Friedrich Römer (officer)

Aloys Friedrich "Fritz" Romans (* 4. June 1895 in Elberfeld , † 21st June 1970 in Cologne ) was a German officer of the Air Force of the Armed Forces , the last major general .

Life

At the beginning of the Second World War , Friedrich Römer became the commander of Flak Regiment 201 in the II. Flak Corps , which he handed over to Colonel Adolf Pirmann in June 1940 . As a result, he served as the successor to Richard Reimann as commander of the Flak Regiment 8. From November 1942 to the end of April 1943 he was commander of the 15th Flak Brigade .

He then took over command of the 22nd Flak Division , which he led until the end of the war. On October 1, 1943, he was promoted to major general. In April 1945 he and his division belonged to the units in Army Group B , which were included in the Ruhr basin . Shortly before the end of the war, he was taken prisoner by the Americans , from which he was released in 1947.

In the 1950s he became managing director of the radio and television department in the Central Association of the Electrical Engineering Industry. V.

Since 1923 Römer was born with Katherina. Schaffranek married. In 1970 he died in a Cologne hospital a few days after his 75th birthday.

literature

Major General Friedrich Römer (4.06.1895–21.06.1970). In: Ottomar Krug: German Generals 1918–1945. Online finding aid in the Federal Archives Freiburg, signature MSG 109/2180.

Individual evidence

^ Franz Thomas, Günter Wegmann: The knight's cross bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939-1945 . Biblio-Verl., 1991, ISBN 978-3-7648-1797-8 , pp. 315 ( google.de [accessed April 4, 2020]).
^ ^A ^b Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-4844-5 , pp. 343 ( google.de [accessed April 4, 2020]).
^ Robert Steimel: Cologne Heads. Steimel-Verlag, Cologne-Zollstock 1958, column 343.
↑ Death certificate No. 2001 from June 22, 1970, registry office Cologne West. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Römer, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Römer, Aloys Friedrich (full name); Römer, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH	June 21, 1970
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Franz Thomas, Günter Wegmann: The knight's cross bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939-1945 . Biblio-Verl., 1991, ISBN 978-3-7648-1797-8 , pp. 315 ( google.de [accessed April 4, 2020]).

[:0-2] A ^b Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-4844-5 , pp. 343 ( google.de [accessed April 4, 2020]).

[3] Robert Steimel: Cologne Heads. Steimel-Verlag, Cologne-Zollstock 1958, column 343.

[4] Death certificate No. 2001 from June 22, 1970, registry office Cologne West. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .