Ulrich von Germar

Albert Wilhelm Bruno Ullrich von Germar (born November 17, 1876 in Bromberg , † February 27, 1948 in Blankenburg ) was a German major general in World War II .

Life

origin

Albert William Bruno Ullrich Germar came from a family of the Thuringian Uradels for the first time (named after today's date, Henning de Geremar Görmar in Muehlhausen in Thuringia ) 1130 appears. He was the son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel Bruno von Germar (1832-1892) and his wife Elisabeth, née Kremnitz (1845-1927).

Military career

Germar joined the infantry regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin" (4th Brandenburg) No. 24 of the Prussian Army on March 22, 1895 , coming from the cadet corps as an ensign . After his promotion to second lieutenant on January 27, 1896, Germar was used as an adjutant of the Berlin III district command . From October 1904 to July 1907 he was sent to the War Academy for further training and was promoted to first lieutenant on October 18, 1904 . After serving in his main regiment, Germar was appointed captain on December 20, 1910 and as such an adjutant of the Landwehr inspection in Berlin. From October 1, 1913, Germar was chief of the 9th Company in the Infantry Regiment "Graf Bose" (1st Thuringian) No. 31 .

With the outbreak of World War I he became adjutant of the 18th Reserve Division under Lieutenant General Karl Wilhelm von Gronen . On October 20, 1914, Germar was transferred to the newly established Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 233. Here he was given command of the 1st Battalion, which he first performed during the Battle of the Yser and then at Rumbeke, Roulers , Westroosebeke, Poelkappelle, Mangelaare and Langemarck commanded before it in the trench warfare passed. In September / October 1915 he fought in the autumn battle near La Bassée and Arras and was able to repel English attacks here. In August 1916, the regiment transferred to the newly formed 195th Division on the Eastern Front . Here it was particularly effective in the battles at Zwyzin, Mackowy Gaj and Gatkow. Germar became major on November 25, 1916 . He then came back to the Western Front and fought in Flanders until the end of July 1917 . From the end of October to mid-November, Germar was fighting for positions between the Maas and the Moselle . The German spring offensive experienced Gemar in the 17th Army . He took part in the breakthrough battle of Monchy- Cambrai and the Battle of Bapaume and was seriously wounded on March 31, 1918. He then had to give up his command and was transferred home to recover. For his services during the offensive, his division commander submitted him to the Pour le Mérite .

By AKO on April 22, 1918, Wilhelm II. Germar awarded the highest Prussian bravery award. Germar spent the end of the war in the hospital .

It was only usable again in January 1919. Germar was then used by the Eastern Border Guard until the end of September . On October 1, 1920 he was appointed commander of the III. Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment taken over into the Reichswehr . He served in Deutsch Krone until September 30, 1921 and was then transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry as a lieutenant colonel . From there, Germar was transferred to the staff of the 3rd Division in Berlin on February 1, 1923 . Shortly thereafter, on February 28, 1923, he was retired from active service.

Germar was then employed as a civilian employee from October 15, 1932 at the Deutsch Krone commandant's office. On October 1, 1933, he was promoted as a supplementary officer in command of the military district command Stolp and in this function on March 1, 1937 to colonel and on August 27, 1939 to major general. During the Second World War he was reactivated on March 1, 1941 with this rank in the Army of the Wehrmacht . Due to age, he was released from active service on August 31, 1942.

family

Germar had been married to Erika Dehns since September 11, 1917. The marriage produced a son.

literature

• Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 369-370.
• Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 1: AG. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2505-7 , pp. 479-480.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Codex diplomaticus Saxoniae regiae. 1st main part, 2nd volume, p. 65, No. 83, Leipzig 1864.