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

Bio of Oberbootsmannsmaat Wilhelm Becker

Wilhelm Becker

Date of Birth:
Date of Death:

Promotions:
00.00.19__ Oberbootsmannsmaat

Career:
00.00.19__ seemännischer Unteroffizier in Vorpostenboot 1812 / 18.Vorpostenflottille

Awards and Decorations:
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
26.10.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold, as Oberbootsmannsmaat and seemännischer Unteroffizier (seaman's non-commissioned officer) in Vorpostenboot 1812 / 18.Vorpostenflottille

Source :
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/14174/Becker-Wilhelm.htm

Bio of Major Paul Block

Paul Block

Date of Birth: 16.05.1915 - Pommern (German Empire)
Date of Death: unknown

Religion: Evangelist
Father: Eduard Block (priest)
Mother: Frieda Schmidt
Wife: Gisela Leistikow (born 25.09.1921)
Children: Two sons (born in 13.11.1932 and 03.11.1942)

Promotions:
20.04.1936 Leutnant, RDA 01.04.1936 (850)
31.03.1939 Oberleutnant, RDA 01.04.1939 (129)
15.02.1942 Hauptmann, RDA 01.03.1942 (105)
01.03.1944 Major (19a)

Career:
04.06.1934 Entered Infanterie-Regiment 4
16.06.1934 Sworn-in
06.10.1936 Member of II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 94
26.08.1939 - 27.09.1941 Chef 12.Kompanie / III.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 94
28.09.1941 - 11.06.1942 Chef MG-Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 94
15.06.1942 - 19.01.1943 Inspektionschef Schule V für Offiziersanwärter der Infanterie
20.01.1943 - 28.02.1943 Führerreserve OKH
01.03.1943 - 24.03.1943 Stabsoffizier 321. Infanterie-Division
25.03.1943 - 09.11.1943 Adjutant 321. Infanterie-Division
10.11.1943 - 09.12.1943 Führerreserve OKH
10.12.1943 Adjutant 352. Infanterie-Division

Awards and Decorations:
03.10.1939 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
19.08.1941 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
15.12.1941 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber

LINK DOCUMENT FILE IN THE GENERALKARTEI

Source:
Bundesarchiv

Luftwaffe Ace Hans Galubinski

Feldwebel Hans Galubinski of 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53) was credited with eight aircraft destroyed (and a ninth unconfirmed) between 12 May and 6 June 1940, although he was himself shot down on the latter date by Adj Jean Crocq of GC II/1. Assigned to 7./JG 53, Galubinski and his Staffel had taken on 12 MB.152s near Soissons. Three Bloch fighters were destroyed, although Galubinski was in turn shot down after claiming two of his French opponents. The ace was fired on by furious civilians as he descended beneath his parachute, being seriously wounded by shotgun pellets prior to his capture! Galubinski would received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 2 July 1942.

Source :
"Jagdgeschwader 53 'Pik'As' Bf 109 Aces of 1940" by Chris Goss & Chris Davey
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/23112/Galubinski-Hans.htm

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

Bio of Generalmajor (Luftwaffe) Otto Zech (1886-1965)

Generalmajor Otto Zech
Born: 21 Oct 1886 in Suckowshof, Pomerania (Pommern)
Died: 07 May 1965 in Murnau, Bavaria (Bayern)

Promotions:
Charakter als Fähnrich (14 Mar 1905); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1905); Leutnant (18 Aug 1906); Oberleutnant (02 Dec 1914); Hauptmann (22 Mar 1916); Major (01 Jan 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Sep 1940); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1944)

