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Can anyone add any names, etc. to this list (gathered from information on the ABR and Third Reich Factbook sites)?

Army Rear Area Commanders

Agricola, Kurt (1889-1955) [Generalleutnant] -- Reichsheer service; commander of the fortifications at Oppeln and Landwehr commander, Oppeln (Kdt. Befest. b.Oppeln zgl. Landw. Kdr. Oppeln) 10 Nov 1938; retired with the rank of Generalleutnant 31 Jan 1939; Kdt. Befest.b.Oppeln zgl.Landw.Oppeln 1 Sept 1939; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 580 17 Dec 1941 {taken prisoner by Soviet troops; released from Soviet captivity 8 Oct 1955; died 27 Dec 1955 at Bad Godesberg (ABR-H; ABR-Croisier-H).}

von Altrock, Wilhelm (1887-1952) [Generalleutnant] -- Reichsheer service; commander, 83rd Infantry Regiment 1 Sept 1939; Kdt. Tr. Ub. Platz Neuhammer 1 Mar 1940; commander, 379th Infantry Division (later O.F.K. 379) 28 May 1940; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 559 5 Mar 1944; Führ. Res. OKH (Wehrkreis IV) 8 Aug. 1944; kdrt. zu Wehrkreis IV z. Einarbeitung i.d. Kgf.-Wesen 21 Dec 1944; commander of POW camps in Wehrkreis VI 1 Feb 1945; commander of POW camps in Wehrkreis XVIII 25 Mar 1945 {died 26 Feb 1952 at Diedersen (ABR-H).}

Bernhard, Friedrich Gustav (1888-1945) [Generalleutnant] -- Reichsheer service; commander of Signals Troop 11 15 Oct 1935; Signals commander 7th Army 24 Aug 1939; Signals commander, 18th Army 1 Nov 1939; Signals commander, Army Group A (later Army Group South) 1 Aug 1940-17 Oct 1941; commander, Army Rear Area 532 (Korueck) (2d Army) Apr 1942-? {condemned to death 29 Dec 1945 for war crimes by a Russian court at Bryansk; hanged at Bryansk five hours later 30 Dec 1945. (LT 30 Dec 1945:3d; NYT 31 Dec 1945:4:6; Cruel Hunters 77; ABR-H).}

Bertram, Georg (1882-1953) [Generalleutnant] -- Reich War Court (General b. Reichskriegsgericht) 1 Apr 1937-30 Sept 1942; commander, OFK 589 (Liege, Belgium) 15 Nov 1942; commander, OFK 670 10 Jun 1943; Kdt. d. Rheinübergänge 11 Sept 1944; commander, 1st Paratroop Army rear area 29 Oct 1944; commander, 15th Army rear area 29 Dec 1944; commander, 25th Army rear area 8 Jan 1945 {sentenced 9 Mar 1951 by a Belgian military court to 10 years hard labor for war crimes (NYT 10 Mar 1951:4:3); amnestied and released 27 Mar 1951(NYT 28 Mar 1951:18:6); died 27 Oct 1953 at Bad Pyrmont.}

Boettcher, Herrmann (1884-1969) [Generalleutnant] – Reichswehr service; Landwehr commander, Hannover 10 Nov 1938; commander, 216th Infantry Division 1 Sept 1939; Fuehrer Reserve OKH (Wehrkreis XI) 8 Sept 1940; commander, 148th Division 10 Nov 1940; acting commander, Field Replacement Division D 10 Jan 1942; commander, 148th Division 2 Apr 1942-31 Mar 1943; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 590 7 May 1943; Fuehrer Reserve OKH (Wehrkreis XI) 5 Sept 1944; commander, Wehrkreis X 20 Sept-9 Nov 1944; commander, Wehrkreis VIII 6 Dec 1944; military commander, Glatz {taken prisoner by Soviet troops 10 May 1945; released from Soviet captivity 7 Oct 1955 (ABR-Croisier-H; ABR-H).}

