholic Sacré-Coeur convent school in Jette, on the outskirts of Brussels. The Francophone boarding school was run by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart. Jeanne was sent there to perfect her French. Her closest friend there was Ferna ...
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Egon Von Vietinghoff
Egon Arnold Alexis Freiherr von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel (February 6, 1903 in The Hague – October 14, 1994 in Zurich) was a German-Swiss painter, author, philosopher and creator of the Egon von Vietinghoff Foundation. He reconstructed the lost painting techniques of the Old Masters, and created some 2,700 paintings. Life Egon von Vietinghoff grew up in an artists’ house: his father Conrad von Vietinghoff was a pianist of German-Baltic origin, his mother Jeanne Bricou Vietinghoff, who had Belgian and Dutch ancestors, was a writer of philosophical books. He spent his childhood in France (Paris) and Germany (Wiesbaden), lived in Switzerland after 1913 (Geneva, Zuoz and finally Zurich). Born a Russian subject, he became a Swiss citizen in 1922, together with his parents and his brother. From 1922 to 1937 he lived in Germany (Munich), Italy (on the isle of Capri), France (again in Paris), Spain (on the isle of Majorca), Argentina (Buenos Aires), and Uruguay (near Atlánti ...
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Heinrich Von Vietinghoff
Heinrich Gottfried Otto Richard von Vietinghoff genannt Scheel (6 December 1887 – 23 February 1952) was a German general (''Generaloberst'') of the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Vietinghoff commanded the German troops in German-occupied Italy in 1945. Military career On 24 November 1938, Vietinghoff was appointed commander of the 5th Panzer Division and took part in the invasion of Poland under Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb. He was promoted to General in June 1940 after which he led the German XLVI Panzer Corps in the invasion of Yugoslavia. During Operation Barbarossa, his Corps was part of Army Group Centre under Field Marshal Fedor von Bock. As all commanders of the German corps on the Eastern Front during the invasion, Vietinghoff implemented the criminal Commissar Order. Vietinghoff also later served with General Heinz Guderian in the 2nd Panzer Army. From December 1941 to August 1943, he was Commander ...
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