Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny

Günther-Eberhard Wisliceny in July 1943

Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny (born September 5, 1912 in Angerburg , † August 25, 1985 in Hanover ) was a German officer , most recently SS-Obersturmbannführer of the Waffen-SS in World War II .

Life

Wiscliceny was a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 1,187,703) and SS (membership number 41,043). He joined the SS staff guard in Berlin in 1933 and became a member of the Der Führer regiment in 1938 . During the Second World War, in the spring of 1941, he became chief of the 8th company of the 11th SS Infantry Regiment and was deployed in the Balkans. After this regiment was disbanded, he took over the 8th company of the "Der Führer" regiment . He was wounded on December 6, 1941 and after his return in March 1942 he took over the III. Battalion of the SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment "Germany" . During the Battle of Kursk , he and his battalion were the only German units to break through the first Russian line of defense in the Byelgorod sector in bitter hand-to-hand combat. A large part of the SS Panzer Corps was later smuggled through this breach . For this achievement Wisliceny received the Knight's Cross on July 30, 1943 . On December 26, 1944, as commander of the SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment 3 "Germany", he was awarded the Knight's Cross for his conduct in combat on the Western Front (Normandy). After further combat missions in the Eifel, the Ardennes and Hungary, he was taken prisoner by the US at the end of the war in Austria and was handed over to the French. These conducted investigations into German war crimes of his division in Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane . Wisliceny was released in 1951.

Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny was the younger brother of the war criminal Dieter Wisliceny .

Awards

Wound badge in gold
Infantry assault badge in silver
Iron Cross
- Second class on July 27, 1941
- 1st class on November 1, 1941
German cross in gold on April 24, 1943
Close combat clasp in gold on March 31, 1945
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on July 30, 1943
- Oak leaves on December 26, 1944 (687th award)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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. 790.

personal data
SURNAME	Wisliceny, Günther-Eberhardt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently Obersturmbannführer of the Waffen SS in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	September 5, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Angerburg
DATE OF DEATH	August 25, 1985
Place of death	Hanover

[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. 790.