von Both, Kuno-Hans (1884-1955) [General der Infanterie] -- Reichswehr; commander, 21st Infantry Division 10 Nov 1938; commander, L Army Corps 26 Oct 1939; commander, I Army Corps 1942 (Hitler Moves East p. 422); commander of security forces and commander of Army Area North (Kom.Gen. der Sich.Truppen und Befehlshaber im Heeresgebiet Nord) 1 Apr 1943; commander, Operations Area Hungary (deutscher Befehlshaber im Op.Gebiet Ungarn) 26 Mar 1944; Fuehrer Reserve (Wehrkreis XX) 20 Apr 1944; commander, Army Group South Rear Area (Befehlshaber der deutschen Truppen im rückw. Op.Gebiet der Heeresgruppe Süd) 1 Jul 1944-18 Apr 1945 [Pour le Merite 1918; Knights Cross 1941] {died 22 May 1955 at Ehlen (ABR-H).}

Braemer, Walter (1883-1955) [General der Kavallerie] -- Reichswehr; zuletzt Kdt. v. Insterburg 1 Jan 1931; retired 30 Nov 1032; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 580 26 Aug 1939-19 May 1941; Armed Forces commander "Ostland" (Wehrm. Bef. Ostland) 1 Jul 1941-Apr 1944; deputy commander, II Army Corps (K.G.stellv.IIA.K.) Jan 1945 {taken prisoner 2 May 1945; held in British POW camps until Oct 1947; died 13 Jun 1955 at Hamburg (ABR-H; German Army & Genocide p. 132; Perpetrators p. 62; ABR-Croisier-H).}

Brauner von Haydringen, Josef (1886-1954) [Generalleutnant] – Austrian Army service (österr.Bundesheer); commander, 132nd Jaeger Regiment 1 Sept 1939; chief of staff of the military commander, Generalgouvernement 5 May 1940-21 May 1941; commander, 101st Light Division 26 Jun 1941-14 Apr 1942; commander, 187th Reserve Division 15 Aug 1942; commander, 42nd Jaeger Division 1 Jan-24 Apr 1944; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 531 12 May 1944-8 May 1945 {taken prisoner by Soviet troops; died in Soviet captivity at Perow-Uralsk 27 Apr 1954 (ABR-Croisier-H).}

Burckhardt, Karl (1889-1946) [Generalleutnant] -- Reichswehr service; commander, Signals Detachment 6; signals commander, VI Army Corps 1 Oct 1935; signals commander, 9th Army 25 Oct 1939; signals commander, Army Group D 25 Oct 1940-31 Jul 1942; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 593 (6th Army) 27 Feb 1943-summer 1944 {taken prisoner by Soviet troops summer 1944 (ABR-Croisier-H); condemned to death for war crimes (killing 75,000 civilians and deporting 25,000 women for slave labor) by a Russian court at Kiev and sentenced to death by hanging 29 Jan 1946 (NYT 20 Jan 1946:25:3; NYT 22 Jan 1946:3:4; NYT 29 Jan 1946:4:4; LT 29 Jan 1946:4f); hanged 29 Jan 1946 at Kiev (LT 30 Jan 1946:3d) or 30 Jan 1946 (ABR-H; ABR-Croisier-H) or hanged 30 Dec 1945 (Cruel Hunters 77).}

Carp, Georg (1886-1983) [Generalleutnant] -- Reichswehr service; Insp. Fahr.Tr. 1 Oct 1937; Insp.W.E. Oppeln 1 May 1939; Insp. W.E.J. Oppeln 1 Sept 1939; Insp.W.E.Kattowitz 1 Oct 1939-30 Apr 1942; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 559 6 May 1942-16 Apr 1943; retired 30 Jun 1944 {died 6 May 1983 at Tuebingen (ABR-H).}

Denecke, Erich (1885-?) [Generalleutnant] -- Reichswehr service; commander, 45th Jaeger Regiment 1 Oct 1934; Kdr. H. D. St. 2 1 May 1937; Kdr. H. S. St. 6 1 Nov 1938; Landwehr commander, Darmstadt (Ldw. Kdr. Darmstadt) 1 May 1939; commander, 246th Infantry Division 1 Sept 1939-Jun 1942; commander, 471st Division 1Oct 1942; commander, 3rd Panzer Army Rear Area (Korueck) 10 Mar 1945 {still living 1957 at Hildesheim (ABR-H).}

Doehla, Heinrich (1881-1946) [Generalleutnant] -- Kdr H.D. St. 10 1 Nov 1935; commander, 537th Infantry Division 9 Dec 1939; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 553 21 Jan 1941-24 Jul 1943; commander, Brigade Doehla 8 Aug-12 Nov 1943; retired 31 Mar 1944 {died 1946 at Stuttgart (ABR-H).}

von Faber de Faur, Mauritz (1886-?) [Generalleutnant] -- Reichswehr service; R.R. 8 1 Oct 1933; military attache, Belgrad 1 Apr 1936; acting commander, 13th Infantry Division 1-6 Sept 1939; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 586 16 Sept 1939; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 588 1 Oct 1939; chief of military administration, Bordeaux district (Chef Milit. Verw. Bez. Bordeaux) 16 Sept 1940; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 593 15 Jan-4 Oct 1942; W.E. Insp. Innsbruck 1 May 1943-Oct 1944{put on trial by a French military tribunal on war crimes charges arising out of the executions of hostages; acquitted 31 May 1949 (NYT 1 Jun 1949:4:6; ABR-H).}

Fischer, Hermann (1894-?) [Generalleutnant] – Reichswehr service; commander, III/I.R. 77 12 Oct 1936; commander, 340th Infantry Regiment 1 Nov 1940; commander, 181st Infantry Division 24 Mar 1942 - 1 Oct 1944; Rear Area (Korueck) commander, 16th Army 1 Nov 1944 [Knights Cross] {taken prisoner by Soviet troops in Kurland 8 May 1945; released from Soviet captivity 7 Oct 1955 (ABR; ABR-Croisier-H; Third Reich Factbook).}

Fischer, Theodor (?-1949) [Generalmajor] – commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 550 {captured by Yugoslavs; died 1 Apr 1949 in Yugoslav captivity at Belgrade (ABR-Croisier-H).}

von Foerster, Sigismund (1887-?) [General der Infanterie] -- Reichswehr service; Insp. W.E.I. Erfurt 1 Jan 1936; acting commander, 24th Division 1 Apr 1938; commander, 26th Infantry Division 10 Nov 1938; commander, 97th Light Division 15 Jan-14 Apr 1941; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 550 1 Oct 1941-20 Nov 1942; commander, LXXII Army Corps 1 May 1943-Sept 1944 (ABR-H)

van Ginckel, Oskar (?-1949) [Generalleutnant] – commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 583 {taken prisoner by Soviet troops; died in Soviet captivity 14 Nov 1949 (ABR-Croisier-H).}

Goeschen, Alex [Generalleutnant] – commander, 213th Security Division 18 Aug 1942-1 Sept 1944; commander, 391st Security Division Feb-Apr 1945; commander, 17th Army Rear Area (Korueck) {taken prisoner by Soviet troops 8 May 1945; released from Soviet captivity 11 Oct 1955 (ABR-Croisier-H; Third Reich Factbook).}

Gothsche, Reinhold (?-1945) [Generalmajor] – commander, 7th Army Rear Area (Korueck) {sentenced to death by German authorities and executed by firing squad in Bohemia 22 Apr 1945 (ABR-Croisier-H).}

Hufenbach, Helmuth (?-1945) [Generalmajor (post.)] – 562nd Volksgrenadier Division {assigned as 4th Army rearguard commander, killed in fighting with Soviet forces between 27 Mar 1945 near Koenigsberg, East Prussia (Defeat in the East p. 88; ABR-Croisier-H).}

John, Dipl. Ing.Friedrich-Wilhelm (1895-?) [Generalleutnant] --
Reichswehr service; section chief in OKH Weapons Testing Department (Abt. Chef im OKH/WaPrüf 2) 1 Feb 1937; commander, 135th Infantry Regiment 15 Nov 1940; commander, 383rd Infantry Division 27 Sept 1942-30 Jun 1943; commander, OFK 242 15 Sept 1943; commander, OFK 394 25 Oct 1943; commander, 5th Panzer Army Rear Area 25 Aug 1944; commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 534 10 Jan 1945; commander of armed forces ordnance troops in Army Group B (Gen. d. Wehrm. Ordn. Tr. Hgr.B) 1 Feb 1945 {still living 1958 at Rendsburg (ABR-H).}

