Rest Village Behind the Front Line

German soldiers take recreation leave on Eastern Front. Animated map of Eastern Front from Narva to Jassy. Present lull allows two soldiers to leave trench for few days at Relaxation Camp behind lines. Facilities at log-cabin camp include sauna (sign), showers (End of Reel 1), barber, meals served by girls (Russian?) to Divisionskommandeur Generalmajor Alexander Conrady (36. Infanterie-Division) sitting eating with his men, extra rations and an open-air Variété performance with trapeze artiste, dancers (scanned by one soldier through his artillery periscope) and trick cyclists.

Source :
Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 720 - 21 June 1944
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-DzDJmt5F8

Bio of Generalleutnant Rudolf-Eduard Licht (1890-1978)

 

Rudolf-Eduard Hugo Heinrich Licht

Date of Birth: 11.06.1890 - Holzhaleben, Sondershausen, Thuringen (German Empire)
Date of Death: 14.09.1978 - Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg (West Germany)

Promotions:
19.12.1911 Fähnrich
18.08.1912 Leutnant
27.01.1916 Oberleutnant
01.05.1922 Rittmeister/Hauptmann
01.02.1933 Major
01.08.1935 Oberstleutnant
01.03.1938 Oberst
01.02.1942 Generalmajor
01.02.1944 Generalleutnant

Career:
Entered Army Service (17 Mar 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the 167th Infantry-Regiment (17 Mar 1911-01 Oct 1913)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-22 Nov 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (22 Nov 1914-07 Feb 1915)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (07 Feb 1915-02 Aug 1916)
Company-Leader in the 167th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1916-15 Oct 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1916-11 Jan 1917)
Company-Leader in the 167th Infantry-Regiment (11 Jan 1917-08 Jul 1917)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (08 Jul 1917-04 Nov 1918)
In British Captivity (04 Nov 1918-01 Nov 1919)
Transferred into the 22nd Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Dec 1919-01 Jun 1920)
Transferred into the 21st Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Jun 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Detached for Subsidiary-Leadership-Training and transferred into the 15th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1923)
With the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1925)
Company-Chief in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1929)
Instructor at the Infantry School (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the Training-Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Leipzig (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 101st Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of Instruction-Group C of the War School Dresden (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of Instruction-Group A of the War School Wiener Neustadt (10 Nov 1938-01 Sep 1939)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Sep 1939-01 Dec 1939)
Commander of the 40th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1939-23 Jul 1941)
Commander of the 17th Rifle-Brigade (23 Jul 1941-11 Nov 1941)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 17th Panzer-Division (11 Nov 1941-01 Feb 1942)
Commander of the 17th Panzer-Division (01 Feb 1942-10 Oct 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (10 Oct 1942-01 Nov 1942)
Commander of Division 487 (01 Nov 1942-15 Mar 1943)
Führer-Reserve & Detached to Army-Group Nord (15 Jun 1943-12 Oct 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 21st Luftwaffe-Field-Division (12 Oct 1943-01 Nov 1943)
Commander of the 21st Field-Division (L) (01 Nov 1943-01 Nov 1944)
Commander of the 710th Infantry-Division (01 Nov 1944-15 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards and Decorations:
25.10.1914 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
09.08.1916 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
00.00.191_ Schwarzburgisches Ehrenkreuz III.Klasse mit Schwertern
00.00.191_ k.u.k. Österreichische Militär-Verdienstkreuz III.Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
26.05.1918 Verwundetenabzeichen 1918 in Schwarz
15.01.1935 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914-1918
02.10.1936 Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
00.00.19__ 1939 spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.19__ 1939 spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
30.08.1941 Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres
18.10.1941 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, as Oberst and Kommandeur 17. Schützen-Brigade
00.00.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942” (Ostmedaille)

Front inspection: Divisionskommandeur Rudolf-Eduard Licht (3rd from right) and Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch (right)

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2010/09/daftar-generalleutnant-heer-letnan.html
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalleutnant2/LICHT_RUDOLF.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/11169/Licht-Rudolf-Eduard.htm

General Knochenhauer during Führergeburtstag

Private picture of General der Kavallerie Wilhelm Knochenhauer (right, Kommandierender General X. Armeekorps) posing with two NSDAP officials during Führergeburtstag (Hitler Birthday) celebration, 20 April 1937. The picture was possibly taken in Hamburg.

Source :
https://www.kometmilitaria.com/product-page/private-picture-general-der-kavallerie-wilhelm-knochenhauer

Bio of Generalleutnant Willy Seeger (1890-1978)

Viktor Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Seeger
Born: 28 September 1890 in Arco (Südtirol) (heute Arco, Trentino, Italien)
Died: 27 July 1978 in Stuttgart

Promotions:
01.03.1935: Oberstleutnant
01.08.1937: Oberst
01.09.1941: Generalmajor
01.09.1943: Generalleutnant

