Robert Emil von Klüber
(15.9.1873 - 2.3.1920)
place of birth:  Berlin


German lieutenant colonel best known for his distinguished service as a general staff officer during the Great War. He was awarded the Pour le Merite in June 1917 while serving as chief of general staff in General Fritz von Below's First Army. After the War, he was the War Ministry's liaison officer to the Government, then representative in the Weimar Republic. In March 1920, von Klüber was brought before the Military Council in Halle/Saale and was later thrown out into a mob. He was shot a couple times and thrown into the River Saale where he died of his wounds.