Karl Trautmann (officer)

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Karl Trautmann (born April 12, 1908 in Rudlaucken , Ragnit district ; † April 21, 1945 ) was a German army officer , most recently a colonel .

Life

Karl Trautmann was in 1930 in the Corps Littuania recipiert and distinguished himself as a senior from. As a colonel , he was the successor to Theodor Tolsdorff from August 1944, the last regimental commander of the 22nd Fusilier Regiment in the 1st Infantry Division . Before that, he had already been a major company commander in the regiment and as a lieutenant colonel battalion commander in Grenadier Regiment 1 of the 1st Infantry Division. In 1945 he was in the Battle of Königsberg wounded , but resigned later in the year his service as regimental commander of. He fell during the retreat of the 1st Infantry Division from Schloßberg to Pillau at the end of April 1945.

Awards

• Iron Cross 2nd and 1st class
• German Cross in Gold (February 10, 1944, as Major)
• Ehrenblattspange (September 15, 1944, as lieutenant colonel)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (March 17, 1945, as Colonel)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Peter Schmitz: The German Divisions, 1939–1945: Army, land-based navy, air force, Waffen-SS . Biblio-Verlag, 1993, ISBN 978-3-7648-2421-1 , p. 8 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 86/925.
3. ↑ Werner Richter (General Staff Officer.): The 1st [ie first] (East Prussian) Infantry Division . 1975, p. 155 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
4. ↑ Kurt Dieckert , Horst Großmann : The fight for East Prussia: an authentic documentary report . Gräfe and Unzer, 1960, p. 187 ( google.de [accessed on March 21, 2020]).
5. ^ Peter Schmitz: The German Divisions, 1939–1945: Army, land-based navy, air force, Waffen-SS . Biblio-Verlag, 1993, ISBN 978-3-7648-2421-1 , p. 11 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
6. ↑ Werner Richter (General Staff Officer.): The 1st [ie first] (East Prussian) Infantry Division . 1975, p. 180 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).
7. ↑ Werner Richter (General Staff Officer.): The 1st [ie first] (East Prussian) Infantry Division . 1975, p. 178 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2020]).