Generalmajor Walter Vierow (1892-1959)

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Generalmajor Walter Vierow (1892-1959)

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Post by JakeV » 14 Apr 2015, 13:10

Generalmajor Dipl.-Ing. Walter Vierow
* 01.05.1892 in Berlin
† 20.03.1959 in Hannover

Here's a picture of this elusive General, from http://znaci.net/00003/637.pdf:
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Post by JakeV » 01 May 2015, 11:47

From http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/: Full name Dipl.-Ing. Walter Erich Herbert Victor Vierow

married on 08.09.1921 to Anna Elfriede Carmen Vierow, geb. Geberg (* 1898 in Riga; † 1990 in Wiesbaden) . (The Adressbuch für Hannover (1960) shows her living as a widow in Hannover, Ellernstraße 21).

"Lexikon der Wehrmacht" states that he was the son of Kaufmann Alfred Vierow. Die militärische und soziale Herkunft der Generalität des deutschen Heeres, p. 100, states that General der Infanterie Erwin Vierow was also son of Alfred Vierow and Frieda, geb. Müller. So Walter Vierow and Erwin Vierow were brothers.

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Generalmajor Walter Vierow (1892-1959)

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Post by askropp » 21 Dec 2017, 23:24

Walter Erich Herbert Viktor Vierow
*01.05.1892 Berlin
+20.03.1959 Hannover

Vater: Albert Vierow, Kaufmann (+30.06.1905)
Mutter: Frieda Vierow, geb. Müller
[jüngerer Bruder von General der Infanterie Erwin Vierow]
08.09.1921 Heirat mit Carmen Geberg
1 Tochter (*1925)

22.03.1914 Leutnant mit Patent vom 23.03.1912
20.05.1917 Oberleutnant (Aa)
01.07.1922 neues RDA vom 20.05.1917 (3) erhalten
01.02.1925 Hauptmann (9)
01.04.1928 umernannt zum Rittmeister
01.04.1929 umernannt zum Hauptmann
01.04.1934 Major (26)
01.08.1936 Oberstleutnant (45)
xx.xx.19xx Oberst mit RDA vom 01.03.1939 (16a)
01.10.1942 Generalmajor (13)

19.09.1912 eingetreten als Fahnenjunker
06.08.1914 ins Feld mit der 4. / Pionierbataillon 10
28.04.1915 Lehrer beim Offizieranwärterkursus
22.01.1916 Adjutant beim Kommandeur der Pioniere
04.05.1916 Führer der Pionierkompanie
28.06.1916 Bataillonsadjutant
17.07.1917 Kompanieführer
07.05.1920 Führer des Brigade-Brückentrains 210
20.03.1921 Führer der Brückenkolonne
01.10.1923 im Stab des II. / Infanterieregiment 16 (Hannover)
01.05.1925 in der 2. / Artillerieregiment 5 (Fulda)
01.05.1927 in der 1. / Artillerieregiment 5 (Fulda) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.04.1928 in der 3. / Reiterregiment 14 (Schleswig)
01.04.1929 Chef der Brückenkolonne des Pionierbataillons 3 (Küstrin)
15.03.1930 im Heereswaffenamt (Berlin)
01.05.1931 in der Pionier- und Festungsabteilung des Heereswaffenamtes (Berlin) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.10.1934 Kommandeur des Pionierbataillons 20 (Sperenberg)
15.10.1935 Kommandeur des Pionierbataillons 20 (Harburg) [laut Stellenbesetzung]
01.04.1938 Kommandeur des Festungspionierstabs 23 (Bitburg)
22.01.1941 Kommandeur des Pionierregiments 685
10.05.1941 Führerreserve OKH (Gen d Pi u Fest)
26.05.1941 Kommandeur des Oberbaustabes 19
10.01.1943 kommandiert zum Stab des Militärbefehlshabers in Frankreich
15.02.1943 Feldkommandant 243
13.08.1943 Kommandant von Kiew
16.12.1943 Feldkommandant 599 (bis 28.01.1944 mWdGb)
29.08.1944 Führerreserve OKH (XI)
10.09.1944 kommandiert zum Wehrkreis I als Befehlshaber eines Festungsabschnitts
01.12.1944 Kommandant der Befestigungen im Ortelsburger Wald / Hohensteinstellung
15.03.1945 kommandiert zum Wehrkreis Böhmen und Mähren
20.03.1945 Kommandant des Festungsabschnitts 8

