Albrecht Schubert

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Albrecht Schubert

Albrecht Schubert (born June 23, 1886 in Marienwerder ; † November 26, 1966 in Bielefeld ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the infantry in World War II .

Life

Schubert was transferred from the cadet corps on February 27, 1904 as an ensign to the infantry regiment "Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia" (2nd Magdeburg) No. 27 of the Prussian Army and was promoted to lieutenant on January 27, 1905 . On December 19, 1907 he was transferred to the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. 10 and on December 1, 1911 appointed adjutant of the fusilier battalion, with which he was appointed on June 19, 1912 First lieutenant was promoted. On September 1, 1913, he was assigned to the Glatz district command as an adjutant .

Promoted to captain on November 28, 1914 during the First World War , Schubert was transferred to the General Command of the Landwehr Corps on December 7, 1916 . As an orderly officer he came to the 4th Landwehr Division on March 6, 1917 , worked for the General Staff of the V Army Corps from September 7 to November 19, 1917 and then became First General Staff Officer of the 111th Infantry Division . This was followed from February 19, 1918, when he was employed by the general staff of the 202nd Infantry Division , before Schubert returned to the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1st Silesian) No. shortly before the end of the war on November 7, 1918. 10 was added.

It followed on December 25, 1918, his transfer to the General Command of the XVI. Army Corps and the takeover in the Provisional Reichswehr . Here he was first employed in the General Staff of Military District  Command II, then was on the staff of the 2nd Division for a year and was a member of Group Command 2 in Kassel from October 1, 1921 to December 31, 1922 . Then Schubert returned with the transfer to the 8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in the troop service, where he was appointed chief of the 10th Company on April 29, 1924 . In the further course of his military career, Schubert was from February 1, 1934, as a colonel in command of the 12th Infantry Regiment .

In the Wehrmacht, among other things, he led the 44th Infantry Division as commander . In 1939 Schubert took over the XXIII as commanding general . Army Corps , with whom he a. a. took part in the attack on the Soviet Union . In 1943 he became commander of military district XI ( Hanover ) and in the same year commander of military district XVII (Vienna) .

Awards

literature

  • Schubert, Albrecht. In: The 12th Infantry Regiment of the German Reichswehr - January 1, 1921 to October 1, 1934. AW Zickfeldt Verlag, Osterwieck / Harz & Berlin 1939, p. 163.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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 , p. 686.
  2. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 26 of March 1, 1904, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1904, p. 649
  3. ^ German ranking list - comprising the entire active officer corps of the German army and navy. Verlag Gerhard Stalling , Oldenburg 1914, p. 93.
  4. ^ A b c d e f Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1924, p. 140
personal data
SURNAME Schubert, Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently General of the Infantry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Marienwerder
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1966
Place of death Bielefeld