Joachim Rumohr

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Joachim Rumohr, here with the rank of SS-Oberführer in 1944

Joachim (Jochim) Rumohr (born August 6, 1910 in Hamburg , † February 11, 1945 in Budapest ) was a German SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS .

Career

Rumohr was a member of the SS (SS No. 7.450) and NSDAP ( membership number 216.161). From November 1935 he was a member of the SS standard "Germania" , was with its III. Battalion (9th – 12th company) relocated to Radolfzell on July 31, 1937 , where he led the 12th company from May 1938. With this unit he was also involved in the attack on Poland and with the SS disposal division in the western campaign . From the beginning of January 1941 he became the commander of the II / SS artillery regiment "Das Reich" and from April 1941 he participated in the Balkan campaign with this unit . He then took part in the war against the Soviet Union and on June 1, 1942, became the commander of the SS Artillery Regiment of the 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" .

Due to his use in the fighting on the central Dnepr in autumn 1943 and in the defensive battle near Kremenchug-Kirovograd in the following winter, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on January 16, 1944 . From April 1, 1944, he took over the 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer", which was deployed in the Battle of Budapest from November 1944 . At the beginning of February 1945 Rumohr was awarded the Knight's Cross with the Oak Leaves . He was wounded on February 11, 1945 in an attempted escape from Budapest and shot himself before being captured by the Red Army . The “war memorial” in Radolfzell leads and counts Rumohr, who was married in Radolfzell and whose children were born there, since 1958 one of the fallen “sons of the city of Radolfzell” and war “victims” 1939–1945, which was only recently Time was problematized and criticized.

Name plaque on the war memorial in Radolfzell, with the name "Joachim Rühmor" highlighted in color (recte: Rumohr)

Ranks

Awards

See also

literature

  • Dermot Bradley, Andreas Schulz et al. (Ed.): Germany's generals and admirals. The generals of the Waffen-SS and the police 1933–1945. Volume 4. Bissendorf, Biblio-Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-7648-2587-4 , p. 350 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Martin Cüppers : Wegbereiter der Shoah. The Waffen-SS, the Reichsführer SS command staff and the extermination of the Jews 1939–1945. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2004, ISBN 3-534-16022-3 , pp. 306 ff .; Richard Landwehr: Budapest. The Stalingrad of the Waffen-SS. New York 1998; there to Joachim Rumohr, passim, with photographs.
  2. ↑ Cf. Dermot Bradley (Ed.): Deutschlands Generale und Admirale. The generals of the Waffen-SS and the police 1933–1945. Volume 4, ISBN 978-3-7648-2587-4 , pp. 350 ff.
  3. ↑ See wiki page on the Nazi history of Radolfzell on Lake Constance, including Rumohr and the history of the war memorial.
  4. ↑ 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. 645.
personal data
SURNAME Rumohr, Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rumohr, Jochim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1945
Place of death Budapest