Karl Kriebel (General)

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Major General Karl Kriebel (July 1940).

Karl Kriebel (born February 26, 1888 in Metz , † November 28, 1961 in Aufkirchen ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the infantry in World War II .

family

Hermann Kriebel was the son of the Bavarian major general Karl Kriebel (1834–1895). Major General Friedrich von blackflies (1879-1964) and the officer , Freikorps leader , SA upper group leader , diplomat and Nazi Party - politician Hermann blackflies (1876-1941) were his brothers.

Life

After completing his cadet training, Kriebel joined the 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment "König" as an ensign on July 7, 1907 . After successfully completing the Bavarian War Academy from April 22, 1908 to April 25, 1909, he was promoted to lieutenant on May 26, 1909 . When the First World War broke out, he moved to the Western Front as a regimental adjutant , remained here in various positions until the end of the war and was promoted to lieutenant on May 19, 1915 and to captain on March 22, 1918 .

After the end of the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr . From March 20, 1920 to October 1, 1921 Kriebel acted as chief of the 19th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment and then served in the staff of the 7th (Bavarian) Division in Munich . He joined the Reichswehr Ministry on October 1, 1922 and was transferred back to Munich a year later. On October 1, 1924, he was transferred to the staff of the 2nd Cavalry Division in Breslau for four years . Until October 1, 1929, Kriebel was again active in the Reichswehr Ministry and was promoted to major on July 1, 1929 . Here he stayed for another year, joined the staff of Group Command 1 in Berlin and on October 1, 1930, he moved to the staff of the 4th Division in Dresden for four years . On October 1, 1933 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and as such he was commander of the 1st Battalion of the 19th (Bavarian) Infantry Regiment in Munich for one month from October 1 to November 1, 1934 . He was then reassigned to the Reichswehr Ministry. There he worked as a consultant in Department T 3 until October 1, 1936 and was promoted to colonel on September 1, 1935 in the meantime . On October 1, 1936, he was appointed Chief of Staff at the Inspector of the Weapons Schools (In 1) and from March 1, 1938, he was appointed commander of the Dresden War School. In this function, he was promoted to major general on April 1, 1939.

Before the start of the Second World War, Kriebel took over the 56th Infantry Division on August 26, 1939 , with which he was first used in the western campaign in 1940. Kriebel gave up command again on July 24, 1940, took over the 46th Infantry Division and was promoted to Lieutenant General on August 1, 1940 . With the association he was first used in the Balkan campaign . This he then led in the summer of 1941 during the eastern campaign in the attack on southern Russia . From December 16, 1941 to July 15, 1942, Kriebel was placed at the disposal of the OKH and then appointed as replacement inspector for the military in Nuremberg . On April 1, 1943, he was promoted to General of the Infantry as Commanding General of the Deputy General Command of the VII Army Corps in Munich. This also made him the commander of Military District VII, based in Munich .

After the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 , in August 1944 he was a representative of the Wehrmacht's court of honor , which expelled the accused officers from the Wehrmacht and brought them into the hands of the People's Court .

From April 12, 1945 until the end of the war, Kriebel was assigned to the Führerreserve and then became a US prisoner of war , from which he was released in 1947.

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  1. ↑ a b Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Edited by the Ministry of Defense . Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1930, p. 128
  2. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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. 475.
personal data
SURNAME Kriebel, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and general of the infantry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Metz
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1961
Place of death Aufkirchen