Career:
1935 - 1936 ?
01.07.1936 Adj of V. AK
26.08.1939 Adj. Gen.Kdo. V. AK
01.08.1940 Kdr. Infanterie-Regiment 13.
01.10.1940 Kdr. Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 13
25.10.1940 FR ?
15.11.1940 Kdr. Infanterie-Regiment 75
26.07.1941 FR?
29.09.1941 Kdr. 292. Infanterie-Division
24.08.1942 FR?
01.05.1943 Kdr. Division Nr. 405
22.02.1945 FR?
23.04.1945 - 29.04.1945 “Korps Seeger“ (“Kampfgruppe Nord“) mit 106., 719. und 805. ID

Medals and Decorations:
 EK II,
 EK I,
 Ritterkreuz des Württembergischen MVO,
 Ritterkreuz 2. kl des Württembergischen Friedrichs Orden mit Schwertern,
 Ritterkreuz 2. kl des Sächsischen Albrechts Orden mit Schwertern,
 Verwundeten Abzeichen in Schwarz,
 Österreichisches MVK 3 kl mit KD.
 Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914-1918 mit Schwertern (1934),
 Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung für 25 Jahre (2 octobre 1936),
 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1 Oktober 1938,
 1939 Spange zum 1914 EK II (23 juin 1941),
 1939 Spange zum 1914 EK I (21 juillet 1941),
 Verwundeten Abzeichen in Silber (29 juillet 1941),
 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (2 juillet 1942),
 Ostmedaille (22 août 1942).

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2269752#p2269752
https://gmic.co.uk/topic/68794-seeger-willy/
https://www.leo-bw.de/en/detail/-/Detail/details/DOKUMENT/labw_findmittel_06/labw-1-329199/Seeger+Willy?p_auth=dSoSNGM5
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/18510/Seeger-Willy.htm

Personalakte of Generalleutnant Gustav Adolph-Auffenberg-Komarów (1887-1967)

Source :
Bundesarchiv

Bio of General der Panzertruppe Hans Röttiger (1896-1960)

 

General der Panzertruppe Hans Röttiger
Born: 16.04.1896 in Hamburg.
Died: 15.04.1960 in Bonn.

Promotions:
15.09.1914 Fahnenjunker
ca. 1914 Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
30.09.1915 Leutnant
01.04.1925 Oberleutnant
01.10.1931 Hauptmann i.G.
01.01.1936 Major i.G.
01.02.1939 Oberstleutnant i.G.
01.01.1941 Oberst i.G.
01.02.1942 Generalmajor
01.09.1943 Generalleutnant
30.01.1945 General der Panzertruppe
00.00.19__ Generalleutnant (Bundeswehr)

Career:
15.09.1914 - 20.09.1915 Entered service as Fahnenjunker, assigned to Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 45 (Base: Hamburg-Altona).
30.09.1915 - 00.06.1918 Commissioned/assigned to Fuß-Artillerie-Regiment 20. Saw action in Gorlice, Tarnow, and around Lemberg on the Eastern Front; fought at Verdun and on the Somme in 1916, in combat in Flanders in 1917, and in the great Spring offensive of 1918.
00.06.1918 - 00.11.1918 Ordonnanzoffizier to Artilleriekommandeur der Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz.
00.11.1918 - 01.01.1921 Again assigned to Fußartillerie-Regiment 20.
01.01.1921 - 00.00.1923 Assigned to Artillerie-Regiment 4.
00.00.1923 - 00.00.1925 Assigned to Wehrkreis-Kommando IV (HQ: Dresden).
00.00.1930 - 00.00.1931 Attended Lehrgang R, Reichswehrministerium (training as general staff officer.

10.11.1938 - 15.10.1939 Assigned to the Generalstab des Heeres.
15.10.1939 - 05.02.1940 Ia of VI.Armee-Korps.
05.02.1940 - 01.01.1940 Chef des Generalstabes of XXXXI.Armee-Korps.
01.01.1942 - 28.04.1942 Chef des Generalstabes of 4.Panzer-Armee.
28.04.1942 - 16.07.1943 Chef des Generalstabes of 4.Armee.
16.07.1943 - 24.03.1944 Chef des Generalstabes of Heeresgruppe A.
05.06.1944 - 08.05.1945 Chef des Generalstabes of Heeresgruppe C.

Postwar Confinement & Bundeswehr Service:
In British captivity, 02.05.1945 - 00.00.1948.
21.09.1956 – 15.04.1960 Inspekteur des Heeres der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. First holder of this post. Succeeded Generalleutnant Alfred Zerbel.

Decorations & Awards:
26.01.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as Oberst i.G. and Chef des Generalstabes XXXXI.Armee-Korps
1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
ca. 1934 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen

Notes:
* Son of Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Röttiger, director of an Oberrealschule and a Major d. R. in World War I. Grandson of an Oberst and great-grandson of a General der Artillerie.
* Married in 1923 to Ilse Boldt; one daughter (born 1925)

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Hans Röttiger (16 April 1896 – 15 April 1960) joined the Prussian Army in 1914 and served from 1915 as a Leutnant in the 20th Artillery Regiment. After the First World War he served in the Reichswehr as a battery officer, adjutant, and battery chief. He then served as an officer on the General Staff of the Wehrmacht.

