Scherer, Paul-Albert

Date of birth:: November 23rd, 1918 (Essen/Rhineprovince, Germany)
Date of death:: March 16th, 2014
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Paul-Albert Scherer served with the Wehrmacht and the Bundeswehr.l With the Bundeswehr he finally reached the rank of Brigadegeneral.

Promotions::
1969: Oberst (Bundeswehr).

Career:
?: II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21;
1945: British POW;
1950: Redakteur, Westfälischen Rundschau;
1956: Bundeswehr;
1969: Referent, Parlamentarischen Staatssekretärs, Karl Wilhelm Berkhan (SPD), Bundesministerium der Verteidigung;
1972 - 1977: Amtchef, Militärischen Abschirmdienst (Bundeswehr).

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: II. Bataillon, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: May 8th, 1945

The awarding has supposedly taken place just before the awardings ended on May 8th, 1945.

Sources

- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.