Oldwig von Natzmer (General, 1904)

Oldwig Otto von Natzmer (born June 29, 1904 in Liegnitz ; † April 1, 1980 in Dissen am Teutoburg Forest ) was a German lieutenant general in the Wehrmacht in World War II .

Life

On April 1, 1925, he joined the Reichswehr as a flag junior . During his service with the 4th Squadron of the 9th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in the Fürstenwalde garrison , Natzmer was appointed lieutenant on December 1, 1928 . On March 1, 1936, he was Rittmeister and attended the War Academy in Berlin. On August 26, 1938, he joined the Army General Staff and was promoted to major there . On April 1, 1941 he became the First General Staff Officer (Ia) of on the Eastern Front located 161st Infantry Divisionappointed. From July 1941 he moved to the XXXIX in the same position . mot. Army Corps . On April 1, 1942 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, on November 1 at short notice first general staff officer of the 26th Panzer Division and from December 1942 Ia of the infantry division Greater Germany . On April 2, 1943 he received the German Cross in Gold and was appointed Colonel on May 1, 1943 . On July 1, 1944, he was promoted to major general , and on September 4, 1943, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . In July 1944 he became Chief of Staff of Army Group North and in February 1945 Chief of General Staff of Army Group Center . On March 15, 1945, he was appointed lieutenant general. In May 1945 he fell into American captivity and was interned in various POW camps. From December he was Prisoner of War Enclosure No. 8 and member of the Historical Division . From June 1948 to May 1949 he was a member of the "Control Group" of the Operational History (German) Section of the US Army, led by the former Army Chief of Staff, Franz Halder .

literature

• Esther-Julia Howell: Learn from the vanquished? The war-history cooperation between the USA and Germany. Walter de Gruyter Verlag, Berlin 2016, biography on p. 340.
• Ludger Tewes : The Panzergrenadierdivision Grossdeutschland in the campaign against the Soviet Union 1942 to 1945 , Verlag Klartext Essen 2020, ISBN 978-3-8375-2089-7 . [Proof of the personal file]