Generalmajor Julius von Bernuth

[Requin Marteau]

Who is this General Blutorden' s holder?

[Glenn2438]

The officer in your photograph is Generalmajor Julius von Bernuth:
Born 12 Aug 1897 and killed in an aircrash on the 12th of July 1942 at Ssochkranaja as chief of staff of the 4th Panzer Army.
Awarded the Knight's Cross on the 5th of August 1940 as chief of staff of XV. Panzer-Korps.

Glenn

[Stauffenberg II]

Dear all,

I am currently stuck in finding this mystery place of death of Gen. Maj. Julius von Bernuth called Ssochkranaja. It is sometimes spelled Sokranaja, sometimes the place is spelled with the ending "-aya".
Where the heck is it? I know that his plane crashed, presumably by enemy fire and that parts of a near division where ordered to examine the place of death.
But what exactly is the correct designation and more important ... where is it?
Volksbund isn´t helpful as it list his grave being in Apscheronk near Maikop (I fear a mistake).

Thanks for any assistance,
Jürgen

[mattyboy]

Great photo! and thanks to Glenn for the ID.
Sorry Jürgen that I cannot help with your query.

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Could it be near Sumy in the Ukraine? Besides his name, that's what comes up when I google it. Lexikon der Wehrmacht has him laid to rest in the Friedhof Frolowskij.
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[JakeV]

The village is also called Sokhrannaja (original spelling: Сохранная) in another source describing Bernuth's death. I couldn't find a village with that exact name, however in another site concerning the history of the 35th Guards Rifle Division, there is a helpful clue; the division participated in Operation Little Saturn and in this context, a cluster of villages is mentioned: Malaja Losowka, Kutejnikowo, Aleksejewo-Losowskoje, selo (=village) Sokhrannaja. The first three can be found in the Rostov Oblast, near the village of Sokhranowka (Сохрановка) which I believe corresponds to the place in question.

If there has been a name change in an otherwise unknown village in Russia, I don't think someone could necessarily find the information in the web, so maybe it's the correct place after all. Plus, it is the same village mentioned here, albeit with a question mark.

[Stauffenberg II]

Jake, you did a great job and I think you are right. The 79. Division investigating the place of crash could well cross this area moving from Kupjansk/Woltschansk area to Stalingrad.
Oh well, finding the graves and places of death in Russia is sometimes the hell of a job. Its amazing that there is obviously no continuity in exact village designations ...

[askropp]

Do you know these documents from NARA T-313 R-355? Djogtewo (Dyogtevo) is some distance south of Sokhranovka, on the road to Millerovo. Postojalyj (Postoyaly) is northwest of Rossosh. Ticho Shurawskaja must be Tikhaya Zhuravka, which is in fact just northeast (not northwest) of Sokhranovka. I add a sheet of the 79. ID report that shows Bernuth was killed while the plane was still in the air, not "murdered" as at least one revisionist website claims.

[graveland]

Justo great! Thank you, askropp.

[tigre]

Hello to all ; a little complement...................................

Oberstleutnant Julius Hans Camillo Friedrich Leo Ludwig von Bernuth.

Mobilization for the Second World War in the summer of 1939, he was deployed as an Ia in the Panzerverband Ostpreußen (Poland 1939). In mid-October 1939 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the XXVI. Army Corps. In mid-March 1940 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the XV. Army Corps (motorized) and led the defense against an attempted breakthrough in the Cambrai and Arras area on May 22, 1940. For this success he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on August 5, 1940. Promoted to Oberst i.G. on December 1, 1940.

Sources: http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Per ... iusv-R.htm
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEH ... ULIUS.html
https://subastas.catawiki.es/kavels/730 ... -1939-1971

Cheers. Raúl M .

[Shakar]

Generalmajor Julius von Bernuth
- Ritterkreuz (172): am 05.08.1940 als Oberstleutnant i.G. und Chef des Generalstabes XV. Armee-Korps (mot.)
- 1914 EK I 18.4.1918
- 1914 EK II 10.9.1914
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille 15.12.1914
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz 9.7.1918
- Blutorden der NSDAP 10.12.1935
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse, (I.Kl. 10.8.1939)
- Olympia Ehrenzeichen II.Kl. 30.11.1936
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13.03.1938 NO
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 NO
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen 5.9.1940
- Finn. Freiheitskreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern: 25.03.1942
- Komturkreuz des Ordens des Sterns von Rumänien m. Schwertern 26.03.1942

pls, check the Freiheitskreuz Klasse.

https://www.weitze.net/militaria/12/Wehrmacht_grosser_Nachlass_des_Ritterkreuz_und_Blutorden_Traegers_Generalmajor_Julius_von_Bernuth__388512.html?t=1643560385

https://www.emedals.com/germany-heer-a-lot-of-photographs-of-generalmajor-julius-von-bernuth-knight-s-cross#lg=1&slide=0