Konrad-Oskar Heinrichs

Konrad-Oskar Heinrichs (born May 5, 1890 in Wallstawe near Salzwedel , † September 8, 1944 near Liège ) was a German officer , most recently Lieutenant General in World War II .

Life

Henry joined in September 1911 as a cadet in the Infantry Regiment "Graf Tauentzien of Wittenberg" (3rd Brandenburg) no. 20 and was on 22 May 1912 Ensign promoted. This was followed by his further training until August 1914 at the war school in Anklam . At the beginning of the First World War he was adjutant of the 1st Battalion of his regular regiment, was seriously wounded on the Western Front and was taken prisoner by the French on September 9, 1914 . He stayed there until August 1918 and returned to Germany in August 1919 after being interned in Switzerland . He was accepted into the Reichswehr and retired from active service in May 1934.

In April 1939 he was reactivated and after the outbreak of the Second World War he took over as commander of various infantry regiments. As commander of Infantry Regiment 24 ( 21st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) ) he took part in the French campaign and the Barbarossa company. On July 1, 1942, he took over the 290th Infantry Division until the end of January 1944 . From February 1 to 10, 1944, he was temporarily transferred to the Führerreserve and then took over as commander of the 89th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) . He was killed with her during an attack on September 8, 1944 near Liège. His remains lie in the military cemetery in Lommel, Belgium .

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Wound badge (1918) in black
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on September 13, 1941
German cross in gold on January 18, 1944

Web links

Tabular curriculum vitae of the general ( memento from October 26, 2009 on WebCite ) at Axis Biographical Research

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 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. 377.

personal data
SURNAME	Heinrichs, Konrad-Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wallstawe
DATE OF DEATH	September 8, 1944
Place of death	near Liège

[RKT-1] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 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. 377.