Generalleutnant Paul Gurran

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Generalleutnant Paul Gurran

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Post by AlifRafikKhan » 22 Jan 2014, 05:35

Nice pics of Gurran as an Oberst and Kommandeur of Infanterie-regiment 506...

Source: http://humus.livejournal.com/1670702.html
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Post by AlifRafikKhan » 22 Jan 2014, 05:43

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Post by iggy88 » 31 Mar 2018, 20:13

From KTB XXXXIII. AK: "Befehlübernahme [sic] über 23. ID durch General von Mellenthin; General Gurran wird mit der Führung der 205. ID beauftragt.“ (21 Jan 1944; 24,00 Uhr)
"Ia der 205. ID meldet, daß General Gurran den Befehl um 18,00 Uhr übernommen habe." (22 Jan 1944; 18,30 Uhr)

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Post by graveland » 01 Apr 2018, 23:19

Thank you, iggy88.

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Paul Gurran with His Children

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Post by AlifRafikKhan » 10 Apr 2020, 08:37

Der stolze Vater mit seinen beiden Söhnen Friedrich-Wilhelm und Karl-Heinz, Elbing im Februar 1942
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Post by harmel » 10 Apr 2020, 11:11

Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Aisingioro » 23 Jan 2021, 17:25

Bradley listed Gurran as nachträglich befördert.

Paul Gurran
* 11.01.1893
+ 22.04.1944

23.03.1944 Generalleutnant mit RDA vom 01.02.1944 (nachträglich)

Maybe
00.00.19__ Generalleutnant mit RDA vom 01.04.1944 (nachträglich)

Does anyone have ANY information on this officer?

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Post by Rossano » 24 Jan 2021, 12:15

Gurran died in febr. 44 (so GL. m. RDA 2.44 is correct)

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Post by askropp » 24 Jan 2021, 13:02

Do we have any official sources on Gurran's death? The date of 22 April sometimes given is obviously wrong, but do we have the real date?
I found only this:

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Generalmajor Paul Gurran (1893-1944)

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Post by askropp » 24 Jan 2021, 16:06

This affair gets more and more interesting. Not only Gurran's date and place of death are in question, I wonder what he was doing when he died?

On 22 January 1944, Gurran and Horst von Mellenthin swapped the command of their divisions, so Gurran was now mstFb 205. ID (see KTB XXXXIII. Armeekorps). This was evidently done in distrust of Gurran whose division was under severe attack while 205. ID was not. Obviously, Karl von Oven requested a new commander for 23. ID., and when Walter Chales de Beaulieu arrived on 22 February, Mellenthin returned to his old division. No word of Gurran! He should have been placed in the FR now, but if so, how did he die? Why was his death announced as late as 8 April? On Majewo as place of death, this could fit if he was killed or mortally wounded in February, but I assume the town was in Soviet hands by April. Some sources say he was killed in a Soviet air raid.

Any info or input is welcome!

P.S. I don't believe the conspiracy theories voiced on some websites, allegedly originating from family circles, that Gurran was secretly killed by the Nazis. Gurran had no surviving descendants as his wife killed herself and their children in 1945.
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Generalmajor Paul Gurran (1893-1944)

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Post by askropp » 25 Jan 2021, 00:15

Well, I found this. Note that he is not listed as "gefallen" and the FR as his last Dienststellung.

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Post by Rossano » 25 Jan 2021, 11:24

Bravo Askropp
This confirms my info above (febr. 44)
I too checked my sources and in both the Geschichte des IR 9 (or der 23.ID) as well as in the book Ritterkreuzträger the date of his death is 21.2
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Post by Shakar » 02 Sep 2021, 09:28

Does anyone possess more info about his awards than ABR?

http://web.archive.org/web/200910281759 ... _PAUL.html

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Post by Requin Marteau » 02 Sep 2021, 09:40

 Ostmedaille (1942),
 Verwundeten Abzeichen in Schwarz (1944).

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Post by Shakar » 02 Sep 2021, 11:25

Great as always!!!
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