Rudolf Sieckenius

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Rudolf Sieckenius (1941)

Rudolf Sieckenius (born August 18, 1896 in Ludwigsthal ; † April 28, 1945 at Märkisch-Buchholz ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

Sieckenius served as a reserve lieutenant in the Bavarian army during the First World War . After the war he entered the police force . During the Second World War, as Lieutenant Colonel, he was in command of the 2nd Panzer Regiment and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on September 17, 1941 . In 1943 he commanded the 16th Panzer Division in France and Italy and in mid-1944 the 263rd Infantry Division . As a major general and commander of the interruption 391. Security Division zbV Sieckenius committed in 1945 on 28 April suicide .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 704.
  2. ↑ Samuel W. Mitcham : Rommel's Lieutenants: The Men who Served the Desert Fox, France, 1940, Issue 7 , p. 27. ( limited preview online at Google Book Search ).
personal data
SURNAME Sieckenius, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigsthal
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1945
Place of death Märkisch-Buchholz