At the beginning of the Second World War Röttiger was an Oberstleutnant and he served from 1939–1940 as the Chief of Operations for VI Corps. From 1940–1942 he was Chief of Staff of XXXXI Corps and was then appointed the Chief of Staff of the 4th Panzer Army on the Eastern Front, serving at Stalingrad. From 1943 to 1944 he was Chief of Staff of the 4th Army and then of Army Group A from 1944–1945 under Generaloberst Josef Harpe. He then became the Chief of Staff of Army Group C in Italy under Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring. On 30 January 1945 he was promoted to General der Panzertruppe.

Röttiger was a prisoner of war of the British and Americans from the end of the war until 1948. In 1950 he was a participant at the meeting to discuss the establishment of a new German defence force; the result of the meeting was the Himmerod memorandum.

Röttiger was accepted into the Bundeswehr in 1956 at the rank of Generalleutnant. On 21 September 1957 he became the first Inspector of the Army and was instrumental in its early development.

Röttiger was diagnosed with cancer in the late 1950s and spent his last years undergoing treatment. In the morning of 15 April 1960 he died in office, one day before his 64th birthday.

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_R%C3%B6ttiger
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/General2/ROETTIGER_HANS.html
http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2015/05/rottiger-hans-1604189615041960.html

Fremde Heere Ost Group Photo

This photo was taken in 1943 and shows members of the Abteilung Fremde Heere Ost in a "gruppenbild" (group photo) session at their headquarters in Angerburg, Mauerwald, which is part of the German Army Command Headquarters complex (OKH-Stabsquartier). For the identification is, sitting from left to right: Major Dr. Hellmut Nauck (Wirtschaftssachbearbeiter Gruppe II), Oberstleutnant Hübner (Leiter Gruppe V), Oberstleutnant z.V. Riedl, Oberst i.G. Reinhard Gehlen (Abteilungschef), Oberstleutnant Karl Ogilvie (Sachbearbeiter Lage Skandinavien), Oberstleutnant i.G. Johannes Hoheisel (Leiter Gruppe II), and Major i.G. Höfer (Sachbearbeiter Lage Mitte, Gruppe I). Second row FLTR: Hauptmann Georg Viktor von der Marwitz (Kommandant des Stabsquartiers), Major i.G. Wilhelm Kuebart, Major i.G. Gerhard Wessel (Leiter Gruppe I), Major i.G. Karl-Heinz Graf von Rittberg (Sachbearbeiter Personallage, Gruppe II), Major i.G. Rudolf Grüner (Sachbearbeiter Lage A, Gruppe I), Oberleutnant Günther Letschert (Kartei-Referent), Ministerialregistrator Rudolf Bahlk, Oberleutnant Adolf Eiseler (Mitarbeiter Gruppe I), unknown, and Technische Oberinspektor Johannes Wagner. Third row FLTR: Leutnant Peter von Vaernewyk (Gehilfe des Kommandanten Stabsquartier), Oberleutnant Jürgen Remé (Mitarbeiter Gruppe II), Oberzahlmeister Albert Wiesemann (Mitarbeiter Kartei-Referat), Hauptmann Körnchen (Verwaltungsaufgaben), unknown, Hauptmann Otto Schiller (Mitarbeiter Gruppe I), Oberleutnant Dr.jur. Dipl.-Kfm. dipl.cons. Max Ritter von Bitterl-Tessenberg (Mitarbeiter Gruppe II), and Oberleutnant d.R. Walter Schüle (Mitarbeiter Gruppe I). Last row FLTR: Oberleutnant Buchholz (Mitarbeiter Gruppe III), Oberleutnant Hellmut von Hagens (Mitarbeiter Gruppe I), Oberleutnant Hermann Förster (Mitarbeiter Gruppe I), unknown, Sonderführer Emmanuel Haller (Mitarbeiter Gruppe II), Major Friedrich-Wilhelm von Leutsch (Sachbearbeiter Lage Nord, Gruppe I), Hauptmann Kurt Göllnitz (Mitarbeiter Gruppe II), unknown, unknown, and Kriegstechniker Dr.jur. Jacobus Reimers. Fremde Heere Ost (Foreign Armies East) itself is an intelligence organization formed by the German Army whose task is to analyze foreign military forces on the Eastern Front, especially the Soviet Union. When World War II ended, Abteilungschef Gehlen and his men were used by the CIA to continue their work in spying on Soviet Communists through a "new but old" unit called the Gehlen Organization. This unit later became the forerunner of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, a West German intelligence unit in the Cold War era.

Source :
Der Spiegel 1971
Bundesarchiv B 206 Bild-GN13-08-01
https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/JX6IFLT44EBIBOXOBAGFSUDWCDIOJEUB?isThumbnailFiltered=false&rows=20&offset=20&viewType=list&hitNumber=34
https://archive.org/stream/GEHLEN-Reinhard-CIA-files/GEHLEN-Reinhard-CIA-file-VOL-2_f%26c322_djvu.txt
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=260485

Bio of Generalmajor Fritz Salitter (1882-1963)

