Paul Völckers

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Paul Gustav Völckers (born March 15, 1891 in Kiel , † January 23, 1946 in the Soviet Union ) was a German officer , most recently general of the infantry in World War II .

Life

Völckers joined the army as an ensign in March 1910 and served as an officer in the First World War , including as a company commander in the 5th Guards Regiment on foot . In 1917 he was a first lieutenant and orderly officer in the 27th Infantry Regiment.

After the war he switched to the Reichswehr and worked as a commander and general staff officer in various units.

As a colonel in the Wehrmacht from February 1937 to October 1940, he led the 115th Infantry Regiment ( Darmstadt ) of the 33rd Infantry Division . With the division he took part in the western campaign. He then led a rifle brigade. From mid-April 1941 to January 1942 he was the first commander of the German Army Mission in Bulgaria, until July 1941 as General of the German Army at the Royal Bulgarian Army Command and then as Chief of the German Training Staff at the Royal Bulgarian Army Command and military attaché Sofia. From January 1942 to April 1943 he was major general in command of the 78th Infantry Division , which was almost completely destroyed in Operation Mars . He was promoted to lieutenant general in September 1942. In June 1943 Völckers took over the command of the XXVII as commanding general . Army Corps and was promoted to General of the Infantry in September 1943. During Operation Bagration , he was captured by the Red Army in June 1944 .

During his imprisonment he worked in the Association of German Officers , which was organized in the National Committee for Free Germany . In this function he was one of the co-signers , together with Kurt-Jürgen von Lützow , of the appeal of the 17 generals of July 27, 1944 and of the appeal of 50 prisoner-of-war generals to the people and the armed forces of December 8, 1944. Völckers died in 1946 as a Soviet prisoner of war .

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German armies 1815-1939 . Biblio Verlag, 1996, ISBN 978-3-7648-1779-4 , pp. 516 ( google.de [accessed on March 8, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Albrecht August Konstantin von Stosch: Das Königl. Preuss. 5th Guards Regiment on Foot, 1897-1918 . Klasing, 1930, p. u. a. 240 ( google.de [accessed on March 8, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Military weekly: independent magazine for the German armed forces . Mittler, 1917, p. 4695 ( google.de [accessed on March 8, 2020]).
  4. ^ German Army Mission in Bulgaria (DE-1958 - DE-1958_d2e8385e-a3db-4c35-a408-d1c2204307b8) - Archives Portal Europe. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
  5. ^ A b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . In: German Order of Battle . tape 1 . Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 133 ( google.de [accessed on March 8, 2020]).
  6. ↑ The archive; Reference book for politics, economics, culture . S. 401 ( google.de [accessed on March 8, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Erich Kosthorst: The birth of the tragedy from the spirit of obedience .: Germany's generals and Hitler - experiences and reflections of a front officer. Bouvier Verlag, 1998, ISBN 978-3-416-02755-7 , pp. 73 ( google.de [accessed on March 8, 2020]).
  8. ↑ History of the German labor movement: Chronicle . Dietz, 1965, p. 493 ( google.de [accessed on March 8, 2020]).
  9. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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 .
personal data
SURNAME Völckers, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Völckers, Paul Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently General of the Infantry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1946
Place of death Soviet Union