Curt Siewert

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Curt Siewert (born April 5, 1899 in the Oberförsterei Ratzeburg , Ortelsburg district ( East Prussia ), † June 13, 1983 in Hanover ) was a German officer , most recently major general in the Bundeswehr . He last worked as Lieutenant General in World War II .

Life

Siewert joined the 5th Grenadier Regiment in 1916 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1918. He served as an officer in World War I and joined the Reichswehr in 1919 . In the 1920s Siewert was employed as a platoon leader, intelligence officer and battalion adjutant, from 1930-1932 military district training and 1932/33 general staff training. Subsequently he was Ia op of the military district command III until September 1935. This was followed in 1935/36 as a company commander in the 50th Infantry Regiment and from 1936 as an Ia in the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (ObdH), where he saw the beginning of World War II . At the beginning of 1941 he was appointed Colonel Chief of the General Staff of the XXXVIII. Army Corps and was in command of the 58th Infantry Division from 1943 to 1945. In 1944 he was promoted to lieutenant general. Until 1948 a British prisoner of war, Siewert was taken over as major general (which corresponded to his last rank in the Wehrmacht) in the Bundeswehr in 1956 . Initially acting commanding general of the I. Corps in Münster until April 1957 , he was deputy commanding general of the III. Corps . Siewert was last employed as commander of the Military District Command II .

Awards

Works

  • Guilty? The generals under Hitler , Podzun-Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1968.

literature

  • Curt Siewert , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 42/1959 of October 5, 1959, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
  • Hammerich, Helmut R. et al. 2006: The Army 1950-1970. Conception, organization, installation. Munich.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Keilig: The Generals of the Army 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1983, ISBN 3-7909-0202-0 , p. 324.
  2. ↑ German Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 9: Schlumberger - Thiersch. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-25039-2 , p. 448.
  3. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .
  4. ↑ Bodo Scheurig : Were Hitler's generals guilty? In: The time . No. 11/1969 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Siewert, Curt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in the Bundeswehr and lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberförsterei Ratzeburg , Ortelsburg district ( East Prussia )
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1983
Place of death Hanover