Helge Auleb
Helge Arthur Auleb (born March 24, 1887 in Gehren ; † April 14, 1964 in Düsseldorf ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the infantry in World War II .
Life
After attending school, Auleb joined the infantry body regiment "Grand Duchess" (3rd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 117 on March 1, 1907 as a flag junior . When he was promoted to lieutenant on August 18, 1908, he was used as a company officer in the 2nd company of his regular regiment. During the First World War , Auleb initially acted as a company commander and from 1917 in various staff positions at division level. After the end of the war he worked briefly as a company commander in the Hessian Freikorps before he was accepted into the Reichswehr .
Auleb was initially employed in the staff of the 11th Reichswehr Brigade, then came as a company commander in the 36th Reichswehr Infantry Regiment and the 22nd Reichswehr Rifle Regiment, before becoming company commander in the 15th Infantry Regiment on January 1, 1921 has been. Auleb stayed here until he was transferred to Weimar on February 1, 1924, on the staff of the 3rd Cavalry Division . From October 1, 1927 to September 30, 1930, he was transferred to the staff of Artillery Leader I in Königsberg . Subsequently, Auleb was active in the staff of the 1st Division , and then from October 6 to October 23, 1931 , he was commanded for shooting course A for staff officers of the infantry in Döberitz .
On October 6, 1936, Auleb was appointed commander of the 39th Infantry Regiment. On February 1, 1939, he was appointed major general and on August 26, 1939, senior quartermaster of the 5th Army . After just two months came Auleb in the same function for the second Army and shortly afterwards on November 1, 1939 Army Group A . During the campaign in the west , he was appointed chief of the command staff of the military commander in northern France on June 15, 1940. After the reorganization of the office, Auleb initially remained in his position and was appointed commander of the 72nd Infantry Division on July 25, 1940 . He was relieved of his post on September 5, 1940, transferred to the Fuehrer's Reserve until September 19, 1940 , and then assigned to lead the 290th Infantry Division . He also gave up this command quickly and was appointed commander of the 6th Infantry Division on October 14, 1940 , which he led until June 10, 1942 and in the meantime was promoted to Lieutenant General on December 1, 1940 . Then he came back to the Führerreserve.
On December 20, 1942 Auleb was commander of the Auleb group ("Caucasus") before he took over as commander of the Auleb section command (Crimea) on February 1, 1942. From July 26 to August 15, 1943, he was in charge of the XXXXIX. Mountain Corps commissioned. Already on 15 August 1943, he went back to Führerreserve over and was a month later on September 17, Commanding General of security troops and commanders in the area of Army Group A . As such, he was promoted to General of the Infantry on December 1, 1943.
On December 18, 1943, Auleb was given the newly created command "Commander of the German troops in Transnistria ". Auleb then received on June 24, 1944 the appointment of the commanding general of the LXIX. Army Corps , with which he was initially captured by the British at the end of the war . He was later taken into US custody and released on September 30, 1947. He also appeared as a witness at the Nuremberg trials .
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Hessian bravery medal
- Cross of Honor of Schwarzburg III. Class with swords
- Lippe War Merit Cross
- German cross in gold on December 26, 1941
literature
- Dermot Bradley: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945 Volume 1: Abberger-Bitthorn , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 123–125.
Archival material
- Unpublished memoirs "War memories as Quartermaster of the 5th Army and Army Group A from September 9, 1939 to June 14, 1940" (Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv H 08-76 / 8)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 127.
- ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall and Veit Scherzer : Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945, History and Proprietor Volume II , Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 19.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Auleb, Helge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Auleb, Helge Arthur (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently General of the Infantry in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miter |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1964 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |