Major i.G. Ernst Henne (1892-1943)

[Rossano]

Hello,

I saw in Axis History Factbook, as well as in Lexikon der Wehrmacht (also according to Wegmann/Zweng and to Mehner in their books), that all list a Major i.G. Ernst Henne as Ia 6. Armee Nov. 42 - Jan. 43. I find no track of such a Major i.G. (in the lists of all Gen.St.Officers). I therefore believe that here there are 2 mistakes, i.e. first is that "Henne" is probably wrong (most likely it is Maj. i.G. Ernst Lenné), and second Lenné was Ia 253.ID 7.41- 1.43, so he could not be Ia 6.Armee 11.42- 1.43. In Keilig's list of 6.Armee there is no Henne or Lenné as Ia. According to my informations Voelter was Ia until 7.42, then Elchlepp until 1.43(+), then v.Below.

Regards, Rossano

[Marcus]

Any thoughts on the above?

/Marcus

[Doktor Krollspell]

Hello Gentlemen!

According to Patzwall & Scherzer (2001), Hans Elchlepp received the DKiG on 25.01.1943 as an Oberst i.G. with AOK 6.


Regards,

Krollspell

[histan]

I have looked in my copy of "Die Anlagebänder zu dem KriegstagebÜchern der 6 Armee - vom September 1942 bis zum Untergang im Kessel von Stalingrad"

It has :

Ia Oberst Hans Elchlepp
Oberst Hugo Günther von Below (ab Januar 1943)

In addition, there is this entry on 25 January 1943:
"Funkspruch an Heeresgruppe Don. Vom Stabe AOK sind Oberst Elchlepp, Oberstlt von Kunowski und Oberstlt Niemeyer mit je I Gruppe zur Verstärkung an die Front gestellt....."

There is no index and I haven't had time to look for other entries.

Hope this helps

Regards

John

[Rossano]

Thanks to all for Your cooperation. So my assumption that a Maj. Henne (or Lenné) was never Ia of 6th. Armee seems to be right/correct (in spite of all different data in Internet). I wonder, if ever a Maj. Henne was in the staff of 6th Armee (if yes, in which position ?). In Keiligs Rangliste 1944 there is a Maj.(1.10.40, OTL. 1.4.44) Henne (maybe Ernst ?) who 1939 served in the staff of V. AK. Is he the Maj. found in Internet as Ia (i.V. ?) 11.42- 1.43 ? Is this entry wrong or possible ? In latter case he was not Maj. "i.G.". Apart from that I believe (if he ever exhisted as officer of the 6th Armee) that he was not Ia, do You all agree ? Rossano

[Heimatschuss]

Hello Rossano,

I think you're correct. According to Col. Wilhelm Adam who belonged to the staff of 6th Army and was captured at Stalingrad Elchlepp was present there till Jan. 25th, 1943. On that day Elchlepp left with a group of soldiers for a breakout attempt. He was succeeded by von Below (Adam, 1965, p.285). There's no mention of a Major Henne in Adam's memoirs.

References:
Adam, Wilhelm
Der schwere Entschluß.
Verlag der Nation, (Ost-) Berlin, 1965

Best regards
Torsten

[Heimatschuss]

Hello,

many thanks to Dave for this one:

Henne, Ernst
1.9.39- St. stellv. Gkdo. V.AK (Abwehrstelle)
24.5.41 Abwehrstelle Dijon b. Ch. d. Mil.Verw.Bez. C Nordostfrankreich
1.11.42 Ic/AO . St. AOK 6, missing in action in Stalingrad

So we finally have a clue who this chap was.

Wish you all a Happy New Year!
Yours Torsten

[Rossano]

Thanks Torsten !
Happy New Year to You too
Friendly, Rossano

[Heimatschuss]

Hello,

found a pre-war photo of him and a document with his signature on in the digital vault of the Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart (file M 708 Nr. 1267), so enjoy.

Best regards
Torsten

[Minotauros]

Hello,


Who can read the place of birth of Major HENNE on this document?

Oberst i.G. [01 I 1943] Hans-Heinrich ELCHLEPP, sometimes (mistakenly, I assume) called "Johannes" in some publictaions.
I complete biography would be welcome!

Regards,

[Minotauros]

Hello,


Oberleutnant der Reserve Dr. phil. Joachim WIEDER (13.03.1912 - 18.10.1992 München) wrote in his memoirs that he was transported in the first days of February 1943 in a truck to a POW camp with other fellow officers (all of them staff personnel), among them the "chief counterintelligence officer of the army since many years". And that after that he lost sight of him until many years later.
So Ernst HENNE obviously survived Soviet captivity.

Regards,

[Rossano]

If You mean Henne he was neither Ic (he was AO = Abw.Offz.) nor he was in the 6.Armee since many years (he was there barely 3 months)

[Minotauros]

Dear Rossano,


Oberstleutnant i.G. Friedrich NIEMEYER (10.07.1904 Magdeburg - 25.01.1943) was the Ic 6.Armee at that time.

If Major Ernst HENNE wasn't the Ic/AO 6.Armee so who's the man Dr. phil WIEDER was referring to?

Kind regards,

[Rossano]

In the Army staffs there were the Ic, in this case Niemeyer, and the Ic/AO (or simply AO = Abw.Offz.), in this case Henne

[Minotauros]

Thank you, Rossano!


So Dr. phil. WIEDER was referring to Major HENNE. The latter was promoted to Oberstleutnant (date unknown).

Regards,