Erwin Sander

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Erwin Sander (born March 5, 1892 in Berlin-Neukölln , † December 7, 1962 in Bamberg ) was a German officer , last lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Sander joined the 1st Posensche Field Artillery Regiment No. 20 on October 1, 1910 as a flag junior . He served in the 3rd East Prussian Field Artillery Regiment No. 79 during the First World War. He also served as a battery officer in the 8th Army .

After the war ended, Sander switched to the police force and worked at the Potsdam-Eiche Police School and the Brandenburg Police School, among others . As a major in the police force, he worked in the police administration in Berlin from October 1, 1929.

In 1935 Sander was accepted into the Wehrmacht as a lieutenant colonel . He first belonged to the staff of the 1st Panzer Division in Weimar and from 1936 to the Artillery Regiment 73 and then to the Artillery Regiment 74 . On November 10, 1938, he became the commander of the 80 Artillery Regiment in Cottbus . On January 8, 1942, Sander was appointed commander of the 170th Infantry Division . After he relinquished his command in 1943, he became commander of the 245th Infantry Division .

On April 30, 1945, with the 245th Infantry Division, he led the counter-attack against the British troops who had crossed the Elbe near Lauenburg and were advancing further north.

On May 15, 1945, on the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces, Field Marshal Montgomery , he wrote to the soldiers under his command at the front.

Awards

literature

  • Dieter Bechtold : The German counterstrike. In: André Feit, Dieter Bechtold: The last front. The fighting on the Elbe in 1945 in the area of ​​Lüneburg - Lauenburg - Lübeck - Ludwigslust , Helios-Verlag, Aachen 2011, pp. 240-254.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dieter Bechtold : The German counterstrike. In: André Feit, Dieter Bechtold: The last front. The fighting on the Elbe in 1945 in the area of ​​Lüneburg - Lauenburg - Lübeck - Ludwigslust , Helios-Verlag, Aachen 2011, pp. 240-254.
  2. ↑ Letter Kdr 245. ID from May 15, 1945 (online at pkgodzik.de) (PDF; 43 kB)
  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 , p. 649.
personal data
SURNAME Sander, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Neukölln
DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1962
Place of death Bamberg