Fritz Salitter (19 April 1882 - 6 May 1963) joined the Royal Prussian Army on November 12, 1897. The son of a postman, he went to Unteroffiziersvorschule Bartenstein. On October 17, 1899, he was transferred to the Unteroffiziersvorschule in Potsdam. On October 1, 1901, he was transferred to the 4th Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 66. On June 1, 1906, he was appointed a fireworker. On November 1, 1907, he was promoted to Zeugfeldwebel. On March 31, 1913, he retired from the army. He went to the police in Wiesbaden after this. From October 1, 1914 to November 22, 1918, he took part in the First World War. On June 1, 1915, he was promoted to Zeugleutnant. In 1915 he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class. On April 1, 1921, he was transferred as a police major with the seniority of July 26, 1905 to the Erfurt Security Police. In 1933 he was appointed commander of the Wahn shooting range near Cologne. On October 1, 1933, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the police force. On April 1, 1936, he was promoted to police colonel. On the same day he was accepted into the army as a colonel. His seniority was set on the same day. He was assigned to the Artillery Regiment 16. But he continued to serve as the commander of the Wahn exercise area. Later, his place was also referred to as the Wahn military training area. Even at the beginning of World War II in the summer of 1939 he kept his command. On April 1, 1940, he was given the character of major general. In the summer of 1940 he gave his command to Colonel Max Ber. On August 1, 1940, he was then appointed commander of the southern military training area. As such, he was promoted to major general on April 1, 1941. On March 20, 1943, he married Anne Eichler for the second time. On May 5, 1943, he was appointed commander of the field command 768 (FK 768). With this he was used in the southern section of the eastern front. On November 15, 1943, he gave up his command. He was then transferred to the Führerreserve. He already wore both classes of the War Merit Cross with swords. On April 30, 1944, he was retired from active service in the Wehrmacht.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2365160#p2365160
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SalitterFritz.htm

Bio of Generalleutnant René de l'Homme de Courbière

Generalleutnant René de l'Homme de Courbière
Born: 24 Jan 1887 in Sanskow, District Stolp, Pomerania (Pommern)
Died: 07 May 1946 in Wildeshausen, Oldenburg

Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Nov 1904); Leutnant (18 Jun 1905); Oberleutnant (05 Jun 1914); Hauptmann (16 Jun 1915); Major (01 Apr 1928); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1933); Oberst (01 Mar 1935); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Jun 1940)

Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Apr 1904)
Fahnenjunker in the 9th Grenadier-Regiment (14 Apr 1904-10 Dec 1915)
Detached to MG-Training-Course (01 Jan 1913-31 Mar 1913)
Company-Leader with the Infantry Replacement Troops in Warsaw (10 Dec 1915-27 Mar 1916)
Company-Leader with the MG-Instruction-Course in Döberitz (27 Mar 1916-24 Oct 1916)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the 9th Grenadier-Regiment (24 Oct 1916-31 Jul 1917)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 9th Grenadier-Regiment (31 Jul 1917-14 Jan 1919)
Company-Leader in the 9th Grenadier-Regiment (14 Jan 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 3rd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Chief in the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jun 1926)
Hauptmann with the Staff of I. Battalion of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1926-01 Apr 1927)
Transferred to the Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Apr 1927-01 May 1927)
Transferred to the Staff of the Training-Battalion of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1927-01 May 1928)
Company-Chief in the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1928-01 Oct 1928)
Transferred to the Staff of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1928-01 Mar 1929)
Transferred to the Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Mar 1929-04 Mar 1932)
Detached to Course for Infantry Arms (28 May 1929-21 Jun 1929)
Commander of the Training-Battalion of the 5th Infantry-Regiment (04 Mar 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to the Staff of Artillery-Leader I (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to the Staff of the 1st Division (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the 96th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Landwehr-Commander Glogau (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 213th Infantry-Division (26 Aug 1939-15 Mar 1940)
Commander of the 213th Security-Division (15 Mar 1940-12 Aug 1942)
Commander of the 153rd Field-Training-Division (15 Jan 1943-08 Jun 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (08 Jun 1943-08 Sep 1943)
Delegated with the Temporary Leadership of Division 432 (08 Sep 1943-15 Oct 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (15 Oct 1943-01 Nov 1943)
Commander of Landesschützen-Division 410 (01 Nov 1943-20 Dec 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (20 Dec 1943-10 Jan 1944)
Commander of the 338th Infantry-Division (10 Jan 1944-18 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (18 Sep 1944-19 Jan 1945)
Commander of the Catch-Staff in Military-District VIII (19 Jan 1945-05 Mar 1945)
Commander of the Catch-Staff with Army High Command 4 (05 Mar 1945-29 Mar 1945)
Taken ill, in Hospital (29 Mar 1945-00 Jan 1946)
In Captivity (00 Jan 1946-24 Feb 1946)
Released (24 Feb 1946)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 23.11.1944 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 338. Infanterie-Division
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Fürstl. Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenritter des Kgl. Preuss. Johanniter-Orden
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I

Source :
Bundesarchiv B 206 Bild-GD-07
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalleutnant/HOMME_RENE.html

 

Bio of General der Infanterie Helge Auleb

General der Infanterie Helge Arthur Auleb
Born: 24 Mar 1887 in Gehren, Thuringia (Thüringen)
Died: 14 Apr 1964 in Düsseldorf

Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unterofizier (02 Jul 1907); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1907); Leutnant (18 Aug 1908); Oberleutnant (28 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (18 Apr 1916); Major (01 Feb 1929); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1933); Oberst (01 Jun 1935); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1940); General der Infanterie (01 Dec 1943)

Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Mar 1907)
Fahnenjunker in the 177th Infantry Regiment (01 Mar 1907-18 Aug 1908)
Company-Officer in the 2nd Company of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1908-00 Jun 1913)
Detached to the Gun Factory in Spandau (00 Jun 1913-00 Jul 1913)
Company-Officer in the 2nd Company of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (00 Jul 1913-01 Oct 1913)
Platoon-Leader in the MG-Company of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-02 Aug 1914)
With the MG-Company of the 117th Infantry-Regiment in the Field (02 Aug 1914-22 Aug 1914)
Company-Commander of the MG-Company of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (22 Aug 1914-02 Nov 1916)
At the same time, Commander of II. Battalion of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (19 May 1916-28 May 1916)
At the same time, Commander of I. Battalion of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1916-23 Sep 1919)
Taken ill – Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (02 Nov 1916-11 Dec 1916)
MG-Officer with the Regiment-Staff of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (11 Dec 1916-20 Dec 1916)
Acting-Commander of II. Battalion of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (20 Dec 1916-06 Jan 1917)
Again, MG-Officer with the Regiment-Staff of the 117th Infantry-Regiment (06 Jan 1917-05 Feb 1917)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of I. Battalion of the 116th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jan 1917-20 Jan 1917)
Detached to the Staff of the 25th Infantry-Division (05 Feb 1917-25 Feb 1917)
Detached to the Staff of Group P (25 Feb 1917-06 May 1917)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of II. Battalion of the 116th Infantry-Regiment (10 Apr 1917-22 Apr 1917)
Detached to the Staff of the 255th Infantry-Division (06 May 1917-18 Sep 1917)
Transferred to the General-Staff of the Replacement VII. Army-Corps (18 Sep 1917-21 Mar 1918)
Detached to General Staff Course in Sedan (08 Feb 1918-06 Mar 1918)
Transferred to the General-Staff of the General-Command of the VII. Army-Corps (21 Mar 1918-03 Jul 1918)
Transferred to the General-Staff of the 4th Cavalry-Division (03 Jul 1918-21 Dec 1918)
Transferred back to the 117th Infantry-Regiment (21 Dec 1918-05 Jan 1919)
Company-Commander in the Hessian Freikorps (05 Jan 1919-01 May 1919)
Transferred to the General-Staff of the VII. Army-Corps (01 May 1919-01 Jul 1919)
Transferred to the General-Staff of Infantry-Commander 18 (01 Jul 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the Staff of the 11th Reichswehr-Brigade (01 Oct 1919-15 Apr 1920)
Company-Commander in the 36th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (15 Apr 1920-01 Jun 1920)
Company-Commander in the 22nd Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Jun 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Company-Chief in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-12 Aug 1921)
Detached to the MG-Training-Course in Münsingen (12 Aug 1921-04 Nov 1921)
Company-Chief in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (04 Nov 1921-01 Feb 1922)
MG-Officer with Regiment-Staff of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1922-01 Oct 1922)
Company-Chief in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-01 Oct 1923)
Transferred into the Regiment-Staff of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-01 Feb 1924)
Transferred to the Staff of the 3rd Cavalry-Division (01 Feb 1924-01 Oct 1927)
Transferred to the Staff of Infantry-Commander I (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1930)
Transferred to the Staff of the 1st Division (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1932)
Detached to Firing Course A for Staff-Officers of the Infantry in Döberitz (06 Oct 1931-23 Oct 1931)
Transferred to Command-Office Königsberg (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1933)
Transferred to the Military-Region-Command Lübeck (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Detached to the RWM (19 Jan 1934-27 Jan 1934)
Transferred to the Staff of the Reichswehr-Service-Office Hamburg (01 Oct 1934-15 May 1935)
Chief of Staff of Military-District-Command X (15 May 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Chief of the General Staff of X. Army-Corps (15 Oct 1935-15 Jul 1935)
Commander of the 77th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jul 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the 39th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-26 Aug 1939)
Senior-Quartermaster of the 5th Army (26 Aug 1939-13 Oct 1939)
Senior-Quartermaster of the 2nd Army (13 Oct 1939-01 Nov 1939)
Senior-Quartermaster of Army-Group A (01 Nov 1939-15 Jun 1940)
Chief of the Command-Staff of the Military-Commander North France (15 Jun 1940-01 Jul 1940)
Chief of the Command-Staff of the Chief of the Military-Administration France (01 Jul 1940-25 Jul 1940)
Commander of the 72nd Infantry-Division (25 Jul 1940-05 Sep 1940)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Sep 1940-19 Sep 1940)
Designated with the Leadership of the 290th Infantry-Division (19 Sep 1940-14 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 6th Infantry-Division (14 Oct 1940-22 Jan 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (22 Jan 1942-10 Jun 1942)
General with Special Duties for the Army-Patrol-Service in Coastal-Staff Asov (10 Jun 1942-24 Jul 1942)
General with Special Duties for the Army-Patrol-Service with Army Group A (24 Jul 1942-20 Dec 1942)
Commander of Group Auleb (Caucasus) (20 Dec 1942-01 Feb 1943)
Commander of Section-Command Auleb (Crimea) (01 Feb 1943-27 Apr 1943)
Acting-Commander on the Crimea (27 Apr 1943-26 Jul 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of XXXXIX. Mountain-Corps (26 Jul 1943-15 Aug 1943)
Führer-Reserve – Army-Group A (15 Aug 1943-17 Sep 1943)
Commanding General of Security-Troops and Commander of Army-Group-Area A (17 Sep 1943-18 Dec 1943)
Commander of German Troops in Transnistria (18 Dec 1943-01 Apr 1944)
Commander of German Troops in North Rumania (01 Apr1944-25 Jun 1944)
Commanding General of the LXIX. Special-Purpose-Army-Corps (24 Jun 1944-08 May 1945)
In British, later US captivity (08 May 1945-30 Sep 1947)
Released (30 Sep 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 26.12.1941 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 6. Infanterie-Division
- 1914 EK I K
- 1914 EK II K
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille
- Schwarzburgisches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Fürstl. Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II

