Generalleutnant, Commander of Rear Army Area 580. He entered army service in 1908. During World War I he served mostly as Adjutant in various units. During the interwar era, he held numerous staff assignments and continued to rise through the army's ranks under the Nazi regime. However, his aspiring career ended abruptly in January 1939, when he was sent into retirement on political grounds because of his marriage to a Jewish woman. Reactivated again upon the start of World War II, Agricola received positions behind the front line. As rear area commander of the 2nd Army (Koruck 580) in the occupied Soviet union during 1941/43, he 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. His awards were: Iron Cross (1914 & 1939) 1st & 2nd Class; Knight's Cross of the Royal Saxon Military Order of St. Henry; Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Saxon Albert Order; Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Civil Order of Saxony; Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918; Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Class; and German Cross in Gold.
Generalleutnant, Commander of Rear Army Area 580. He entered army service in 1908. During World War I he served mostly as Adjutant in various units. During the interwar era, he held numerous staff assignments and continued to rise through the army's ranks under the Nazi regime. However, his aspiring career ended abruptly in January 1939, when he was sent into retirement on political grounds because of his marriage to a Jewish woman. Reactivated again upon the start of World War II, Agricola received positions behind the front line. As rear area commander of the 2nd Army (Koruck 580) in the occupied Soviet union during 1941/43, he 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. His awards were: Iron Cross (1914 & 1939) 1st & 2nd Class; Knight's Cross of the Royal Saxon Military Order of St. Henry; Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Saxon Albert Order; Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Civil Order of Saxony; Honor Cross of the World War 1914/1918; Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Class; and German Cross in Gold.
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