Alfred Hemmann

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Alfred Hemmann (born October 13, 1895 in Gleiwitz , † September 26, 1957 in Friedberg ) was a German lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Hemmann occurred during the First World War on 10 October 1914 as a cadet in the infantry regiment "Keith" (1 Oberschlesisches) No. 22 of the Prussian army one. After completing the Fahnenjunker course in Döberitz he came to the front as platoon leader at the end of March 1915 , was promoted to lieutenant on May 22, 1915 and from the end of September 1915 as adjutant of III. Battalion used. After the end of the war he joined the police and was a major from mid-July 1934 as a teacher at the Technical Police School in Berlin.

On October 15, 1935 he was accepted into the army of the Wehrmacht. Hemmann was employed in the staff of the newly established 28th Infantry Regiment in the 8th Infantry Division and was appointed commander of the 1st Battalion in the 51st Infantry Regiment in the 18th Infantry Division in mid-October 1937 . With this regiment he took part in the attack on Poland . He was then sent on a six-week lecture tour to Japan .

After his promotion to lieutenant colonel , he led his battalion at the beginning of World War II before being transferred to the Führerreserve on May 23, 1940 . On August 21, 1941, as a lieutenant colonel and commander of the 426 Infantry Regiment in the 126th Infantry Division, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his service on the northern eastern front . From November 1942 to November 1943 he was first a tactics teacher and then until April 1944 he was Wolf Hagemann's successor as head of teaching staff 2 at the Army Infantry School in Döberitz near Berlin. The Colonel Hemmann led from September 1944 as successor to Rudolf Sieckenius the 263rd Infantry Division in 16th Army ( First Army Corps ) on the north eastern front . In October 1944 he was promoted to major general and at the end of April 1945 he was promoted to lieutenant general. At the end of the war in 1945, he and his division fell into Soviet captivity when the Kurland Kessel was broken up, from which he was released in 1955.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Brockmann: Die Generale des Heeres 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 5: v. Haack-Hitzfeld. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2538-3 , pp. 294-296.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Alfons Perlick: Regional studies of the Upper Silesian industrial area, a local science manual: joint work of the Beuthener offices, the Upper Silesian Provincial Association, Upper Silesian State Museum, Upper Silesian State Library and State Office for Folklore . Schlesien-Verlag, 1943, p. 407 ( google.de [accessed on January 4, 2020]).
  2. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 311 ( google.de [accessed on January 4, 2020]).
  3. ^ A b Samuel W. Mitcham : German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 312 ( google.de [accessed on January 4, 2020]).
  4. ^ Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in World War II 1939–1945 . Volume 8: The Land Forces 201–280 . 2nd Edition. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 1979, ISBN 3-7648-1174-9 . , P. 269 f.
personal data
SURNAME Hemmann, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lieutenant General in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Gliwice
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1957
Place of death Friedberg