Josef Schreiber (soldier)

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Josef Schreiber (born December 24, 1919 in Mindersdorf ; † February 1, 1945 (missing)) was a German soldier in World War II . He reached the rank of sergeant major in the Wehrmacht and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

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Memorial stone in Immendingen .

Life

His father August Schreiber was a master saddler . His mother Josefine was August Schreiber's second wife. The family ran a farm together. On August 14, 1938, the writer volunteered at the 7th Company Infantry - Regiment 14 in Konstanz . He had graduated from high school and completed his labor service. On October 11, 1940, he was promoted to NCO . Against the background of his achievements in a battle in the Russian campaign - Schreiber had temporarily taken command of a platoon and beaten off a Soviet counterattack - he received the Iron Cross I on September 18, 1941 .

He remained platoon leader in the 4th Company of Infantry Regiment 14. On March 31, 1943 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . In a battle north of Orel , two infantry platoons commanded by him had managed to defend a commanding height against strong Soviet attacks.

On July 1, 1943 he was promoted to sergeant major . He returned to 7th Company and took part in Operation Citadel . On August 14, 1943, he took over the 7th Company. The company commander was dead, the entire unit numbered only 30 men.

After taking over his platoon again with the 4th Company, he and his soldiers succeeded in pushing back Soviet forces that had broken in. For this he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on October 5, 1943.

At the end of 1944, Schreiber was sent to the V War School in Poznan as a trainer. With the approximately 2,000 flag junks of the war school , clerks were also thrown against the advancing Red Army . Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel Schreiber has been missing in the fighting for Posen since February 1, 1945.

In 1945 Schreiber was posthumously promoted to lieutenant in the reserve.

Commemoration

The Oberfeldwebel-Schreiber barracks in Immendingen bore his name from May 27, 1967 until it was closed in 2016. The municipality of Immendingen preserves his memory and that of the garrison with a park at the upper castle.

literature

  • Hans Gies: Oberfeldwebel Josef Schreiber. A role model as a soldier and as a person . Publishing company Kameradschaft former 114er and 14er, Konstanz 1967.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.schwaebische.de/: How the barracks got its name. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on August 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schwaebische.de
  2. ↑ Jakob Knab: False Glorie: the traditional understanding of the Bundeswehr. Ch. Links Verlag 1995, ISBN 3-861-53089-9 , p. 83.
personal data
SURNAME Clerk, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sergeant major in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Mindersdorf
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1945