Karl Burk

Karl Burk , also Johannes Karl Burk , (born March 14, 1898 in Buchenau (Bavaria), † September 23, 1963 in Fritzlar ) was a German officer , most recently an SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS .

biography

Burk was the son of a farmer. In 1913 he joined the Bavarian Army and last served as a sergeant in 1918 during the First World War . He remained a soldier in artillery regiments after the war. In 1927 he became sergeant major .

In 1933 he joined the NSDAP (membership number 1.848.222) and the SS (membership number 68.910) as SS-Hauptscharführer .

At the beginning of the Second World War in 1939 he commanded the 8th SS Standard Lower Silesia (like regiment) and was then deployed in the upper section of the southeast . He then commanded the SS Panzer Artillery Regiment of the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" before he took over command of the SS Flak Department East in 1941 and shortly thereafter became commander of Kampfgruppe Burk in 1943 as SS-Oberführer . Then he was chief of staff of the 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade Wallonia in the Wiking Division under the political leadership of Léon Degrelle until September 1944 . In February 1945 he became a representative of the Waffen SS in the Russian volunteer army of General Vlasov , commander of the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (Latvian No. 1) and in April 1945 SS brigadier. He was a prisoner of war and then lived in Fritzlar.

Promotions

April 20, 1935: SS Untersturmführer
November 9, 1935: SS-Obersturmführer
September 13, 1936: SS-Hauptsturmführer
September 12, 1937: SS-Sturmbannführer
??. ??. 1938: SS-Obersturmbannführer
November 5, 1942: SS Standartenführer
November 9, 1943: SS Oberführer of the Waffen SS
April 20, 1945: SS-Brigadführer and Gen.-Maj d. Armed SS

Awards

November 5, 1942: German cross in gold

swell

Rolf Michaelis : The Grenadier Divisions of the Waffen SS. Part 1 . Michaelis-Verlag, Berlin 1994. ISBN 3-930849-04-6 .
Gordon Williamson, Malcolm McGregor: German commanders of World War II .: Waffen-SS, Luftwaffe & Navy .

Individual evidence

↑ List of seniority of the NSDAP Schutzstaffel. As of December 1, 1937, p. 62 f. (JPG; 1.32 MB) In: http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/1937/1937.html . Retrieved November 4, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Burk, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Burk, Johannes Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German SS brigade leader and major general
DATE OF BIRTH	March 14, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Buchenau in Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH	September 23, 1963
Place of death	Fritzlar

[dal-1] List of seniority of the NSDAP Schutzstaffel. As of December 1, 1937, p. 62 f. (JPG; 1.32 MB) In: http://www.dws-xip.pl/reich/biografie/1937/1937.html . Retrieved November 4, 2019 .