Heinz-Eberhard Opitz

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Heinz-Eberhard Opitz (born July 13, 1912 in Halle (Saale) , † October 11, 1997 in Haar ) was a German army officer and judge.

Life

Raised in Breslau , Opitz studied law at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität . In 1932 he became a member of the Corps Marcomannia Breslau . He broke off his studies in 1935 and joined the 7th Infantry Regiment in Schweidnitz as a flag boy . Promoted to lieutenant in April 1937 , he was adjutant in the 28th Infantry Regiment. After the invasion of Poland , he was transferred to the 298th Infantry Division . As a regimental adjutant and battalion commander, he fought in the western campaign and on the eastern front . He was battalion commander in the 349th Infantry Division / Volksgrenadier Division , was awarded the German Cross in Gold on April 9, 1943 , and served as Lieutenant Colonel and Regiment Commander of the 911 Grenadier Regiment from June 1, 1944. After the award of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross , which Opitz had received on March 11, 1945, he suffered the fifth wound. The United States Army took him prisoner of war in the Wismar military hospital .

After the war he continued to study law. After the assessor examination, he became chairman of judges at the Munich I Regional Court . In 1975 he retired. In the Bundeswehr he was a lieutenant colonel in the reserve.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 96/357.
  2. ↑ 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 , p. 577.
  3. ^ A b Paul Dehmelt: Obituary for Heinz-Eberhard Opitz . Corps newspaper of the Marcomannia Breslau
personal data
SURNAME Opitz, Heinz-Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and judge
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1997
Place of death Haar (near Munich)