Artur Weber

This article deals with Major General Artur Weber. For other people see Arthur Weber .

Artur Weber (* 1904 , † 1985 ) was a German officer, most recently major general in the Bundeswehr .

Life

Weber joined the 15th Infantry Regiment of the Reichswehr in 1921 . Initially used as a non-commissioned officer , he was promoted to lieutenant in 1929 and later to first lieutenant . He worked in the functions of platoon leader , lecture hall manager, intelligence officer and company commander .

In 1936 he became a regimental adjutant in the 111th Infantry Regiment of the Wehrmacht . With the rank of captain , he completed general staff training from 1937 to 1939 . When the Second World War broke out , he was transferred to the 263rd Infantry Division . In 1940 he was employed in the 216th Infantry Division and from 1940 to 1942 in the planning department of the chief of transport in the Army High Command . In the meantime promoted to lieutenant colonel and deployed in the 97th Jäger Division and 297th Infantry Division , he was taken prisoner by the Soviets in Stalingrad in 1943 .

In 1950 he was released and in 1956 joined the Bundeswehr as a colonel . From 1956 to 1960 he was commander of the Bundeswehr school for internal leadership in Koblenz. In 1959 he was promoted to brigadier general . From 1960 to 1961 he was deputy commander of the 4th Panzer Grenadier Division and from 1961 to 1962 commander of the 12th Panzer Division . Most recently he was general of the combat troops and stage manager of the infantry. At the end of December 31, 1964, he was retired.

Fonts (selection)

• 10 letters from major general a. D. Artur Weber to Lieutenant General ret. D. Count von Baudissin. around 1970, 32 pp.

literature

• Helmut R. Hammerich , Dieter H. Kollmer , Martin Rink , Rudolf J. Schlaffer : Das Heer 1950–1970. Concept, organization, setting up (= security policy and armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany , Volume 3), Oldenbourg, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-57974-6 , p. 720.
• Frank Nägler : The wanted soldier and his change. Personnel armament and internal leadership in the years of establishment of the Bundeswehr 1956 to 1964/65 (= security policy and armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 9). Oldenbourg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-58815-6 , p. 115.