Career:
Entered the Army (14 Mar 1905)
Company-Officer in the 31st Infantry-Regiment (14 Mar 1905-30 Sep 1913)
Pilot-Training (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Pilot with the 9th Field-Flying-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-09 Feb 1915)
Detached to Army Flight Park 6 (10 Feb 1915-14 Dec 1915)
Pilot in Combat-Wing 4 of the OHL (15 Dec 1915-14 Oct 1917)
Leader of Army Flight Park 1 (15 Oct 1917-09 Nov 1918)
Demobilisation with the 31st Infantry-Regiment (10 Oct 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Leader of the Volunteer-Squadron of the 8th Hussar-Regiment (01 Jan 1919-15 Jan 1919)
Demobilisation with the 31st Infantry-Regiment (16 Jan 1919-13 Feb 1919)
Company-Leader with Volunteer Landes-Jäger-Corps Maerker (14 Feb 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Retired (30 Sep 1920)
Entered the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (28 Aug 1934); Active-Officer (01 Jul 1941)
Commander of Flying-Group (P) in Seerappen (28 Aug 1934-31 Mar 1938)
Commander of Air-Park Stendal (01 Apr 1938-31 Dec 1938)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Office Göttingen (01 Jan 1939-30 Nov 1939)
Quartermaster with Air-Region-Command I (01 Dec 1939-31 May 1940)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group West France (01 Jun 1940-31 Mar 1941)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 17 (01 Apr 1941-09 Jun 1941)
Commander of Field-Air-Equipment-Group Romania (10 Jun 1941-25 Dec 1941)
Commander of Field-Air-Equipment-Group Italy (26 Dec 1941-31 Oct 1943)
Commander of Air-Equipment-Group 1 (01 Nov 1943-07 Mar 1944)
Commander of Air-Region-Troop I, Königsberg and Danzig (08 Mar 1944-30 Nov 1944)
To Disposal of the Flying-Replacement-Division, Braunschweig (01 Dec 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
Königlichen Preußischen Flugzeugführerabzeichen
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
Kriegsverdienstkreuz II.Klasse mit Schwertern
Kriegsverdienstkreuz I.Klasse mit Schwertern

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2378188#p2378188
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/LUFTWAFFE/Generalmajor/ZECH_OTTO.html

Paul Dickopf as a Soldier of the Wehrmacht

 

Paul Dickopf as a soldier of the Wehrmacht in June 1935. The picture was taken by Wilhelm Doff.

Paul (Paulinus) Dickopf (June 9, 1910 – September 19, 1973) was a member of the NSDAP and SS in the Security Service (SD) and a secret agent in Switzerland, who became a member of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). Between 1965 and 1971, he was the 4th president of the BKA and a paid "unilateral agent" of the CIA.

Under the Nazi government of Adolf Hitler, he was a member of the Sturmabteilung and the Schutzstaffel. Dickopf, before and during World War II had been an active Nazi officer in the Schutzstaffel (SS) with SS number 337259. Dickopf's SS personnel file reveals that he became a member in 1935 of the National Socialist German Students' League (Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund; abbreviated NSDStB) having the same status and membership requirements of the official Nazi Party, the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP).

After voluntary army service (1934-1935) he began his police career in 1937 at the Kriminal-Polizei ('Kripo'- Criminal Police) as a criminal commissar candidate serving the last three months in the Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS. In 1938 he volunteered for the Führerschule (leadership school) of 'Sipo' (Sicherheits-Polizei - Security Police). Fifteen SS officers of the rank of lieutenant upwards sponsored him. Dickopf was recommended for officer rank by the commandant of the SD school and graduated as an SS Untersturmführer (Lieutenant) became a criminal commissar and member of the SD. Dickopf later enrolled in the general SS in 1939, however, any record of his war activities are obscure since his SS file for that period is incomplete.

Dickopf was elected as the president of Interpol in 1968. While his former Nazi connections were known, he maintained his post until 1972.

Throughout his tenure as president of Interpol he was regarded as a conscientious and diligent professional, always stressing the organization's political neutrality. He was praised for his work by Hans-Dietrich Genscher as a "role model for the German police".

Dickopf died from a brief but fatal illness on September 19, 1973 in Bonn, Germany.

On June 25, 2012, the "Paul-Dickopf-Straße", a street in Meckenheim, seat of the BKA, bearing Dickopf's name as a remembrance for his presidency of the BKA, was renamed "Gerhard-Boeden-Straße" as a symbolic act following the revelations about Dickopf's masterminding the recruiting of former Nazi officials into the BKA.

After his death it was revealed that Dickopf had made the Federal Criminal Police a safe haven for former Nazi and SS officials, a large number of them war criminals. Under his leadership some concepts of National Socialism were still upheld and practised, for example in the way members of Sinti and Roma were treated.

According to documents in the National Archives in Washington, which were released in 2007, the CIA made payments to Dickopf from 1965 to 1971, while he was president of the BKA. He is categorized in the files as a "unilateral agent". One note about Dickopf by the then head of the CIA says: '"Our relationship with Mr Dickopf is mainly of a secret nature, the official contacts being used as a cover up for meetings". Dickopf passed on to the CIA information on leading officials as well as on internal affairs of the BKA and other authorities.

 

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dickopf

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