Fritz Fullriede

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Fritz Fullriede

Fritz Wilhelm Hermann Fullriede (born January 4, 1895 in Bremen ; † November 3, 1969 in Bad Oldesloe ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

Fullriede served as an officer in the First World War . After the end of the war he switched to the police force and joined the armed forces in 1937 . In the Wehrmacht he commanded various army regiments, including in North Africa and on the Western Front, during World War II . Fullriede was the last commandant in Kolberg at the beginning of 1945 . In the last weeks of the war, from April 18, 1945, he led the 610 Infantry Division for nine days as commander. b. V. and then the 3rd Marine Infantry Division until the end of the war . As commander of the 610 Infantry Division z. b. V. he was promoted to major general on April 20, 1945. He had participated in the Stettin-Rostock operation with both divisions .

He was taken prisoner in the Netherlands and, together with Heinz-Hellmuth von Wühlisch and Friedrich Christiansen, was convicted of war crimes in the Putten case . He was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.

Awards

literature

  • Peter Stockert: Die Eichenlaubträger 1940–1945 , 9 volumes, 4th revised edition, Bad Friedrichshall 2010–2011.
  • Dermot Bradley , Karl Friedrich Hildebrand and Markus Brockmann: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials in the general rank , Volume 4: Fleck - Gyldenfeldt. 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Bölscher : Hitler's Navy in Land Warfare: A Documentation , p. 163 ( limited preview online at Google Book Search ).
  2. ↑ Hagen Berger: Walter Girg : on Hitler's behalf behind the enemy lines: secret operations in the uniform of the enemy: a bearer of oak leaves between Skorzeny, CIA and BND . Verlag für Wehrwissenschaften, 2014, ISBN 978-3-9816037-1-2 , pp. 158 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ↑ Wolter von Egan-Krieger: Bridges and bridgeheads: Looking for traces in Hinterpommern , p. 151f. ( limited preview online with Google Book Search ).
  4. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham : German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 182 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 39 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 183 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  7. ^ Dutch criminal proceedings against Germans and Austrians. August 27, 2007, accessed April 23, 2019 .
  8. ↑ a b c d e f Günter Wegmann: The knight's cross bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945, Part III: Infantry , Volume 7: Fl – Fu. Osnabrück, 2010, Biblio-Verlag, p. 306. ISBN 978-3-7648-2380-1 .
  9. ↑ a b 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 .
personal data
SURNAME Fullriede, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fullriede, Fritz Wilhelm Hermann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 1969
Place of death Bad Oldesloe