Paul Gurran

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Paul Gurran (born January 11, 1893 in Alt Zauche , Lübben district , † February 22, 1944 ) was a German officer , most recently Lieutenant General in World War II .

Life

Gurran served as an officer in the First World War . During the Second World War, he commanded the 23rd Infantry Division from September 1, 1943 to February 22, 1944. A number of resistance fighters emerged from this regiment, but Gurran refused to give his subordinate Axel von dem Bussche a demonstration of his uniform before Hitler wanted to detonate a hand grenade, participating in it with the saying: "My officers are not mannequins".

Gurran's role in World War II and the circumstances surrounding him are controversial. According to the German Soldier's Yearbook, he died of his wounding in a hospital on the Eastern Front .

Gurran was married to Irmgard Begich, cousin of the theologians Joachim BEGICH and Martin BEGICH . The sons Friedrich Wilhelm and Karl-Heinz emerged from the marriage. After the war, Irmgard Anbich, allegedly out of fear of retaliation from the Soviet occupiers, wiped out herself and the lives of her sons.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 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 .
  2. ↑ Hans-Jürgen von Arnim : German Soldier's Year Book , Volume 30, Schild Verlag, 1982, p. 228 ( limited online preview at Google Book Search ).
  3. ↑ Stefan Wolter, Pastor's Children in World War I (series Denk-MAL- Prora , Vol. 6), Halle 2014, p. 353
  4. ↑ Amputation May Have Saved Soldier From Hitler's Vengeance
  5. ↑ Helmut Damerau : German Soldier's Year Book , Volume 32, Schild Verlag, 1984, p. 90. ( limited preview online at Google Book Search ). According to other versions, he is said to have died after an interview with his superior Wilhelm Keitel because he defied an order from Hitler. According to records from the Gurran family, he died of a stroke after the interview. (See interview Maria Trunschke ), according to the family, by a shot at the train station. Cf. Stefan Wolter: Pastor Children in World War I, Halle, 2014, p. 353.
  6. ↑ The daughter of the lawyer Otto Greich had a brother who voluntarily passed away in the ranks of the Wehrmacht in 1937 (allegedly because of lovesickness). The suicide was disguised as an accident. Cf. Stefan Wolter: Pastor Children in World War I, 2014, p. 350 f.
  7. ↑ Thus, no descendants of Paul Gurran or of Otto Anbich, brother of the theologians Paul, Johannes and Karl Anbich survived . Cf. Stefan Wolter: Pastor Children in World War I, Halle 2014; P. 344 ff.
  8. ↑ 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 , p. 172 .
personal data
SURNAME Gurran, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Alt Zauche , Lübben district
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1944