Waldemar Henrici

Hermann Waldemar Henrici (February 3, 1878 – February 15, 1950) was a Lieutenant General of the German Wehrmacht who commanded a division of the VII Army Corps in the 4th Army during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Russia during the Second World War, and also a leading figure in the Reichsarbeitsdienst.

From 7 August 1915, he served with the general staff at the Great headquarters and was promoted to Major on 6 June 1916.

Following the end of the war he worked for the Defence Ministry as a lecturer, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1921.

He received a doctorate in political science in 1923 with a dissertation entitled "The coal industry in Russia and after the war".

In 1941, he led his division in Operation Barbarossa, being promoted to lieutenant general (Generalleutnant z. V.) on 1 October 1941.