10.06.1940 Spange zum EK II
02.12.1941 KVK I mit Schwertern
31.07.1942 Spange zum EK I
05.08.1942 Ostmedaille
09.10.1942 Krimschild
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Re: GM Dipl.-Ing. Walter Vierow

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Post by Georges JEROME » 22 Dec 2017, 15:03

any relationship with G.d.I. Erwin Vierow who served in France as Kdt Mil.Verw.Bezirk A in France ?
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Post by askropp » 22 Dec 2017, 15:18

Georges, Jake said it, I repeated it, so what else do you need? :?
So Walter Vierow and Erwin Vierow were brothers
jüngerer Bruder von General der Infanterie Erwin Vierow
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Post by Georges JEROME » 22 Dec 2017, 15:24

when checking in list of FK I saw that Walter V. was attached to Stab MBF in Frankreich from 10.01.1943 to 14.02.43 . They didn't meet in France because Erwin W. was appointed Kdt MVB A (Befehlshaber in Nordwestfrankreich) only in 10.7.1943.
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Post by graveland » 22 Dec 2017, 16:15

Muchas gracias, askropp & Jake.

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Post by iggy88 » 16 Apr 2018, 03:56

According to a Fernschreiben sent on 23 Nov 1944, Vierow was Befehlshaber des Festungs-Abschnitts 11 (at least as of that date).

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Post by Rossano » 16 Apr 2018, 10:01

Hello
strange, neither Vierow' s Karteikarte nor the Fest.Abschn.-Karte mention that he was nov. 44 Befh. Fest.Abschn. 11. Maybe planned but then nicht wirksam ???
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Post by iggy88 » 16 Apr 2018, 14:28

Here is a link to the Fernschreiben sent in Vierow's name from Festungs-Abschnitt 11 on 23 Nov 1944: http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/n ... ect/zoom/4

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Post by Rossano » 16 Apr 2018, 16:00

No doubt about You !
I doubted whether Vierow was (or was not) in that position.
But if he really was, from to when ? Anybody has the answer ?
I' ve Kraeber until, and Mikosch from, 23.11.44 as Befh. Fest.Abschn. 11, something wrong ?
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Post by Rossano » 28 Nov 2018, 20:20

Hello,
Interesting doc.(confirming Iggy´s data above), but again not reported in Vierow' s Karteikarte (listed above by Askropp) :
So probably Vierow was effectively Kdt. Fest.Abschn. 11, but again from/to when ?
From Kraeber´s and Mikosch´s Karteikarten, as well as from the Karte of the Kdt. Fest.Abschn. 11 we have :
Kraeber until and Mikosch from 22.11.44 (i.V., his Karteikarte also reads probably until 5.2.45), no mention of Vierow.
But then we have Vierow on 23.11.44. Does it mean that Mikosch commanded as deputy 2 days only ?
Vierow is reported in his Karteikarte to have been 01.12.1944 - 15.03.1945 Kdt. Befest. Ortelsburger Wald i. d. Hohensteinstellung, but we have him on 17.02.1945 again as Kdt. Fest.Abschn.(Ber.?) 11. Maybe zgl. or was he Kdt. in 2 separate times ??? Well, all rather complicated. Maybe we´ll find in future further docs. signed by Kraeber and Mikosch too.
By the way, Tessin reads :
Kommandant Festungs-Abschnitt 11 * Sept. 1944 (im WK I) für die Reichsschutzstellung; zul. b. AOK.4 i. Ostpreußen
(strange that the doc. reads Fest.Ber. 11......) Is the Ortelsburger Wald, and was the Hohensteinstellung (Kdo. held by Vierow), in Ostpreußen ?
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Post by kstdk » 23 Apr 2023, 18:10

Hello

Walter Vierow, picture from BAMA/Invenio PERS 6/2005.

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Post by Georges JEROME » 23 Apr 2023, 19:51

thanks for sharing Kurt
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