Dewitz genannt von Krebs, von, Karl Wilhelm Dietrich Ernst
- Date of birth:
- August 6th, 1887 (Berlin)
- Date of death:
- April 19th, 1945 (Torgau)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Generalmajor Karl Wilhelm Dietrich Ernst von Dewitz genannt von Krebs
Promotions:
00.03.1908: Leutnant
21.11.1914: Oberleutnant
18.04.1916: Hauptmann
01.02.1929: Major
01.06.1933: Oberstleutnant
30.04.1936: Oberst
01.08.1941: Generalmajor
Career:
00.01.1907: Fahnenjunker, Garde-Jäger-Bataillon
29.01.1913: Lt., Adjutant, Garde-Jäger-Bataillon
00.08.1914: Oostende, Belgium then Vogesen/Vosges
00.11.1915: Olt., WIA and evacuated to a Lazarett
23.02.1916: Olt., Garde-Jäger-Bataillon
00.04.1916: Hptm., Kompaniechef, Garde-Jäger-Bataillon
29.09.1916: Hptm., Ordonnanzoffizier, Stab, 222. Infanterie-Division
21.10.1916: Hptm., Generalstab, VIII. Armee-Korps
00.00.1917: Hptm., Generalstab, 18. Infanterie-Division
00.00.1917: Hptm., Generalstab der Armee
00.00.1917-00.00.1918: Hptm., Generalkommando, VI., XVIII., XIV. then III. Armee-Korps
00.00.1918: Hptm., Stab, 75. Reserve-Division
00.00.1919: Hptm., Generalstab, 43. Reserve-Division
00.00.1919: Freikorps Potsdam
01.05.1920: Hptm., Kompaniechef, Reichswehr-Jäger-Bataillon 3
00.00.1920: Hptm., Kompaniechef, Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 5
00.00.1924: Hptm., Kompaniechef, 9. (Preußischen) Infanterie-Regiment
01.04.1927: Hptm., Stab, Kommandantur Berlin
01.03.1929: Major, Stab, III. Bataillon, 9. Infanterie-Regiment
01.10.1930: Major, Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, 1. (Preußisches) Infanterie-Regiment, Gumbinnen
01.04.1934: Oberstleutnant, Stab, Kommandantur Küstrin, Grenzabschnittskommando Küstrin
30.04.1936: Oberst, E-Offizier, Ausbildungsleiter, Berlin I
00.05.1940: Oberst, Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 323 - Vogesen/Vosges
15.12.19491: Generalmajor, Kommandeur, Division Nr. 191, 191. Reserve-Division
01.03.1943-05.04.1943: Führerreserve
06.04.1943: Generalmajor, Stab, Oberbefehlshaber West
01.08.1943: Generalmajor, Kommandant, Truppenübungsplatz Brod, Croatia
00.10.1944: Yugoslavian POW
00.03.1945: Reichskriegsgericht
19.04.1945: sentenced to death and executed in Torgau by the Hitlerjugend
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Order of Military Merit 5th Class
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Garde-Jäger-Bataillon
- Awarded on:
- August 18th, 1912
Königlicher Kronen-Orden IV. Klasse
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Garde-Jäger-Bataillon
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Garde-Jäger-Bataillon
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1914
Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Königlich Sächsischer Albrechtsordens
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Garde-Jäger-Bataillon
- Awarded on:
- January 23rd, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Garde-Jäger-Bataillon
- Awarded on:
- August 16th, 1915
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Awarded on:
- June 28th, 1917
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Awarded on:
- October 13th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Awarded on:
- April 1918
Ehrenritterkreuz zum Johanniterorden
- Awarded on:
- June 19th, 1919
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
Haborus Emlékérem kardokkal és sisakkal
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- December 2nd, 1937
Kriegserinnerungsmedaille
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- January 11th, 1938
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- March 18th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 28th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 29th, 1940
Rechtsritter-Kreuz zum Johanniterorden
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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