Kistner, Fritz (?-1945) [Generalmajor] – commander, Rear Area (Korueck) 534 {mortally wounded 10 May 1945; died in a hospital at Klingenthal 19 May 1945 (ABR-Croisier-H).}

Kitzinger, Karl (1886-1962) [General der Flieger] -- Ukraine rear area commander (Nazi Crimes in Ukraine 1941-1944 pps. 133, 193, 203) {died 14 Apr 1962 at Stuttgart (ABR).}

von Krenzki, Curt [Generalleutnant] -- military commander, Eastern Thrace 1942 (Hilberg pps. 442-3); commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 584 {taken prisoner by Soviet forces 1945; subsequent fate unknown (ABR-Croisier-H).}

Niehoff, Heinrich (1882-1946) [Generalleutnant] – rear area commander, Army district Southern France (Kdr. der rückw. Heeresgebietes Südfrankreich) {retired 10 Aug 1944; seized 7 Dec 1945 by Soviet authorities; died in Soviet captivity 19 Feb 1946 (ABR-L; ABR-Croisier-L; ABR-Croisier-H).}

von Roques, Karl (1880-1949) [General der Infanterie; char.General der Flaktruppe] -- Army Group South rear area commander {indicted 28 Nov 1947 (NYT 29 Nov 1947:1:4); arraigned 30 Dec 1947 (NYT 31 Dec 1947:9:5); put on trial (NYT 6 Feb 1948:13:1; NYT 7 Feb 1948:4; NYT 20 Apr 1948:12:5); convicted by an American military tribunal 28 Oct 1948 in the "High Command case" of war crimes arising out of his furnishing logistical support and authority for the activities of the Einsatzgruppen and the murder of prisoners of war; sentenced to 20 years imprisonment (NYT 29 Oct 1948:17:3); died in Landsberg prison 24 Dec 1949 (ABR-Croisier-H; ABR-H; Holo Ency 1794).}

Schellbach, Oskar (?-1947) [Generalleutnant] – commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 582 {taken prisoner by Soviet troops; died in Soviet captivity at Magdeburg 23 Feb 1947 (ABR-Croisier-H).}

Schmidt-Logan, Wolfgang [Generalleutnant] – commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 550 {suicide 1945 at Schliersee (ABRCroisier).}

Schnarrenberger, Ernst [Generalmajor] – commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 556 {taken prisoner by American forces in Tunisia 11 May 1943 (ABR-Croisier-H).}

Stubenrauch, Wilhelm (?-1943) [Generalmajor] – commander, Army Rear Area (Korueck) 531 {died of health problem or other natural cause 20 Feb 1944 at Berlin (ABR-Croisier-H).}
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Post by Phil Nix » 12 Jan 2003, 13:00

Additional data from Wolf Keilig's "Das deutsche heer"
Bef der Ruckwartigen Heeresgebiet
101 Franz von Roques 15.3.41 - 1.4.43
102 Max von Schenkendorff 15.3.41 - 6.7.43 gestoben
102 Ludwig Kubler 22.7.43 - 1.10.43
103 Erich Friderici 15.6.42 - 1.7.44
A Walter Hartmann 1.1.43 - 17.9.43
A Helge Auleb 17.9.43 - 18.12.1943
B Joachim Witthoft 21.7.42 - 1.10.43
B Edwin von Rothkirch und Trach 8.10.43 - 1.1.44
Don " " " " " 5.10.42 - 24.11.42
Don Friedrich Mieth 24.11.42 - 1.4.43
Sudfrankreich Heinrich Niehoff 15.12.42 - 10.6.44
A Complete list of Koruckand Oberfeldkommandant appears in Keiligs book Vol II.
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Post by David Thompson » 12 Jan 2003, 22:21

Thanks again, Philmil!
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Post by David Thompson » 12 Jan 2003, 22:42

Philmil -- I guess I'll have to be patient. Keilig's text appears to be in somewhat short supply.
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Post by Gareth Collins » 13 Jan 2003, 05:58

David
Check http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/heer-bios.htm For Additions
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Post by Gareth Collins » 13 Jan 2003, 06:34

