Walter Melzer

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Walt (h) er Erhard Melzer (born October 7, 1894 in Leipzig , † June 23, 1961 in Bremen ) was a German infantry general in World War II .

Life

During the First World War Melzer fought as a reserve lieutenant in the infantry regiment "King Georg" No. 106 of the Saxon Army . For his services as a platoon leader during the fighting on the Eastern Front , Melzer was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry on November 10, 1915 . After the end of the war, he was accepted into the Reichswehr .

During World War II , Lieutenant General Melzer commanded the 252nd Infantry Division on the central section of the Eastern Front from January 1943 to October 12, 1944 . On October 12, 1944 he took over the leadership of the XXIII. Army corps that defended in the Pultusk area as part of the 2nd Army at the end of the year and returned through West Prussia to the Baltic Sea until April 1945 in the Danzig area .

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
• Knight's Cross 2nd class of the Albrecht Order with swords
• Wound badge (1918) in black
• Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
  • Knight's Cross on August 21, 1941
  • Oak leaves on August 23, 1944 (558th award)
• German cross in gold on February 11, 1943

Burial place

Melzer was buried in the Riensberg cemetery in Bremen. (Grave tray D0259)

Works

• Albert-Kanal and Eben-Emael , Scharnhorst Buchkameradschaft, Heidelberg 1957.
• History of the 252nd Infantry Division , 1939–1945
• Battle for the Baltic Islands, 1917, 1941, 1944: a study on Triphibian warfare .

literature

• Peter Stockert: Die Eichenlaubträger 1940–1945 , 9 volumes, 4th revised edition, Bad Friedrichshall 2010–2011.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736–1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation. Dresden 1937. p. 455.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1924. p. 173.
3. ↑ ^{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. 536.