Gerhard Kegler
Gerhard Kegler (born January 26, 1898 in Grünewald , Neustettin district , † July 16, 1986 in Gießen ) was a German officer, most recently in the rank of major general in World War II .
Life
Kegler joined the army on March 1, 1917 as an ensign . He served (from April 1918) as an officer in the First World War .
After the end of the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr and worked in various units; In 1937 he reached the rank of major.
In the Wehrmacht he was in command of the 48th Infantry Division and the 245th Infantry Division during World War II . From December 1944, Kegler was major general.
In the last week of the war, Kegler was appointed combat commander of Landsberg an der Warthe . Before that, he was appointed commander of the Woldenberg infantry division . He was sentenced to death by the Reich Court Martial (Str.PL 9/45 of the 3rd Senate) because, contrary to the order, he had not prevented the evacuation of the city. The death sentence was not carried out. There was a demotion for easy protection. The President of the Imperial Court Martial Hans-Karl von Scheele obtained the suspension of the sentence until the end of the war. The judgment was not overturned until a few years after the end of the war.
Awards
This is an incomplete selection.
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- German cross in gold on December 1, 1941
Web links
- Gerhard Kegler in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor2/KEGLER_GERHARD.html
- ↑ Helmut Lindenblatt; Pomerania 1945: One of the last chapters in the history of the fall of the Third Reich. , Gerhard Rautenberg, 1984, p. 100 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
- ↑ Hermann Thrams: Kuestrin 1945: Diary of a fortress , Landsmannschaft Berlin-Brandenburg, National Association Berlin, 1992, p 29, 35 ( limited preview at Google Book Search ).
- ↑ Gerd R. Ueberschär: For another Germany: the German resistance against the Nazi state 1933-1945 , Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 2006, p. 111 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
- ↑ Concave mirror . In: Der Spiegel . No. 13 , 1953 ( online - March 25, 1953 ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kegler, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German major general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grünewald , Neustettin district |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1986 |
| Place of death | to water |