Georg Teschner

Call of the 50 generals
on December 8, 1944

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Georg Teschner (born July 15, 1888 in Eckersberg , † December 23, 1978 in Bruck an der Mur ) was a German officer, most recently Major General of the Air Force in World War II .

After his education in the cadet corps on March 19, 1908, Teschner was transferred as a lieutenant to the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich the Great" (3rd East Prussian) No. 4 of the Prussian Army . With this regiment he took part in the First World War, during which he was promoted to captain on September 16, 1917 . After the end of the war, Teschner briefly worked for a volunteer corps before retiring from military service. In September 1919 he joined the Königsberg police force .

During the Second World War, Teschner was major general from November 1, 1940, and from September 20, 1943, commanded the 1st Air Defense Brigade . This was stationed near Ploesti in Romania and had the task of protecting the oil production facilities there, which are important for the German warfare, against local air attacks . On September 5, 1944, Teschner was taken prisoner by the Soviets .

On the list of a group of 50 German generals in the USSR who signed the appeal to the people and the armed forces , dated December 8, 1944 , in which the German population and the armed forces were asked to separate from the Nazi leadership and to end the war , Teschner is in 26th place.

literature

• Dermot Bradley : The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. The military careers of the aviator, anti-aircraft cartillery, paratrooper, air intelligence and engineer officers, including doctors, judges, intendants and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 3: Odebrecht – Zoch. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1992. ISBN 3-7648-2209-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ pkgodzik.de (PDF; 53 kB)