Security Brigade 202 (Wehrmacht)

The security brigade 202 was a German infantry brigade of the Army in World War II of Army Group Center .

Brigade history

The brigade was set up on December 24, 1941 in Belarus from the replacement brigade 202 and added to the military area of Ukraine.

Replacement Brigade 202

The replacement brigade 202 (also Brigade 202 ) was in Mannheim in mid-1941 in military district XII . set up in the course of the 16th wave of installation . It was assigned to the General Government as an occupying force. At the end of 1941, a battalion of the 610 Infantry Replacement Regiment was detached from the brigade and assigned to Army Group Center .

Numerous murders of civilians in Ukraine are documented for the brigade.

Security Brigade 202

During the entire war, the brigade was mainly used in the Soviet Union for security tasks in the rear army area. The association was renamed to Oberfeldkommandantur 392 ( Minsk ) on April 27, 1942 and, in contrast to the Backup Brigade 201 and 203, never achieved division status .

structure

Infantry replacement regiment 602 2 battalions Wehrkreis V .
Infantry replacement regiment 610 with 2 battalions from military district VIII .
Infantry Replacement Regiment 612 with 2 battalions from Wehrkreis XII .

commander

Major General Eckart Hans von Tschammer und Osten

literature

Nafziger, George F. (2000). The German Order of Battle Infantry in World War II; Greenhill Books, p. 575.
Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 8. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1966, ISBN 3-7648-1083-1 , p. 5.

reference

↑ Christian Hartmann, Johannes Hürter, Peter Lieb, Dieter Pohl: The German War in the East 1941-1944: Facets of crossing borders . Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-486-70735-9 , p. 172 ( google.de [accessed October 31, 2018]).
↑ Michael Robert Marrus: The Nazi Holocaust. Part 3: The "Final Solution" . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-097047-0 , p. 514 ( google.de [accessed October 31, 2018]).
↑ Vasilij Stepanowitsch Christoforow, Vladimir Gennadjewitsch Makarow, Matthias Uhl: Interrogated: The questioning of German generals and officers by the Soviet secret services 1945-1952 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-041626-8 , p. FN 563 ( google.de [accessed October 17, 2018]).

[1] Christian Hartmann, Johannes Hürter, Peter Lieb, Dieter Pohl: The German War in the East 1941-1944: Facets of crossing borders . Walter de Gruyter, 2009, ISBN 978-3-486-70735-9 , p. 172 ( google.de [accessed October 31, 2018]).

[2] Michael Robert Marrus: The Nazi Holocaust. Part 3: The "Final Solution" . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-097047-0 , p. 514 ( google.de [accessed October 31, 2018]).

[3] Vasilij Stepanowitsch Christoforow, Vladimir Gennadjewitsch Makarow, Matthias Uhl: Interrogated: The questioning of German generals and officers by the Soviet secret services 1945-1952 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-041626-8 , p. FN 563 ( google.de [accessed October 17, 2018]).