Josef Remold
Josef Remold (born January 13, 1902 in Eichstätt ; † October 9, 1985 in Munich ) was a German police officer who was responsible for war crimes in World War II and who became the first president of the Bavarian riot police after the war .
Political, military and police work
As a 17-year-old Josef Remold took part in the Oberland Freikorps in May 1919 in the suppression of the Munich Soviet Republic , which for him represented a "degenerate reign of terror". The experiences of the Police Lieutenant Remold in the Hitler Youth were reflected in the “Handbook for the Hitler Youth” (Diessen 1933). During the attack on Poland he served as an adjutant in GJR 100. During the campaign against France Remold led a battalion (III./GJR 99). In the war against Yugoslavia and against the Soviet Union he was adjutant of the XXXXIX. Mountain Army Corps. In Dietl's 20th Mountain Army he served as an adjutant on the Arctic Ocean front .
Shooting of Italian prisoners of war in Corfu
After Italy left the war in September 1943, following a Führer order, Italian officers were shot. On Corfu , which had been occupied by Italians since 1941 , the shootings were carried out by soldiers of the 1st Mountain Division of the Wehrmacht under General Walter Stettner . The commander of the "Einsatzgruppe Corfu", Lieutenant Colonel Josef Remold, was responsible for the shootings. Immediately after the island was conquered by the Italians, the commander of the Italian units, Colonnello Luigi Lusignani , the commander of the 49th Infantry Regiment, Colonnello Elio Bettini, and another 28 officers of the Italian divisions “Acqui” and “Parmi” were shot. In the days that followed, other Italian officers were killed, the exact number of which is unknown. Remold had the bodies of those shot thrown into the sea. Remold described his deployment on the Ionian island of Corfu in autumn 1943 as the high point of his military career.
On June 8, 1944, Remold was awarded the German Cross in Gold for "repeatedly proven extraordinary bravery" . On April 20, 1945, Colonel Remold was appointed commander of the 6th Mountain Division as the successor to Lieutenant General Max Pemsel . As division commander and court lord, Remold confirmed death sentences against members of the Wehrmacht, which had been imposed by judge Wilhelm Spies in Norway after the end of the war .
In January 1946 Remold was transferred to Soviet captivity ; he was released in January 1951. Remold was the first president of the Bavarian riot police .
In 1972 a criminal investigation was initiated against Spies and Remold at the Munich public prosecutor's office.
Quote
“It was the British who handed us over to the Soviets without hesitation after one of the Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin resolutions. [...] We saw Germany briefly: That destroyed Hamburg and Lübeck. A wide arc was cordoned off where we appeared. No greeting on German soil after six years of fulfilling duty on the fronts. We suspected evil, but didn't want to believe in it because our conscience was pure. "
Web links
- Idea of the cornerstone . In: Der Spiegel . No. 32 , 1972, p. 40 ( online - 31 July 1972 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hannes Heer, Klaus Naumann (ed.): War of destruction. Crimes of the Wehrmacht 1941–1944, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-930908-04-2 , pp. 195f.
- ↑ Remold, Josef: Experienced and seen from Soviet captivity . Munich 1963, p. 7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Remold, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German policeman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eichstatt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1985 |
| Place of death | Munich |