Bernhard Franz Karl Adolf von Hülsen (20 April 1865 – 21 April 1950) was a German

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. He was the son of

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n colonel lieutenant Hermann von Hülsen (1816–1867) and his second wife Helene, née von Clausewitz. Walter von Hülsen (1863–1947), later general of infantry, was his older brother. Hülsen married Magdalene von Schaper on 31 July 1896 in Berlin.Freiherr von Bock: ''Stammliste des Offizierkorps des 2. Garde-Regiments zu Fuß 19.6.1813–15.5.1913.'' Verlag R. Eisenschmidt. Berlin 1913. S. 215. On 26 December 1918 after

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, Hülsen formed the Freikorps (von) Hülsen, a

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unit that participated in the suppression of the Spartacist League in

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. In 1921,

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von Hülsen commanded units in the

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. In 1922, he published ''Der Kampf um Oberschlesien''.

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