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Arno Jahr (born December 3, 1890 in Prittitz , † January 21, 1943 near Podgornoje near Orjol , Soviet Union ) was a German lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

On July 4th, 1909, Jahr joined the 2nd Alsatian Pioneer Battalion No. 19 of the Prussian Army in Strasbourg as a squire from the Cadet Corps . There he was promoted to lieutenant on November 16, 1910 with a patent from November 20, 1908 , and from October 1913 he was sent to the Military Technical Academy for further training . With the outbreak of the First World War , Jahr had to leave the academy prematurely and returned to his battalion .

After the end of the war, he was with the Northeast Border Guard in Courland from May 1919 and was transferred to the Provisional Reichswehr on August 17, 1919 with the transfer to the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 17 . On January 31, 1920 he was retired from military service and joined the Danzig Security Service as a police captain. on July 1, 1921, he was transferred to the Danzig Security Police , where he was promoted to head of the local police school until August 19, 1931.

On November 21, 1935, Jahr was accepted into the army of the Wehrmacht . During the Second World War from January 1941 to January 31, 1942 he was Army Pioneer Leader 17 and then commander of the 387th Infantry Division . On January 20, 1943, he was assigned to lead the XXIV Panzer Corps , also known as the Division Group Year. Just one day later he committed suicide with a gun suicide .

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
German cross in gold on December 22, 1942
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on December 22, 1942

literature

Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 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 6: Hochbaum – Klutmann. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2002, ISBN 3-7648-2582-0 , pp. 258-259.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 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. 417.

personal data
SURNAME	Year, Arno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lieutenant General in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	December 3, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prittitz
DATE OF DEATH	January 21, 1943
Place of death	Podgornoye, Soviet Union

[Scherzer-1] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 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. 417.