Günter Goebel

Major Günter Goebel (1943)

Günter Goebel (born November 14, 1917 in Hagen ; † September 4, 1993 ibid) was a German lieutenant colonel in World War II .

Life

Günter Goebel was born on November 14, 1917 as the son of Maria Theresia and Friedrich Eduard Goebel in Hagen (North Rhine-Westphalia). There he spent childhood and youth with his sister Ursula and went to the Albrecht-Dürer grammar school there . In 1936 he entered the officer's career in the German Wehrmacht.

Goebel served in the 79th Infantry Division , which was part of the 6th Army .

He became known as the commander of Kampfgruppe Goebel at the Battle of Stalingrad , where he held an important part of the German front at Nizhne-Tschirskaja (today: Nizhny Tschir) at the mouth of the Tschir at the end of August and September 1942 . He formed the combat group from returning soldiers from disbanded units without significant combat experience and initially with few heavy weapons. With a radio message he became known in the 6th Army : "Kampfgruppe Hauptmann Goebel holds the Donbrücke (Werchne) Tschir (skaja) with 3000 men. Hold your head up like us!"

In 1945, two days after signing the unconditional surrender for all German troops, he was taken prisoner of war by Soviet troops on May 11, 1945 . He was interned in various Soviet labor camps for more than 10 years.

On October 9, 1955, he was released as one of the last returnees .

Awards

Iron Cross 2nd class in November 1939
Iron Cross 1st Class in June 1940
Mentioned in the Army Journal of Honor on November 6, 1941
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on October 18, 1941
- Oak leaves on January 18, 1943 (180th award)
Army close combat clasp in silver in April 1944

literature

Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Oak leaves 1940–1945 Contemporary history in color I Abraham - Huppertz. Pour le Merite Verlag , ISBN 3-932381-20-3 .

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 338.

personal data
SURNAME	Goebel, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Goebel, Guenter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer in the Wehrmacht
DATE OF BIRTH	November 14, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hagen
DATE OF DEATH	4th September 1993
Place of death	Hagen

[Scherzer-1] 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. 338.