Source :
Bill T. photo collection
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/General/AULEB_HELGE.html
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/german-photographs-postcards/help-name-general-42273/#post255548

Bio of General der Flieger / Artillerie Leonhard Kaupisch

GENERAL DER FLIEGER LEONHARD KAUPISCH
Born: 01 Sep 1878 in Bitterfeld
Died: 26 Sep 1945 in Weimar

Promotions:
Fähnrich (08 Oct 1898); Leutnant (18 Aug 1899); Oberleutnant (17 Sep 1909); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1909); Major (16 Sep 1917); Oberstleutnant (05 Feb 1923); Oberst (01 Feb 1927); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1930); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1932); General der Flieger (01 Dec 1935); umernannt zum General der Artillerie z.V. (01 Sep 1940)

Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 6th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (18 Mar 1898-31 Mar 1911)
Detached to the Artillery and Engineer School (01 Oct 1901-30 Sep 1903)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 6th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1903-30 Sep 1907)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1907-21 Jul 1910)
In the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1911-26 Jan 1914)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the General-Staff of the XI. Army-Corps (27 Jan 1914-10 Feb 1915)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 79th Reserve-Division (11 Feb 1915-22 Oct 1916)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of the II. Battalion of the 66th Field-Artillery-Regiment (03 Oct 1915-15 Nov 1915)
With the General-Staff of the 8th Army (23 Oct 1916-12 Jul 1917)
With the General-Staff of Special-Purpose-General-Command 56 (13 Jul 1917-15 Jan 1918)
At the same time, Chief Of Staff of Section-Command Duschky (22 Jul 1917-12 Dec 1917)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the XI. Army-Corps (16 Jan 1918-16 Sep 1918)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the XIV. Reserve-Corps (17 Sep 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Detached to the General-Staff of the XI. Reserve-Corps (02 Jan 1919-30 Sep 1919)
With the Staff of Group-Command 2, Kassel (01 Oct 1919-31 Jan 1923)
With the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1923-30 Nov 1923)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1923-31 Mar 1926)
Course-Leader at the Artillery-School Jüterbog (01 Apr 1926-31 Oct 1927)
Chief Of Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Nov 1927-31 Jan 1930)
Artillery-Leader V (01 Feb 1930-30 Sep 1932)
Retired (30 Sep 1932)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as President of the Higher Air Office Berlin (01 Apr 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Commander in Air-District II, Berlin (01 Mar 1935-31 Mar 1938)
Retired (31 Mar 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of the Army with Military-District-Command III (01 Jan 1939-25 Aug 1939)
Commander of Border-Protection-Command 1 (Corps Kaupisch) (26 Aug 1939-24 Oct 1939)
Commanding General of the XXXI. Army-Corps (25 Oct 1939-09 Apr 1942)
At the same time, Military-Commander Denmark (09 Apr 1940-31 May 1940)
Führer-Reserve OKH (10 Apr 1941-30 Sep 1942)
Retired (30 Sep 1942)

Decorations & Awards:
• Prussian Red Eagle Order, 4th Class
• Prussian Crown Order, 4th Class
• Prussian Royal Hohenzollern House Order, Knight’s Cross with Swords
• Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914)
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
• Saxon Albert Order, Knight 2nd Class
• Württemberg Friedrich Order, Knight 1st Class with Swords
• Hamburg Hanseatic Cross
• Bremen Hanseatic Cross
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach House Order of Vigilance or the White Falcon, Knight 2nd Class with Swords
• Saxe-Ernestine Ducal House Order, Knight 1st Class with Swords
• Reuß Honor Cross, 3rd Class with Crown and Swords
• Lippe War Merit Cross
• Prussian Officers’ Long Service Cross (Not authorized for wear after the establishment of the Third Reich-era Armed Forces Long Service Awards on 16 March 1936.)
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
• Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal)
• Austrian Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration

 

