Date of birth:

November 18th, 1902 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

October 22nd, 1949 (Lager 159, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Robert Macher died in Soviet imprisonment in 1949.

Promotions:
May 1st, 1921: Fahnenjunker;
December 1st, 1924: Leutnant (23);
April 1st, 1928: Oberleutnant (11);
July 1st, 1934: Hauptmann (21);
June 1st, 1939: Major (8);
March 1st, 1942: Oberstleutnant (43);
January 1st, 1943: Oberst (63);
January 30th, 1945: Generalmajor (21).

Career:
May 1st, 1921: Offiziers-Anwärter 19.(bayerisches) Infanterie-Regiment;
October 1st, 1928: Kompanie-Offizier 10. / 19.(bayerisches) Infanterie-Regiment;
October 1st, 1933: z.V. Chef des Heeresleitung - Offiziers Lehrgang;
August 24th, 1935: Kommandantur Regensburg;
October 15th, 1935: Generalstabsoffizier 10. Division;
April 1st, 1936: Generalstab;
April 1st, 1938: Ib 2. Gebirgs-Division;
August 26th, 1939: Ia 73. Infantrerie-Division;
March 10th, 1940: Ia Generalstab Höheren Kommando XXXI. Armeekorps z.b.V.;
August 1st, 1940: Führerreserve OKH Heereskontrollkommission Bourg;
June 1st, 1941: Führer Deutsches Verbindungs Kommando beim rumänischen Armee, Oberkommando 4;
October 24th, 1941: Führerreserve OKH, Dienst regelt GZ (Chef der Zentralabteilung des Generalstabs);
November 10th, 1941: Ia 12. Armee;
November 21st, 1941: Ia Generalstab 12. Armee;
July 15th, 1942: Führerreserve OKH, Dienst regelt GZ (Chef der Zentralabteilung des Generalstabs);
August 27th, 1942: Chef Generalstab XXXXIV. Armeekorps;
July 25th, 1944: Führerreserve OKH, mFb. Generalstab 2.Armee;
September 15th, 1944: Chef Generalstab 2. Armee.

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Awarded on:

1934

Nr. 1477

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Awarded on:

May 1939

Awarded on:

1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 11th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 16th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 28th, 1941

with swords

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel to the General Staff)

Unit:

Chef des Generalstabes, XXXXIV. Armeekorps, Heer

Awarded on:

September 20th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 12th, 1944

with swords

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalmajor (Brigadier)

Unit:

Chef des Generalstabes, Armee Ostpreußen, Heer

Awarded on:

May 14th, 1945

According to Fellgiebel he received confirmation of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross presentation via radio transmission from the Dönitz Government to Armeeoberkommando Ostpreußen on 14 May 1945 so-called "Direkt-Verleihung". The AOK was still reachable until 12:00 noon on this day. This presentation is considered a direct presentation. There is no record of this presentation in the Heerespersonalamt (HPA - Army Staff Office). This presentation is illegal since it was made after 8-5-1945.

• Photo 1:
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - NARA Roll T-78 R889