Ernst Sieler

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Albin Richard Ernst Sieler (born August 22, 1893 in Altenburg , Thuringia , † October 6, 1983 in Bad Reichenhall ) was a German officer , most recently Lieutenant General in World War II .

Life

Sieler had been a colonel since August 1, 1939, and on October 1 of the same year he became commander of the 46th Infantry Regiment of the 30th Infantry Division . In May 1940 he fought in the western campaign, from June 1941 in the eastern campaign, his regiment fought in the fall of 1941 with the X Army Corps , which proceeded against Staraya Russa . On November 16, 1942, he was given the command of the 304th Infantry Division in Belgium . On January 1, 1943, he was appointed major general. At the end of 1942 he fought again on the Eastern Front and was promoted to Lieutenant General on July 1, 1943 . He distinguished himself in the first half of 1944 in the Odessa area in the defensive battles there. In January 1945 the 304th Infantry Division on the Vistula was broken up. At the beginning of February 1945 he took over the leadership of the LIX as the successor to Lieutenant General Joachim von Tresckow . Army corps in the 1st Panzer Army . During the surrender in the Pardubitz area , he was taken prisoner by the Soviets. In October 1955 he was released from prisoner-of-war camp 5110/48 Woikowo in the course of the “ return home of the ten thousand ” .

Awards

literature

  • Peter Stockert: Die Eichenlaubträger 1940–1945 , 9 volumes, 4th revised edition, Bad Friedrichshall 2010–2011.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death register of the Bad Reichenhall registry office No. 342/1983.
  2. ↑ Manfred Zeidler: Stalin Justice contra Nazi crimes. The war crimes trials against German prisoners of war in the USSR from 1943 to 1952. State of knowledge and research problems. Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism, Dresden 1996. ISBN 3-93164-808-7 , p. 70 "Transport list for returnees from October 1955 with those released from the Vojkovo general camp."
  3. ↑ 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 .
personal data
SURNAME Sieler, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sieler, Albin Richard Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenburg , Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1983
Place of death Bad Reichenhall