Source ;
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=51769

Bio of General der Infanterie Walter Buhle

Walter Buhle (26 October 1894 – 28 December 1959) was born in Heilbronn, Wuerttemberg, on October 26, 1894. He joined the Imperial Army as a Fahnenjunker on July 10, 1913, received his commission in August 1914 (just as World War I broke out), and served mainly with the Wuerttemberger 124th Infantry Regiment (27th Infantry Division) in Lorraine and the 122nd Fusilier Regiment (26th Infantry Division) on the Eastern Front. Severely wounded in June 1915, he recovered, underwent mortar training, and served with a mortar battalion for the rest of the war. After serving as a signals officer with the Reichsheer’s 13th Infantry Regiment at Ludwigsburg, Wuerttemberg (1921), he transferred to the Wuerttemberger 18th Cavalry Regiment, where he began his General Staff training. After attending the College for Politics in Berlin (1925–1926), Buhle worked in the Defense Ministry and Group Command 1 in Berlin (1926–1930). Promoted to captain in 1926, he commanded a company in the 13th Infantry Regiment from 1930 to late 1932, when he returned to the Defense Ministry and was assigned to the Organizations Department (T-2). Promoted to major in 1933 and lieutenant colonel in 1936, he commanded II/87th Infantry Regiment, a former provincial police unit in Aschaffenburg, northwest Bavaria, from October 1936 to October 1937. He was Ia of Wehrkreis V at Stuttgart from October 1937 to November 1938, when he was posted to the army General Staff. He was promoted to full colonel in early 1939 and, in recognition of his knowledge and technical expertise in the field of armaments, he was named head of the Organizations Section of OKH five days before World War II began. A convinced Nazi, Buhle was rewarded for his loyalty and hard work by promotion to major general in 1940 and to lieutenant general in 1942.

Buhle was given greater responsibility when he was assigned to the post of chief of the army staff at OKW in January 1942. He was disliked by other generals, for he meddled in everything and was a trusted informant for Hitler. General Warlimont noticed his personality flaws and wrote that Buhle bypassed Keitel (the chief of OKW and his direct superior) and established a direct, personal relationship with Hitler.

Buhle’s isolation at Fuehrer Headquarters, along with his propensity for offering a view on all matters (his “meddling”) was apparent at a Fuehrer conference on July 25, 1943. The conference centered on the Italian situation, which had deteriorated, as Mussolini had been removed from power the previous day, and the German situation in the Mediterranean was potentially desperate. Hitler was discussing the situation with Jodl and Keitel when Buhle interjected that Italy must be given top priority for all transport vehicles. He even insisted that everything on the assembly line or on the way to the East should be sent to the German troops in the Rome area. He made this recommendation at a time when army groups Center and South were fighting the largest armored battle in history at Kursk and needed all the vehicles they could possibly get to supply and reinforce their regiments.

Buhle, in charge of army transport, fumed at the generals who always demanded more and, Buhle believed, interfered with his allocation plans. In December 1943, for example, Buhle complained during a Fuehrer briefing that he could assure that there would be adequate tank battalions in the West, provided no one took them away. “No sooner have I got something together,” he went on, “than it’s gone.” Hitler angrily asked if Buhle was referring to him, which of course he was not. His remark was aimed at Colonel General Kurt Zeitzler, who had replaced Halder as the chief of OKH in September 1942.

This type of criticism of OKH by Buhle and others contributed to Hitler’s declining confidence in General Zeitzler. On the other hand, Hitler demonstrated his faith in Buhle by promoting him to general of infantry on April 1, 1944. The Fuehrer wanted to make him chief of the General Staff in place of Zeitzler later that year; however, Buhle was severely wounded by the July 20 explosion at Hitler’s headquarters and was in the hospital for some time. He did not fully recover for weeks after that. Ironically enough, the would-be assassin was Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg, a talented General Staff officer who had been one of Buhle’s principal assistants in the Organizations Branch from 1940 to 1942. After some initial friction the two had worked well together, although the aristocratic Stauffenberg commented at the time that Buhle was “not altogether” a gentleman.

In January 1945, Hitler chose Buhle to replace Emil von Leeb as head of the Army Weapons Office (i.e., chief of armaments for the army). Buhle did his best to supply the German field forces, but the combination of Allied bombing and lack of labor made his task nearly impossible. Nonetheless, he gave it his best effort. It is interesting to note that it was Buhle who by chance found Admiral Wilhelm Canaris’s diaries, which clearly indicated that the former chief of the Abwehr had been in contact with the anti-Hitler conspirators of July 20. Ever the pro-Hitler informer, Buhle handed the evidence over to the Gestapo. As a result the admiral was stripped naked, taken out, and hanged by the SS on April 9, 1945.

General Buhle survived the war and the subsequent trials. Released from Allied captivity in 1947, he retired to Stuttgart, where he died on December 28, 1959.

Source :
"Hitler's Commanders" by Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. and Gene Mueller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Buhle

Adolf Heusinger Career Post World War II

An internee from 1945 to 1947, Adolf Heusinger (4 August 1897 – 30 November 1982) testified during the Nuremberg Trials.

In 1950, he became an advisor on military matters to Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of West Germany. He served in the Blank Office Amt Blank, the office headed by Theodor Blank, which became the West German Ministry of Defense in 1955.

With the establishment of the West Germany Armed Forces Bundeswehr in 1955, Heusinger returned to military service. He was appointed a Generalleutnant (lieutenant general) on 12 November 1955, in the Bundeswehr and chairman of the Military Leadership Council (Militärischer Führungsrat).

