Hermann von Borries
Hermann von Borries (born October 13, 1899 in Sülzhayn , † February 16, 1943 in Porchow , Soviet Union ) was a German officer who became known as the commander of the troops escaping from the Demyansk pocket ( company Fallreep ) during the Second World War .
Lieutenant Colonel Borries commanded the infantry regiment 46, which met the relief troops of Lieutenant General Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach at Ramuschewo on the River Lowat . He succeeded in opening a connecting corridor several kilometers long and around four kilometers wide into the Demjansk Basin in his sector . In this corridor was a Knüppeldamm as a road link through a forest sump applied. For his success in opening the Demyansk pocket, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on May 3, 1942 .
Borries died on February 16, 1943 in a field hospital in Porchow, Russia as a result of a serious wound. Posthumously he was promoted to colonel .
He was married to Anna-Marie König, the daughter of the Landesbank director Gustav König from Ratzeburg. With her he had a son, Burghard.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
- Cross of Honor of the World War on January 3, 1935
- Clasp for the Iron Cross 2nd class on September 21, 1939
- Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class on October 26, 1939
- Wound badge (1939) in silver
- Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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. 236.
- ↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel: The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas Verlag, Friedburg 2000, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 120.
- ^ Family history of Borries, http://familievonborries.de/index.php/component/content/article/73-i-linie-4-ast-1-zweig/544-hermann-v-borries.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borries, Hermann von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sülzhayn |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1943 |
| Place of death | Porchow , Soviet Union |