Anton Lorch

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Anton Lorch (born June 6, 1910 , † October 22, 1984 in Neckarsulm ) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht and most recently a brigadier general in the Bundeswehr .

Life

Lorch served as an officer in World War II and was u. a. Deployed in various positions in the Mountain Rifle Regiment 138 of the 3rd Mountain Division , from October 1943 until the end of the war as a colonel and commander of the Mountain Rifle Regiment 144 also in the 3rd Mountain Division. In this position, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on June 4, 1944 . On November 5, 1942, Lorch was awarded the German Cross in Gold.

After the war, Lorch was taken over by the German Armed Forces and from the beginning of 1957 to 1961 he was in command of the Mountain Infantry Brigade 23, for which he was responsible. From December 1964 he was Brigadier General in command of the infantry school in Hammelburg . His successor from October 1966 was Karl-Reinhard von Schultzendorff . Until his retirement at the end of August 1966, he was still commander of the Hamburg combat troop school .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clemens Range: The Generals and Admirals of the Bundeswehr . ES Mittler, 1990, ISBN 978-3-8132-0350-9 , pp. 255 ( google.de [accessed December 23, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Veit Scherzer : The 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 .
  3. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II. Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8 .
  4. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich, Dieter H. Kollmer, Martin Rink, Rudolf J. Schlaffer: Das Heer 1950 to 1970: conception, organization and installation . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-486-71187-5 , pp. 298 ( google.de [accessed December 23, 2019]).
  5. ^ Wehrkunde: Organ of the Society for Wehrkunde . Verlag Europäische Wehrkunde, 1965, p. 46 ( google.de [accessed December 23, 2019]).
  6. ^ Wehrkunde: Organ of the Society for Wehrkunde . Verlag Europäische Wehrkunde, 1966, p. 542 ( google.de [accessed December 23, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Lorch, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1910
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1984
Place of death Neckarsulm