Max Johann Otto Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe, usually known as Adolf von Batocki-Friebe (31 July 1868 – 22 May 1944), was a German noble, lawyer and politician, and belonged to a noble Lithuanian family. Batocki-Friebe was born at Gut Bledau, Cranz near Königsberg,

East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...

First World War roles

He served as Governor of

(1 October, 1914–1916 and 1918–1919), member of the Prussian House of Lords (1910–1918). He was also President of the

Reichsernährungsamt The ''Kriegsernährungsamt'' (War Office of Food), which later became the ''Reichsernährungsamt'' (Reich Office of Food), was an entity of the government of the German Empire from 1916 to 1919. History During the First World War, the German Bunde ...

(Imperial Nutrition Office) (1916–1917).Spencer Tucker and Priscilla Mary Roberts (eds.) (2005) ''World War I. Encyclopedia'', ABC-CLIO, , p. 478 The onset of the war led to an initial wave of refugees fleeing those areas that the

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felt could not be effectively defended. This led to a humanitarian crisis which the authorities hoped to mitigate by setting up the War Aid Commission (Kriegshilfskommission). At their first plenary held on 12 October 1914, Batocki outlined his approach: :"The most difficult work that we face in the East after our final victory will not be the work of restoring the economic damage. It will not be anything that can be achieved with money. It will lie rather in strengthening and firming up our population. Only when that succeeds can East Prussia fulfill its task as a stronghold of Germandom." He was a Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John.

Publications

* ''Ostpreussens Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft'', 1915. * ''Die Preisbildung im Kriege'' 1916. (with Karl Thieß) * ''Ostpreußen in Harren und Krieg, in Sturz und Sieg'', 1916. (with Paul Burg) * ''Russisch als Pflichtfach an höheren Schulen der Ostprovinzen'', 1918. (with Joh Gerschmann) * ''Vom Kampfe um das Geschick Ostpreußens'', 1919. * ''Warenpreis und Geldwert im Kriege'', 1919. * ''Wie kann die innere Siedlung und Bodenausnutzung schnell und wirksam ..', 1919. * ''Umstellung der Landwirtschaft'', 1920. * ''Ostpreussens wirtschaftliche Lage vor und nach dem Weltkriege'', 1920. * ''Schluss mit Kriegszwangswirtschaft!'', 1921. * ''Staatsreferendar und Staatsassessor'', 1927. (with Werner Friedrich Bruck, Heinrich von Friedberg) * ''Preussen, der Kern der deutschen Verfassungsfrage'', 1928. * ''Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft in Ostpreussen'', 1929. (with Gerhard Schack) * ''Bedeutung und Umfang der Meliorationen in Deutschland'', 1931. * ''Die Bedeutung landwirtschaftlicher Meliorationen in Ostpreussen im Rahmen...'', 1933. (with Otto Heinemann, Kurt Stüwe)

References

Literature

* Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser B Band XVIII, Seite 484, Band 95 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1989,
''Acta Borussica'', Band 9 (1900–1909)
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''Acta Borussica'', Band 10 (1909–1918)
(PDF-Datei; 2,74 MB) * Dieter Stüttgen: ''Die preussische Verwaltung des Regierungsbezirks Gumbinnen, 1871–1920'', 1980, S. 38–40. * Fried von Batocki, Klaus von der Groeben: ''Adolf von Batocki. Ein Lebensbild. Im Einsatz für Ostpreußen und das Reich''. Ostsee-Verlag, Raisdorf 1998.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Batocki-Friebe, A 1868 births 1944 deaths People from the Province of Prussia People from Zelenogradsk Members of the Prussian House of Lords German people of Lithuanian descent