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Born October 29, 1867 ( 1867-10-29 ) Prenzlau, Germany Died 6 September 1941, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States | ||
Hans Tauscher (October 29, 1867 - September 6, 1941) was an officer of the Imperial German Army during World War I who was accused in the United States of plotting sabotage against Canada's Welland Canal . He was indicted with Franz von Papen but acquitted by a federal jury. From the late 1890s until 1931, he was the American representative for Krupp in the United States.
Biography
He was born in Prenzlau, Germany on October 29, 1867, to Traugott Johannes Tauscher (1838-1916), German military officer and Pauline Hillmann (1837-?). He attended a military academy and was appointed as a lieutenant in the Imperial German Army by 1891. He attended an opera and met Johanna Gadski, and they married on November 20, 1892 in Berlin, Germany. They had a daughter, Charlotte, who was born in Berlin on August 31, 1893 (and died there on March 30, 1967).
During World War I he was accused of plotting sabotage against the Welland Canal along with Franz von Papen, Captain Karl Boy-Ed, Constantine Covani, and Franz von Rintelen. He was indicted with Franz von Papen but acquitted by a federal jury.
He died on September 6, 1941 at St. Clare's Hospital in Manhattan, New York City.