Jonas zu Eulenburg
Jonas Kasimir Graf zu Eulenburg (born July 26, 1901 in Königsberg , † April 8, 1945 in the Bunzlauer Stadtforst ) was a German officer , most recently a colonel and commander of the Glogau fortress . He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on March 22, 1945 .
Life
Eulenburg came from the noble family of Eulenburg . He was born shortly after the turn of the 20th century as the son of the Prussian general of the cavalry Karl Botho Graf zu Eulenburg (* July 2, 1843 in Wicken ; † April 26, 1919 in Wicken ) and Marie Emma Johanna Helene née Countess Dönhoff (* 17 December 1871 in Breslau ; † December 21, 1946 in Groß Schönau ) born in Königsberg in East Prussia . He had four siblings.
Military career
Eulenburg comes from a family of soldiers and served for many years in the traditional and prestigious Infantry Regiment 9 , which was also called "Graf 9" because of its high proportion of noble officers.
During the Second World War he was the commander of various units and served in the attack on Poland , in the western campaign and on the eastern front . During the war he served twice in the Army High Command . On August 1, 1941, he was promoted to major and served at the War Academy . On April 1, 1942, he was promoted to colonel .
On 19 October 1944 he was the commander of the Grenadier Regiment 67 on the peninsula Sworbe on the Estonian island ( Ösel severely wounded). In the ranking list of the German Army in 1944/45 , the staff of the Defense Replacement Inspection Danzig is listed as an office.
Most recently he was the fortress commander in Glogau . From February 11, 1945 to April 1, 1945, in the course of the siege of Glogau , the soldiers under his command blocked the approaching Red Army from crossing the Oder . For his work in Glogau he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The fighting around Glogau was mentioned 17 times in the Wehrmacht report from January 28 to April 3, 1945. On April 3, the Wehrmacht report reported: “The garrison of the Glogau Fortress, which has been locked in since February 12, under the leadership of their commanding officer, Colonel Graf zu Eulenburg, blocked the important Oder crossings for the enemy in more than six weeks of battles and tied up strong Soviet forces. Crowded together in a very small space, the defenders were overwhelmed by the enemy after they had used their last ammunition. "
After an attempt to break out of the Glogau fortress on the night of March 31st to April 1st, 1945, it fell on April 8th, 1945 in the Bunzlau city forest.
Uses in the Wehrmacht
- October 15, 1935: Adjutant in the 1st Infantry Regiment .
- 1938: Leader of the honor company of the 9th Infantry Regiment .
- 3rd January 1939: Company Commander 1st / Infantry Regiment 9 .
- September 1, 1939: Battalion Commander I / Infantry Regiment 9 .
- March 1941 to June 1, 1941: Officer on the staff of the Army High Command ( Quartermaster General Department , assigned to the Infantry General ).
- 1942 to September 27, 1942: Commander of the 422 Infantry Regiment (fell ill and was relieved).
- November 3, 1942: Staff officer for special use in the staff of the High Command of the Army ( Quartermaster General Department , assigned to the Infantry General ).
- September 15, 1943: Commander of the 67th Grenadier Regiment .
- November 11, 1944: Leader reserve at the Army High Command (duty was handled by the Commander in Military District III).
- January 23, 1945: Commander of the Glogau Fortress
Awards
- October 6, 1939: Iron Cross 2nd class as commander of the 1st / 9th Infantry Regiment .
- May 19, 1940: Iron Cross 1st class as commander of the 1st / 9th Infantry Regiment .
- October 9, 1940: Wound badge (1939) in silver as Commander I. / Infantry Regiment 9 .
- September 15, 1942: War Merit Cross (1939) 2nd class with swords on the staff of the Army High Command.
- September 1, 1943: War Merit Cross (1939) 1st class with swords on the staff of the Army High Command.
- January 15, 1944: Ehrenblattspange as commander of the Grenadier Regiment 67 .
- March 1, 1944: Wound badge (1939) in gold as commander of the 67th Grenadier Regiment .
- December 7, 1944: German cross in gold as colonel and commander of the 67th Grenadier Regiment .
- March 22, 1945: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as Colonel and Commander of the Glogau Fortress .
literature
- Walther P. Fellgiebel: Elite of the Third Reich: The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45 , Solihull (West Midlands): Helion, 2003, p. 101. ISBN 9781874622468
- Franz Thomas; Günter Wegmann: Knight Cross Bearers: The Knight Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939-1945 , Part III: The Knight Cross Bearers of the Infantry, Vol. 6. Ender-Fitzek, Bissendorf: Biblio-Verl., 2003. ISBN 3-7648-2308-9
- NN, xx , in: Research on Brandenburg and Prussian History, 13th year (NF), H. x, 2003, p. 116.
- Wolf Keilig: Ranking list of the German Army 1944/45. Hans-Henning Podzun-Verlag, Bad Naunheim 1955
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolf Keilig: Ranking list of the German Army 1944/45. Bad Naunheim 1955, pp. 223 + 129
- ↑ Wolf Keilig: Ranking list of the German Army 1944/45. Bad Naunheim 1955, p. 223
- ↑ The reports of the High Command of the Wehrmacht . Volume 5, January 1, 1944 to May 9, 1945, Cologne 2004. ISBN 3-89340-063-X . P. 600.
- ↑ Research on Brandenburg and Prussian History, Volumes 13-14, Duncker & Humblot, 2003, p. 116 [1]
- ↑ Wolfgang Paul: The Grolmans, a Prussian noble family 1777-1856, Bechtle, 1989, p. 320 [2]
- ↑ Neuer Glogauer Anzeiger, No. 2, February 2008 Title The battle for the Glogau fortress . Part 1 , part 2 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eulenburg, Jonas too |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eulenburg, Jonas Kasimir Graf too |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1945 |
| Place of death | Bunzlau city forest |