Richard von Rosen
Richard Wilfred Harry Erich Freiherr von Rosen (born June 28, 1922 in Hirschsprung , Amtshauptmannschaft Dippoldiswalde ; † October 26, 2015 in Kreuth , Upper Bavaria ) was a German officer, most recently in the rank of major general .
family
Richard von Rosen came from the German-Baltic , Protestant noble family of Rosen . His parents were Erich Woldemar von Rosen (1880–1949) and Sophie von Rosen, b. from Seidlitz. He had two sisters and a brother.
Richard von Rosen was with Anna-Luise, geb. von Hofacker married. She is the daughter of Caesar von Hofacker , a resistance fighter in the attack on July 20, 1944 . The marriage resulted in a son and three daughters.
Life
As a member of the Wehrmacht, Rosen took part in the Second World War from 1940 to 1945 , including the last few years as an officer in a heavy tank division . He had commands in Russia, France and Hungary and was a participant in Operation Barbarossa and in Operation Citadel . He was seriously wounded several times.
Ten years after the end of the war, he joined the newly founded Bundeswehr in 1955 . From 1964 to 1966 he was a general staff officer at the Commander- in -Chief of the Allied Land Forces in Fontainebleau . He was the commander of the 294 tank battalion (1966-1970) and a consultant in the Federal Ministry of Defense (1970-1972) and the commander of the 21 tank brigade (Augustdorf) (1972-1976).
In 1976 Richard Freiherr von Rosen became defense attaché at the German Embassy in Paris and in 1980 German representative to the Commander- in -Chief of the French Armed Forces in Germany . In 1982 he was retired with the rank of major general.
Von Rosen documented the tank war on the eastern and western fronts of the Second World War in an extensive book with 445 partly unpublished image documents, the second edition of which was published in 2004.
honors and awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
- Wound badge (1939) in gold
- Panzer Badge II. Level "25" on February 17, 1945 in the 3rd / heavy tank division " Feldherrenhalle "
- German cross in gold on February 28, 1945 as first lieutenant and head of the 3rd / heavy tank division "Feldherrenhalle"
- Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (O. LH)
- Commandeur de l'ordre national du Mérite
Fonts
- Alfred Rubbel, Rolf Sichel, Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann, Richard Freiherr von Rosen: Memories of the Tiger Department 503 1942 to 1945, 1990
- As a tank officer in East and West - Im Panzer III , Tiger and King Tiger in Russia, France and Hungary , Verlagshaus Würzburg - Flechsig 2014 (2nd edition), ISBN 3803500443 .
literature
- Maria Keipert, Peter Grupp: Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service, 1871–1945. Volume 3, Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2000, p. 720.
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice Richard Freiherr von Rosen , FAZ , October 31, 2015.
- ↑ a b As a tank officer in East and West - In Panzer III, Tiger and King Tiger in Russia, France and Hungary , Verlagshaus Würzburg - Flechsig 2004.
- ↑ Book about the Tiger Department 503 - Rubbel: "Um Sachlichkeit concerned" , Kreiszeitung.de, July 15, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosen, Richard of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosen, Richard Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, major general of the Bundeswehr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hirschsprung , Dippoldiswalde District Authority , Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 2015 |
| Place of death | Kreuth , Upper Bavaria |