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Eulenburg, Graf zu, Jonas Kasimir

Date of birth:
July 26th, 1901 (Königsberg/East-Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
April 8th, 1945 (forest of Bunzlau/Silesia, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Jonas Kasimir Graf zu Eulenburg was born at Königsberg on July 26th, 1901. He married on September 14th, 1927 at Groß-Plauen with Emmy von Weiß (*Königsberg September 7th, 1903 - +Reinbek January 12th, 1976). The couple had two children; Marie Elisabeth Iginia Emmy and Otto Albrecht Karl.

Jonas Eulenburg served in Poland, the Western Front and at the Eastern Front. He was killed in action on April 8th, 1945 in the Bunzlauer Stadtforst.

Career:
15th October 1935: Adjutant Infanterie-Regiment 1;
1938: Führer Ehrencompagnie, Infanterie-Regiment 9;
3rd January 1939 : Chef 1. / Infanterie-Regiment 9;
1st September 1939: Kommandeur 1. / Infanterie-Regiment 9;
March 1941: Stab OKH;
3rd November 1943: Staboffizier z.b.V. zum General der Infanterie;
15th Septmeber 1943: Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 67;
11th November 1944: Führerreserve OKH, Wehrkreis 111;
23rd January 1945: Kommandant Festung Glogau.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Kommandeur 1. / Infanterie-Regiment 9
Awarded on:
October 6th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Kommandeur 1. / Infanterie-Regiment 9
Awarded on:
May 19th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Kommandeur 1. / Infanterie-Regiment 9
Awarded on:
October 9th, 1940
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Stab OKH
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1942
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Stab OKH
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1943
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 67
Awarded on:
January 15th, 1944
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 67
Awarded on:
March 1st, 1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst
Unit:
Grenadier-Regiment 67
Awarded on:
December 7th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kommandant Festung Glogau
Awarded on:
March 22nd, 1945
Awarded for his defense of Fortress Glogau, which he commanded. Encircled on the 11.02.1945, the city was held until the end of March. Its determined defense permitted numerous Silesian refugees to escape to either Saxony or the Sudetenland.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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