Kurt Agricola | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 August 1889 Döbeln, German Empire |
| Died | 27 December 1955 (aged 66) Bad Godesberg, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany |
| Service | Army |
| Years of service | 1908–1945 |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands | Korück 580 |
| Battles / wars | World War I |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry German Cross in Gold |
| Other work | Author[Note 1] |
Kurt Wilhelm Albert Karl Agricola (15 August 1889 – 27 December 1955) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who held senior level occupational rear-security commands in the occupied Soviet Union. A native of Saxony, Agricola entered army service in 1908 and served during World War I. During the interwar era, he held staff assignments and continued to rise through the army's ranks in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. His career stalled in January 1939, when he was sent into retirement on political grounds because of his marriage to Martha born Hahn, a Jewish woman. Reactivated again upon the start of World War II, Agricola received exclusively positions behind the front line. As rear area commander of the 2nd Army in the occupied Soviet union during 1941–43, Agricola brought changes in the Wehrmacht's harsh occupation policies and was successful in maintaining control of his area of occupied territory from Soviet partisans. Shortly after the war's end, he was arrested by Soviet authorities, convicted of war crimes and remained in captivity for a decade. One of the last German prisoners in the Soviet Union, he was released in October 1955 and died shortly thereafter in West Germany.
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