Bernhard Klosterkemper

Bernhard Klosterkemper (born April 17, 1897 in Coesfeld , † July 19, 1962 in Bremen ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

Klosterkemper served as an officer in the First World War . He was promoted to lieutenant in February 1918.

Klosterkemper was accepted into the Reichswehr, where he achieved the rank of major in 1936.

In the Wehrmacht , Klosterkemper was in command of the 91st (Airborne) Infantry Division , the 243rd Infantry Division and the 180th Infantry Division during World War II . He was taken prisoner in May 1945, from which he was released in 1947. He lived with his wife Dorothea von Gröning (1901–1993) in the Villa Waldwiese in Bremen, which was built in 1893 and is a listed building .

^ W. Mues: The big boiler: a documentation about the end of the Second World War between Lippe and Ruhr, Sieg and Lenne , 1992, p. 504 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
↑ http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor2/KLOSTERKEMPER_BERNHARD.html
^ Monument database of the LfD
↑ 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 .
↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 214 .

personal data
SURNAME	Klosterkemper, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	April 17, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coesfeld
DATE OF DEATH	July 19, 1962
Place of death	Bremen