Grassy Josef bio

[Requin Marteau]

Bonjour,
Research Info on Wa-Gruf.d.SS Grassy Josef :

- Awards and Decoration,
- WW I service,
- WWII service.

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* Major : 1925 or 1 November 1930,
* Oberstleutnant : 1929 or 1 November 1934,
* Oberst : 28 August 1934 or 1 November 1938,
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Thanks,
Thierry

[Glenn2438]

Thierry,

I am afraid I am unable to confirm his later promotion dates but here are the details of his Austro-Hungarian service:

Born on the 31st of December 1894 at Szölös in the Preßburg (Bratislava) district. After attending the Ludovika Military Academy in Budapest he was commissioned as a Leutnant (Hadnagy) in the k.u. Landwehr (Honvéd) Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 20 in Nagykanisza on the 1st of August 1914. He was wounded on the 28th of August 1914 and returned to the front on the 27th of March 1916. He was again wounded on the 16th of June 1916, returning to duty on the 3rd of Nvember 1916. Promoted to Oberleutnant (Fohadnagy) on the 1st of May 1915 he commanded the 1st, 2nd and 1st Machine Gun Companies respectively. His wartime decorations:

Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with War Decoration and Swords
Silver Military Merit Medal (Signum Laudis0
Bronze Military Merit Medal (Signum Laudis)
Karl Troop Cross

Hauptmann (Százados): 1st March 1922

Regards
Glenn

[AJK]

Lieutenant-Field Marshal József vitéz Grassy (31 Dec 1894 - 4 Nov 1946)
1919 – 1921: Instructor, Ludovika Akademia
1922 – 1924: War College
(1922: Promoted to Captain)
1924 – 1927: Attached to the 1. Mixed Brigade staff
1 Nov 1927 – 1 Aug 1932: Attached to Section 3, General Staff
(1 Nov 1930: Promoted to Major)
1 Aug 1932 – 1935: General Staff officer, 3. Mixed Brigade
(1 Nov 1934: Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel)
1935 – 1 Nov 1938: Instructor, War College
(1 Nov 1938: Promoted to Colonel)
1 Nov 1938 – 1 Jul 1939: Chief of Staff, IV. Army Corps
1 Jul 1939 – 1 Jan 1941: Commander, 7. Infantry Regiment
1 Jan 1941 - 1 Mar 1941: Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force,
Inspector of the Air Force
1 Mar 1941 - 1 Aug 1941: Chief of Air Force Organization Bureau, Ministry of Defense (HM/IV)
1 Aug 1941 - 17 Feb 1942; C.O. 15. Infantry Brigade
17 Feb 1942 - 1 Apr 1942: C.O. 15. Light Infantry Division
(30 Mar 1942: Promoted to Major-General)
1 Apr 1942 - 15 Nov 1942: C.O. 13. Light Infantry Division
15 Nov 1942 - Oct 1943: Chief of Bureau of Military Training, Ministry of Defense
Oct 1943 - Jan 1944: Chief of Group II (Training), General Staff
Apr 1944: Retired
(1 Nov 1944: Promoted to Lt.Field Marshal)
1 Nov 1944 - 3 May 1945: C.O. 25. SS Grenadier Division “Der Hunyadi”
C.O. 26. SS Grenadier Division “Gömbös”
C.O. 33. SS Grenadier Division “Hungaria”
C.O. Defense Zone “I”

AJK

[David Thompson]

Grassy, Joszef (1894-5.11.1946) [SS-Gruppenfűhrer, Feldmarschalleutnant of Hungary] -- Inspector of the Hungarian Air Force 1 Feb-1 Mar 1941; commander, 15th Hungarian Infantry Brigade 1 Aug 1941-1 Apr 1942; commander, 13th Hungarian Infantry Division 1 Apr 1942-15 Nov 1942; chief of training detachment to Hungarian Embassy 1943-1944; commander, 25th SS Division "Hunyadi" Oct 1944-Mar 1945; commander, 26th SS Grenadier Division "Ungaria" Mar-May 1945 {imprisoned by German authorities Jan-Mar 1944 after Hungarian protests over cruelty to his Hungarian troops; injured in car accident 6 May 1945; captured by American troops and extradited to Hungary Nov 1945; tried by a Hungarian court in Budapest on 8 Jan 1946 and sentenced to death for war crimes; extradited and convicted of war crimes by the Yugoslavs; sentenced to death by hanging by the Voivodina Supreme Court of Yugoslavia 31 Oct 1946 in proceedings regarding massacres in Jan 1942 at Novi Sad and Baka (NYT 1 Nov 1946:16:3); executed 5 Nov 1946 at Zsablyla, Yugoslavia (MacLean, Quiet Flows the Rhine p. 141; Waffen-SS Commanders I, pps. 205-6; Third Reich Factbook; not listed in Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP [9 Nov 1944; Steen Ammentorp: "Generals of WWII: Hungary").}

[Requin Marteau]

Thanks for all,
thierry