Wolfgang Keilig

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Friedrich Wolfgang "Wolf" Keilig (born May 21, 1915 in Chemnitz , † October 29, 1984 in Kalenborn ) was a German officer, most recently Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr, and a military writer. He was head of the Office for Studies and Exercises of the Bundeswehr and from 1963 to 1967 chairman of the German Bundeswehr Association.

Life

Promotions

Wolfgang Keilig, who comes from the Kingdom of Saxony , attended the Annaberg Realgymnasium until he graduated from high school in 1934 . He joined the Reichswehr as a flag junior and was trained in the Artillery Regiment 4 in Dresden and Bautzen . In 1935 he attended the infantry school of the Reichswehr in Munich and the artillery school in Jüterbog . In 1937 he went to the army news school in Halle (Saale) . In the meantime he was a battery and intelligence officer in Artillery Regiment 24 in Plauen . In 1937 he completed his driver training at the cavalry school of the Reichswehr in Hanover. He was then used as a department adjutant in the 24th Artillery Regiment. In February 1940 he joined the 293 artillery regiment as a regimental adjutant and battery chief ; in November / December he served in the staff of Artillery Commander 121. From 1940 to 1942 he was O1 of Panzer Group 1 of the Wehrmacht . For a short time he represented the Ia in the 330th Infantry Division . From February to May 1942 he was Ib in the Panzer Army High Command 3 . In the summer of 1942 (later again) transferred to the Führerreserve at the High Command of the Wehrmacht (OKW) and assigned to the 198th Infantry Division . In 1942/43 he completed the 8th general staff course at the War Academy in Berlin . In March 1943 he became Ib of the 1st Panzer Division . He was then transferred to the General Staff and the Fuehrer Reserve. In December 1943 he became Id of Army Group F and in June 1944 Ia of the 6th Panzer Division . From January to March 1945 he was deputy leader of the Panzer Artillery Regiment 46. From May 1945 to May 1946 he was an American prisoner of war . After his release, he worked in business and from 1952 to 1954 was a consultant for the Association of German Soldiers . In November 1955 he was accepted into the Bundeswehr . He was initially assistant and speaker in Section III B 5 in the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) in Bonn and deputy head and head of the Bonn collection point. From 1958 to 1962 he worked in Section P III 2 in the BMVg. In 1962/63 he was deputy commander of Panzer Brigade 30 in Ellwangen and then sub-department head in the command staff of the Bundeswehr (Fü B) in Bonn. From 1969 he was on the staff for studies and exercises of the Bundeswehr (StabStudÜbBw) in Bergisch Gladbach and was head of office there in 1970/71. In 1971 he retired from service. Keilig had been married since 1944 and had two daughters.

Others

From 1963 to 1967 he was chairman of the German Armed Forces Association (DBwV). In the 1960s he spoke out in favor of the Bundeswehr having its own military jurisdiction, even in times of peace. He expressed himself as follows: “The current regulation of military criminal justice [does not] do justice to military needs” and he said that German military justice had proven itself in the 20th century. In the Weimar Republic, the military penal code was repealed, and National Socialism reintroduced it. He also criticized the professional group of soldiers of the public services, transport and traffic union , which was in competition with the DBwV: On the role of the ÖTV, he said:

“We deny the ÖTV the factual and professional suitability to pose to protect the professional ethical and social concerns of the soldiers. In the past eight years of building the Bundeswehr, the ÖTV has not lifted a finger to solve the soldiers' social problems. "

- Wolfgang Keilig

Awards

Fonts

  • When evidence is missing. Manual of the previously recorded personnel documents of the former German Wehrmacht . 2nd edition, Schild-Verlag, Munich 1954.
  • The German Army 1939–1945. Structure, commitment, staffing . 3 volumes, Podzun, Bad Neuheim 1956 ff.
  • ed .: Ranking list of the German army 1944/1945. Seniority lists T. u. S. d. Generals u. Staff officers d. Army from May 1, 1944 with officially verifiable nights until the end of the war and Staffing d. higher command authorities u. Divisions d. German Army on June 10, 1944 . Podzun-Pallas, Friedberg 1979, ISBN 3-7909-0113-X .
  • The Army Generals 1939–1945. Troop officers, medical officers in the general rank, weapons officers in the general rank, officers d. Motor park troops in the general rank, engineer officers in the general rank, Wehrmacht judges in the general rank, administrative officers in the general rank, veterinary officers in the general rank . Podzun-Pallas, Friedberg 1983, ISBN 3-7909-0202-0 .

literature

  • Dermot Bradley , Heinz-Peter Würzenthal, Hansgeorg Model : The generals and admirals of the Bundeswehr. 1955 - 1999. the military careers (= Germany's generals and admirals; part VIb). Volume 2, 2: Hoffmann - Kusserow . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 2000, ISBN 978-3-7648-2370-2 , pp. 395-397.
  • Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who . 17th edition, Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1973, ISBN 3-7973-0241-X , p. 517.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Baumann: »› What was right then ... ‹- soldiers and civilians before courts of the Wehrmacht«. On the creation of the traveling exhibition . In: Albrecht Kirschner (Ed.): Deserters, Wehrkraftzersetzer and their judges. Marburg interim balance sheet on Nazi military justice before and after 1945 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse . 74). Historical Commission for Hessen , Marburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-942225-10-6 , p. 39.
  2. ↑ Such as B. Adultery . In: Der Spiegel , July 17, 1967 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Hassel's fear of the union . In: Die Zeit , July 9, 1965.
  4. ↑ Dangerous temptation . In: Der Spiegel , February 27, 1967 ( online ).
  5. ↑ In front of the barracks. BUNDESWEHR . In: Der Spiegel , June 23, 1965 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Wedge, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keilig, Friedrich Wolfgang (full name); Wedge, wolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and military writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1984
Place of death Kalenborn