Wilhelm Roettig - member of Freikorps?
Wilhelm Roettig - member of Freikorps?
SS-General Wilhelm Roettig, KIA SEPTMEBER 1939
Member of Freikorps?
Member of Freikorps?
Last edited by Dieter Zinke on 10 Jul 2014, 10:59, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: His name is [Georg Friedrich] Wilhelm Roettig - not Wilheilm Fritz von Roettig
Reason: His name is [Georg Friedrich] Wilhelm Roettig - not Wilheilm Fritz von Roettig
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Re: Wilhelm Roettig - member of Freikorps?
SS-Brigadeführer (07.11.1944 posthum with effect from 21.06.1939)
and Generalmajor der Polizei Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Roettig, KIA 10.09.1939 Opoczow near Tomaszow
was
00.01.1919 Führer einer Freiwilligenkompanie der Einwohnerwehr Magdeburg
Dieter Z.
and Generalmajor der Polizei Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Roettig, KIA 10.09.1939 Opoczow near Tomaszow
was
00.01.1919 Führer einer Freiwilligenkompanie der Einwohnerwehr Magdeburg
Dieter Z.
Re: Wilhelm Roettig - member of Freikorps?
Hello Dieter,Dieter Zinke wrote:SS-Brigadeführer (07.11.1944 posthum with effect from 21.06.1939)
and Generalmajor der Polizei Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Roettig, KIA 10.09.1939 Opoczow near Tomaszow
was
00.01.1919 Führer einer Freiwilligenkompanie der Einwohnerwehr Magdeburg
Small correction: not Opoczow but Opoczno
Regards,
George
Re: Wilhelm Roettig - member of Freikorps?
An Einwohnerwehr unit cannot be considered a Freikorps unit, can it? They were strictly an ad hoc urban defense force wearing an armband or such, but no military organization.
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Re: Wilhelm Roettig - member of Freikorps?
George, thank you very much for the wonderful return pass
Joe, you are right, the Einwohnerwehr is not a Freikorps in the true sense !
Dieter Z.
Joe, you are right, the Einwohnerwehr is not a Freikorps in the true sense !
Dieter Z.