Kurt Andersen

Kurt Georg Heinrich Andersen (born October 2, 1898 in Hohenrade ; † January 9, 2003 in Bonn ) was a German Brigadier General in the Federal Border Guard (BGS) and its inspector.

Life

Andersen joined the grenadier regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm I" (2nd East Prussian) No. 3 as a war volunteer at the age of 16 and served in the First World War . After the end of the war he was a member of a volunteer corps in the Baltic States . He later joined the police. In 1935 Andersen switched to the Air Force . In World War II he worked a. a. as commander of the Flak Regiment 153 and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on December 21, 1942 . In the further course of the war, Andersen acted as the commander of the Flakartillery School II in Stolpmünde , as the commander of the Air War School 6 and inspector of the Flakartillerie Ost. From January 30, 1945 until the end of the war he was commander of the 23rd Flak Division . In this position he was promoted to major general on February 17, 1945 .

After the Second World War he joined the Federal Border Guard. Initially, Andersen headed as Colonel i. BGS set up the West deployment staff, which later became the Central Border Guard. He was then appointed commander of the border guard schools and the coastal border guard command for two years. From July 10, 1956 to March 31, 1961 he was inspector of the BGS. On the occasion of his departure, Andersen received the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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. 192.
↑ Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Gene Mueller: Hitler's Commanders: Officers of the Wehrmacht, the Luftwaffe. P. 203f. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
↑ ^a ^b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 344 ( google.de [accessed on May 5, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Andersen, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Andersen, Kurt Georg Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German brigadier general and inspector of the Federal Border Police
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hohenrade
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 2003
Place of death	Bonn

[Scherzer-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. 192.

[2] Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Gene Mueller: Hitler's Commanders: Officers of the Wehrmacht, the Luftwaffe. P. 203f. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

[:0-3] Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 344 ( google.de [accessed on May 5, 2019]).