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Herbert Backe (1 May 1896 – 6 April 1947) was a German Nazi politician and Obergruppenführer in the SS.

'''Herbert Backe''' (May 1st, 1896 – April 6th, 1947) was a German Nazi politician and Obergruppenführer in the SS.

Backe was born in Batumi, Georgia, the son of a retired Prussian lieutenant turned trader. His mother was a Caucasus German, whose family had emigrated from Württemberg to Russia in the early 19th century. He studied at the Tbilisi Gymnasium (grammar school) from 1905 and was interned on the outbreak of World War I as an enemy alien because he was a citizen of Prussia. This experience of being imprisoned for being German and witnessing the beginning of the Soviet revolution made Backe an anti-communist.[1] He moved to Germany during the Russian Civil War with the help of the Swedish Red Cross. In Germany, he initially worked as a labourer, and enrolled to study agronomy at the University of Göttingen in 1920. After completing his degree he briefly worked in agriculture and then became an assistant lecturer on agricultural geography at Hanover Technical University. In 1926, he submitted his doctoral dissertation, titled The Russian Cereals Economy as the Basis of Russian Agriculture and the Russian Economy (German: Die russische Getreidewirtschaft als Grundlage der Land- und Volkswirtschaft Russlands), to the University of Göttingen, but it was not accepted.[1] Later, after Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Backe self-published his dissertation with a print of 10 000 copies.

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-Herbert Backe (1 May 1896 – 6 April 1947) was a German Nazi politician and Obergruppenführer in the SS.
+'''Herbert Backe''' (May 1st, 1896 – April 6th, 1947) was a German Nazi politician and Obergruppenführer in the SS.
 Backe was born in Batumi, Georgia, the son of a retired Prussian lieutenant turned trader.   His mother was a Caucasus German, whose family had emigrated from Württemberg to Russia in the early 19th century.  He studied at the Tbilisi Gymnasium (grammar school) from 1905 and was interned on the outbreak of World War I as an enemy alien because he was a citizen of Prussia.   This experience of being imprisoned for being German and witnessing the beginning of the Soviet revolution made Backe an anti-communist.[1] He moved to Germany during the Russian Civil War with the help of the Swedish Red Cross. In Germany, he initially worked as a labourer, and enrolled to study agronomy at the University of Göttingen in 1920.  After completing his degree he briefly worked in agriculture and then became an assistant lecturer on agricultural geography at Hanover Technical University.  In 1926, he submitted his doctoral dissertation, titled The Russian Cereals Economy as the Basis of Russian Agriculture and the Russian Economy (German: Die russische Getreidewirtschaft als Grundlage der Land- und Volkswirtschaft Russlands), to the University of Göttingen, but it was not accepted.[1] Later, after Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Backe self-published his dissertation with a print of 10 000 copies.