Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

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Walther-Peer Fellgiebel (born May 7, 1918 in Charlottenburg ; † October 14, 2001 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German officer , most recently a major in the Wehrmacht , manager and author. He was a board member of the Deutsche Zündwaren-Monopol-Gesellschaft .

Military background

Fellgiebel was the son of the later general and resistance fighter Erich Fellgiebel . He attended elementary school in Weinhübel and high school in Berlin and Altdöbern , where he graduated from high school in 1937. After Reich labor and military service, he attended the Hanover War School , where he was promoted to lieutenant in the artillery shortly before the start of the war .

During the Second World War Fellgiebel served in the 28th Infantry Division's Artillery Regiment 28 during the attack on Poland . Six months later, on February 26, 1940, he was transferred to the 298 Artillery Regiment of the 298th Infantry Division , where he served as a battery officer and adjutant . During the Russian campaign he was wounded several times and spent six months in the hospital. After serving briefly as a battery commander and adjutant in the 28th Artillery Regiment in France , the Fellgiebel , who had meanwhile been promoted to lieutenant , was transferred to the command reserve of Army Group South . During this time he was an adjutant in the watch and escort battalion of the "Führer" for four weeks .

His requests for active frontline deployment finally led him to the Army Artillery Department 935 (motorized), where he took over the 2nd battery. During this time he received the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class and the Silver Wound Badge for his four wounds (later he received the Golden Wound Badge after his 5th wound). From July 25, 1943, his department was subordinate to the Grenadier Regiment 337 and had taken position in the Slavyansk-Nikopol area on the central Donets .

On September 7, 1943 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as a first lieutenant and company commander and was promoted to captain . From November 1943 to summer 1944 he taught at the Artillery School II in Jüterbog .

Since his father was involved in the assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 , Fellgiebel was imprisoned in kin . Thanks to the intercession of his superiors, he was released. In January 1945 he was promoted to major.

economy

After the Second World War, the former officer initially worked in agriculture from 1945 to 1948. a. as a farmer and trustee of an estate. From 1948 he worked as an industrial clerk, so he became managing director in a transport company and opened a rental car company. He later rose to become the department head of an industrial gas company. He started his career at the Deutsche Zündwaren-Monopol-Gesellschaft (DZMG) in 1950, first as an assistant to the management, then as a clerk and authorized signatory or HR manager. In 1963 he became a member of the two-person board in Frankfurt am Main. In 1975 Fellgiebel received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.

Journalism

In 1954 he joined the Order of the Knight's Cross Bearers eV (OdR), from 1961 he was on the board. From 1970 to 1985 he headed the association's commission for orders, and in 1986 the book The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 emerged from this activity . The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . For many years this was considered the standard work on the subject, but according to Fellgiebels it is not to be regarded as official or official. Especially at the end of the war, medals were awarded, in which the award certificate was lost due to the chaos of the war. This was later recognized by the OdR, whose recognition practice did not always appear transparent in some cases. A review of the files revealed that there was no official award certificate in 200 cases (out of over 7,300 awards).

family

He was married and the father of two children.

Fonts (selection)

  • The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 1939–1945. The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht. Podzun-Pallas, Friedberg 1993, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who. 29th edition. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1990, ISBN 3-7950-2010-7 , p. 319.
  2. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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. 304.
personal data
SURNAME Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, manager and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlottenburg
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 2001
Place of death Frankfurt am Main