GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by Jeremy Dixon » 29 Jun 2014, 12:28

Does anyone have anything on GM Karl Meltzer (1935-1945)

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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by Dieter Zinke » 29 Jun 2014, 12:43

Karl Meltzer
* 20.08.1894 in Klösterlein Zelle (Aue-Zelle)/Erzgebirge (Sachsen)
† 25.12.1945 im Lager Mühlberg/Elbe

01.03.1914 Fähnrich
12.05.1914 Leutnant (Pat. v. 13.06.1913)
15.09.1918 Oberleutnant
01.10.1922 Oberleutnant (Pat. v. 20.06.1918)
01.02.1927 Hauptmann
01.10.1934 Major
01.04.1937 Oberstleutnant
01.04.1940 Oberst

Eltern: Pfarrer Martin Meltzer & Ernestine geb. Voigtländer.

Kadett.
01.03.1914 Eintritt in das Kgl. Sächsische 8. Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr. 78, Wurzen
1914/ 1918 Batterie-Offizier im Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 78, Batterie-Führer im Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 279 der Sächsischen Armee
01.10.1919 im leichten Reichswehr-Artillerie-Regiment 19 der Reichswehr-Brigade 19, Leipzig, der Vorläufigen Reichswehr
01.10.1920 im 4. (Preußisch-Sächsischen) Artillerie-Regiment, Dresden
01.02.1929 Chef der 2. Batterie des 1. (Preußischen) Artillerie-Regiments, Königsberg
01.03.1934 Lehr-Offizier an der Kriegsschule Dresden
01.10.1936 Kommandeur der III. Abteilung des Artillerie-Regiments 14, Naumburg
26.08.1939 - 00.00.1942 Kommandeur des Artillerie-Regiments 255
00.00.1942 - Frühjahr 1943 Artillerie-Kommandeur 108 (Arko 108)
04.01.1944 Höherer Artillerie-Kommandeur I
12.04.1945 in sowjet Kriegsgefangenschaft
25.12.1945 verstirbt im Speziallager Nr.1 des NKWD/MWD Mühlberg bei Bad Liebenwerda/Elbe

Seit 12.05.1921 mit Hildegard geb. Stadelbauer verheiratet

Kgl. Sächsischer Albrechts-Orden, Ritterkreuz 2. Klasse (A R2x bzw. SA3b)
Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Sächsischen Militär-St. Heinrichsordens (HR bzw. SH3)
EK II und I mit Spange


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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by Jeremy Dixon » 29 Jun 2014, 12:47

Excellent thanks

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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by askropp » 16 Aug 2014, 23:35

I could found nothing about "HArko I". To which unit was he attached?
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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by JakeV » 17 Aug 2014, 00:08

Hello,

It looks like – at least according to Keilig – that Meltzer was not HArKo, but "Höherer Artillerie–Offizier I" or HöhArtOffz I (Königsberg in Preußen). This designation was established in 1943 and the HöhArtOffz was subordinated to the Inspekteur der Artillerie.

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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by askropp » 17 Aug 2014, 00:39

Thank you! So was he captured in Königsberg? But then it should have been 9 April instead of 12?
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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by histan » 17 Aug 2014, 02:09

This from the HPA card indexes for him:

5.1.44 Höh.Art.Offz.i.Königsberg
1.9.44 kdt.Stb.Kdt.Befest.Bereich Mitte als Stb.Offz.d.Art.
11.1.45 FR

Source: NARA T-78 R-890

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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by Rossano » 17 Aug 2014, 13:13

Hello everybody
In Keilig´s Arkos list (with cdrs.) Karl Meltzer is shown (from 2.42 to 4.43) as cdr. of Arko 149. I guess that this is correct as there is no vacancy (about that period of time) in Arko 101 (Keilig) or Arko 108 (Krug)
Besides, both Keilig and Krug wrongly report him as cdr. of Harko I that did not exist (Tessin). I therefore guess that the correct designation is the following one (Tessin) :
"Festungs-Artillerie-Kdr. I * 15. 9.1940 durch WK VI bei der Kdtr. der Befestigungen Niederrhein, dann aufgelöst, 15.10.1941 beim WK VI für den Insp. der Landes­befestigung Ost wieder aufgestellt, Verwendung in Posen, 29. 9.1942 als Höh. Art. Offz. (Fest.) in den Stab d. Insp. der Landesbef. Ost eingegliedert". What do You think ?
But was it in 1944 in Königsberg (as Jake and John assert) ?
As Meltzer was capured 4.45 in Königberg, it should be logical that he was Höh.Art.Offz. (Königsberg) until 4.45 and not as from his HPA card as St.Offz.d.Art. from 9.44 in Bereich Mitte..........
Awaiting Your comments....., Rossano

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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by askropp » 17 Aug 2014, 15:09

Many officers returned to their last residence when placed into the Führerreserve. If Meltzer lived in Königsberg for several months during 1944, he may have returned to the city in January 1945 only to find himself encircled and cut off from the Reich a little later.
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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by histan » 17 Aug 2014, 16:35

More information from his HPA cards.

26.8.39 Kdr. AR 255
13.2.42 Arko 149
4.4.43 FR WKr IV
13.11.43 g.v.H bis 1.2.44 [garnisonsverwendungsfähig Heimat]
5.1.44 Höh.Art.Offz. i. Königsberg
1.9.44 kdt. Stb. Kdt. Befest.Bereich Mitte als Stb.Offz.d.Art.
11.1.45 FR WKr IV

His private address is given as:
Naumburg/Saale, Kais.Friedrich-Platz 4, T3181

Neither Dieter nor Keilig say explicitly that he was captured in Königsberg - any possibility he was captured in Wkr IV?

The problem with Keilig is that after the letter A and some of the letter B he no longer gives dates for when a general entered the FR. It is a common mistake to assume that a general held a particular post until the next appointment given in Keilig - this is often not true.

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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by askropp » 17 Aug 2014, 19:03

This is even more often the case: officers returned to their Friedensstandort when in the Führerreserve. Now, Naumburg was captured by US forces on April 12, 1945! This would fit very well - but why should he have been extradited to the Soviets?
Are there any cases in which that happened?
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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by VtwinVince » 20 Aug 2014, 00:25

There were many cases where the Americans turned over captured personnel to the Soviets. How about the officers of JG 52?

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Post by askropp » 21 Aug 2014, 19:18

But the cases I know of concerned troops or individuals who had been fighting the Soviets in Bohemia or the Balkans (HGr Mitte / HGr E). Meltzer, if captured in Naumburg, should have been a different story.
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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by askropp » 28 Nov 2014, 22:18

I just noticed that his final promotion has not been mentioned in this thread:

01.10.1943 Generalmajor (15)
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Re: GM Karl Meltzer 1894-1945

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Post by iggy88 » 10 Feb 2018, 09:46

According to the KTB of Befehlshaber Straße Kertsch:
While remaining Arko 149, he was also Kommandant d. Halbinsel Taman (06 Feb 1943-28 Mar 1943).

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