Paul Mahlmann

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Paul Mahlmann (born December 10, 1892 in Gispersleben , † March 19, 1963 in Munich ) was a German officer , military writer and journalist .

Life

Military career

Mahlmann was the son of a Protestant pastor and first attended the grammar school in Erfurt , before he embarked on a military career by entering the cadet institutes in Naumburg ad Saale and later the Prussian main cadet institute in Groß-Lichterfelde . After graduating from high school in 1913, he was appointed lieutenant in early 1914. In the First World War he took part in both the western and eastern fronts. After the war ended, he was a member of the Georg Ludwig Rudolf Maercker Freikorps , before he was accepted into the Reichswehr in 1921 . Between the world wars he wrote military-historical writings and articles about for the daily and specialist press.

At the beginning of the Second World War Mahlmann was regimental commander in the west. From 1941 he was briefly in early 1942 as commander of the 137th Infantry Division , from late 1942 to August 1943 as the commander of the 147th Reserve Division and from September 1943 on as the commander of the 39th Infantry Division on the Eastern Front. He then commanded the 353rd Infantry Division on the Western Front as Lieutenant General with interruptions until February 1945 .

In 1947 he was released from Allied captivity and survived the denazification process with express recognition of his correct behavior as a troop leader. From 1950 to 1952 he was head of a German Labor Service department in the US Army in Würzburg , and later in Heidelberg . A letter from Mahlmann to General Franz Beyer was cited by Martin Niemöller as evidence of the remilitarization of Germany. From 1952 Mahlmann worked as a freelance journalist for various newspapers, including the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Tagesspiegel . He acted as an expert in lawsuits against former SS men. In the proceedings for Die Männer von Brettheim against the SS man Max Simon , his defense rejected him as biased because of his critical attitude towards the SS. From 1950 to 1955 Mahlmann was a member of the FDP .

family

Mahlmann had been married to Elisabeth Kärnbach since 1933; the marriage remained childless.

Awards

Fonts

  • 1923: The Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 273. Gerh. Stalling, Oldenburg i. O.
  • 1937: The 273s in World War II. Spur, Zeulenroda.
  • 1937: Further training for officers in the troops. Mittler, Berlin.
  • 1937: Combat firing by the infantry. Mittler, Berlin.
  • 1939: The plan exercise. Mittler, Berlin.
  • 1940: The decision. Mittler, Berlin.

literature

  • Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007a). German Order of Battle. Volume One: 1st - 290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. Pp. 86, 190, 194, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 .
  • Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007b). German Order of Battle. Volume Two: 291st - 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII . PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. P. 63, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Laundry and luggage . In: Der Spiegel . No. 43 , 1950, pp. 5-6 ( Online - Oct. 25, 1950 ).
personal data
SURNAME Mahlmann, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, military writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Gispersleben
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1963
Place of death Munich