In March 1957, he succeeded Hans Speidel as chief of the Bundeswehr's all-armed forces department (Chef der Abteilung Gesamtstreitkräfte).

Shortly thereafter, in June 1957, Heusinger was promoted to full general and named the first Inspector General of the Bundeswehr (Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr), and served in that capacity until March 1961. In April 1961, he was appointed Chairman of the NATO Military Committee in Washington, D.C., where he served until 1964 when he retired. He was, according to news reports, wanted by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s for war crimes committed in the occupied Soviet territories.

Heusinger died in Cologne on 30 November 1982, aged 85.

According to documents released by the German Federal Intelligence Service in 2014, Heusinger may have been part of the Schnez-Truppe, a secret army that veterans of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS sought to establish in the early '50s.

 

Source :
https://www.alexautographs.com/auction-lot/adolf-heusinger_2CF4CA3A79
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Heusinger

Regimentskommandeur Emmanuel von Kiliani in the Winter

Oberst Emmanuel von Kiliani (Kommandeur Artillerie-Regiment 193 / 93.Infanterie-Division) in Gostilizzy, winter of 1941/42. Starting from 8 September 1941, the regiment set up its command post in a manor in Gostilizzy, Leningrad Oblast, Russian Front. Kiliani would receive the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 2 January 1942 as a Regimentskommandeur in the same position.

Source :
https://www.ebay.de/itm/384289550473?hash=item5979713089:g:qn8AAOSwV6Bg5aUt

Heer Figures in Full Body

FELDBLUSE


Generalmajor Alexander Abt (14 March 1982 - 1 March 1970)

Oberst Johannes Arndt (7 October 1906 - 6 July 1944)



Major Erich Becker (8 April 1911 - 16 Juni 1993)

Generalmajor Julius von Bernuth (12 August 1897 - 12 July 1942)



Oberst i.G. Claus von dem Borne (9 Februari 1900 - 30 Januari 1942)

Generalleutnant Paul Danhauser (2 August 1892 - 11 December 1974)



Generalmajor Hans Ehrenberg (18 September 1888 - 12 October 1947)

Oberstleutnant Adolf Eilers (13 October 1907 - 28 March 1981)

Oberst i.G. Hans-Georg Eismann (4 June 1909 - 13 January 1977)



Oberst Heinz Heggenreiner (21 July 1898 - 1 October 1959)



Generalleutnant Harry Hoppe (13 February 1894 - 23 August 1969)



Generalmajor Wilhelm Knüppel (12 November 1902 - 26 September 1968)



Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm von Mellenthin (30 August 1904 - 28 June 1997)



General der Infanterie Friedrich Olbricht (4 October 1888 – 21 July 1944)

 

Generalleutnant Robert Praetorius (22 April 1882 - 10 Mei 1963)



Oberstleutnant Helmuth Reichel (11 September 1912 - 4 April 2004)



Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (15 November 1891 - 14 October 1944)



Generalleutnant Gerd Scherbening (16 Juli 1888 - 18 Desember 1944)



Generalleutnant Johannes Streich (16 April 1891 - 20 Agustus 1977)



Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August 1944)

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WAFFENROCK

 

Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert (13 March 1883 - 12 September 1941)

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PANZERTRUPPEN

 

Generalleutnant der Reserve Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz (30 July 1893 – 25 April 1968)



Oberst Ernst Volckheim (11 April 1898 – 1 September 1962)

Oberst Paul-Hermann Werner (19 March 1893 - 30 June 1940)

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STUG WRAP


Oberwachtmeister Fritz Amling (17 January 1916 - 6 March 1994)



Leutnant Richard Schramm (8 July 1913 - 17 June 1944)

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TROPENUNIFORM


General der Infanterie Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (29 August 1897 – 20 May 1947)



Hauptmann der Reserve Erich Röseke (24 January 1921 - 2 May 1994)

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MANTEL

General der Infanterie Paul Otto (12 Juli 1881 - 14 Januar 1961)



General der Infanterie Siegfried Rasp (10 January 1898 - 2 September 1968)

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REICHSWEHR

General der Kavallerie Wilhelm Knochenhauer (16 January 1878 - 28 June 1939)

Source :
LIFE Magazine
Bundesarchiv photo collection
Douglas Dwight photo collection
Jim Haley photo collection
https://www.alexautographs.com/auction-lot/hans-georg-eismann_3F64136ADB
https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6seke,_Erich
https://www.ebay.de/b/General-in-Militaria-Fotos-1900-1918-1945/15504/bn_7004515776
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2376725#p2376725
https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5001-Historiske-foto/Indekserte%20bilder/Fo30141711070016.tif.info
https://onlinesammlungen.ghwk.de/seeliger/exhibition/
https://twitter.com/swwec1/status/1348636408018325504?lang=ca
https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forum/wehrmacht-era-militaria/photos-and-paper-items-forum/12579301-ritterkreuztr%C3%A4ger-personal-photo-album-kc-winner-helmut-reichel-april-6-1944/page2
https://www.weitze.fr/cgi-bin/suche/suche.pl?q=general#s=alle,page=3