Hans Hartnack, the commander of III.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 135 / 45.Infanterie-Division in the start of Operation Barbarossa. It fell to his battalion to seize the final pocket of resistance on the territory of the Brest Fortress.
Source :
Book "The Siege of Brest 1941: A Legend of Red Army Resistance on the Eastern Front" by Rotislav Aliev