Anything of interest there? I'm just starting so unfortunately We're just halfway through C. But time and work will allow completion.
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Post by David Thompson » 13 Jan 2003, 08:26

Gareth -- I'm very impressed at the volume of work you've done so far! That kind of work is an indispensable aid to researchers. And it's not like the information is easy to come by. Most of the sources are expensive, and in German, and even if you have money and are willing to spend a lot of time with a dictionary, you can't always find the volume for sale -- as with the Keilig volumes (at least for now.) Your work is a big help.
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Post by Gareth Collins » 13 Jan 2003, 15:20

GOOD! It is for that exact reason In am compiling these bios. When I was starting out, information was very scarce, and now information is scarce & expensive. If I can help researchers it makes everything worthwhile. Althought Marcus has onlu C online i have in my personal collection up to G done so if you need a bio of any General to that letter let me know.
BTW not just Heeren, Luftwaffe & Kreigsmarine.
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Post by David Thompson » 13 Jan 2003, 18:25

Gareth -- Thanks! Information on Luftwaffe General Officers is notoriously spotty.
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Post by Phil Nix » 15 Jan 2003, 12:46

Hi David a few more Koruck
501 Gen der Inf von Niebelschutz 9.39 - 26.10.39 Gen Maj von Kropff to 8.11.1939 became Div Kdo z.b.V. 421 end 1939
520 Karl maderholz 1.9.39 - 26.10.39 Georg Hewelke to 15.2.40 end 1940 became Oberfeldkommandantur 520 in Antwerp under Gen Maj Gullmann to 4.4.42. Oberst z.V.Walther to 15.2.44 gen lt Zellner to 20.4.44 Gen Lt Majowski to end 44 when post was abolished in Mons.
525 Iwan Heunert 13.9.1941 - 1.7.43 Hans Heberlein to 1945 it was Koruck Ostkarelien Norway
530 Kdr not known became 386 Sicheriungsdiv April 1940 may be that the Div kdr was the Koruck
531 formed Jan 1944 from Feldkommandant 686 served under I pz Army from June 1944 Karl Maderholz 20.2.44 - 12.5.44 You Have the names of officers before and after.
535 formed summer 1944 as Koruck 1 Army from Feldkommandantur 590 became Koruck 535 Autumn 1944 Otto Kohl 1.10.44 - 4.5.45
536 formed Jan 1945 under Fritz Neidholt to 25.1.45
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Post by Gareth Collins » 15 Jan 2003, 15:10

http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/heer-bios-adlhoch.htm

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Post by David Thompson » 15 Jan 2003, 17:35

Thanks, philmil and Gareth!
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Post by Phil Nix » 16 Jan 2003, 14:30

Hi David some more Koruck for you any gaps mean you already have them listed
550 formed for 7 Army Nov 1939 to 6 Army summer 1944
Karl Maderholz 27.11.1939 - 15.12.40
Maximilian Renz to 6.7.42
Xaver Adlhoch 14.10.43 - 5.5.44
Walther Krause 15.10.44 - end
556 formed Jan 1941 for service in Africa Abolished may 1943 Tunisia
Albert Kraussold 20.1.41 - 26.4.41
Philipp Muller-Gebhardt to 19.9.41
Artus Schmitt to 10.1.42
Otto Deindl to 18.10.42
558 formed Autumn 1943 as Feldkommandantur 787 became Koruck 8 Army
Konrad Offenbacher 1.10.43 - end
559 formed Jan 1941 in Wehrkreis XIII to 4 Army June 1944
Wolfgang Schmidt-Logan 20.1.41 - 14.5.41
Walter von Unruh (Born 30.12.1877) 14.9.41 - 5.5.42
Bronislaw Pawel 17.4.43 - 5.3.44
Friedrich-Wilhelm Liegmann 1.8.44 - 15.8.44
Heinrich Krampf 15.8.44 -end
560 formed Sept 39 in Wehrkreis VI 4 Army during polish campaign
Curt von Krenzki 1.9.39 - 1.1.43
It became Befehlshaber Saloniki-Aegais 1.7.41
Bogislaw von Studnitz to 13.1.43
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Post by Gareth Collins » 16 Jan 2003, 16:55

http://www.skalman.nu/third-reich/heer-bios-bormann.htm
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