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Hans Tauscher
Hans Tauscher (October 29, 1867 - September 5, 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.[1] BiographyHe was born in Prenzlau, Germany, on October 29, 1867, to Traugott Johannes Tauscher (1838–1916), German military officer and Pauline Hillmann (1837–1925). 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).[1] Tauscher "put the Luger pistol on the map in the Americas at the turn of the 20th century."[2][3] During World War I he was accused[4] of plotting sabotage against the Welland Canal along with Franz von Papen, Captain Karl Boy-Ed, Constantine Covani, and Franz von Rintelen.[5][6] He was indicted with Franz von Papen but acquitted by a federal jury.[1] He died on September 5, 1941, at St. Clare's Hospital in Manhattan, New York City.[1] References
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