Early Life, Family and Training Wilhelm Buddenberg was born on July 16, 1890, in Trier/Mosel, the son of a textile merchant named Wilhelm Buddenberg. His early years were shaped by the educational foundations of the Volksschule and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Trier. While his father’s interests lay in the family's business and the management of a local hunting estate, the young Wilhelm found himself drawn toward a different vocati…