Date of birth:

April 14th, 1890 (Liebau in Schlesien/Silesia, German Empire)

Date of death:

January 30th, 1946 (Minsk/Byelorussian SSR, USSR)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
October 1909: Fahnenjunker
May 18th,1910: Fähnrich
March 20th, 1911: Leutnant
June 06th, 1916: Oberleutnant
March 01st, 1923: Hauptmann
June 01st, 1933: Major
Januaray 01st, 1936: Oberstleutnant
June 01st, 1938: Oberst
April 01st, 1942: Generalmajor
March 01st, 1943: Generalleutnant

Career:
1909: 7. Ostpreußische Infanterie-Regiment "Graf Dönhoff" Nr. 44, Goldap, Ostpreußen
1910: Kriegsschule
1914-1917: Zug- und Kompanieführer, Bataillons-Adjutant, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 44
1918: French POW
October 01st, 1919: Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 1, Reichswehr-Brigade 1, Königsberg
October 01st, 1920: 1. (Preußischen) Infanterie-Regiment, Königsberg
1922: Regiments-Adjutant, 1. (Preußischen) Infanterie-Regiment
October 1925: Chef, 1. Kompanie, 1. (Preußischen) Infanterie-Regiment, Königsberg
October 1931: "Reinhard-Kursen" Berlin
October 1932: Taktiklehrer, Kriegsschule Dresden
October 1934: Kommandeur, Ausbildungs-Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment Crossen
October 15th, 1935: Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 50
November 10th, 1938: Stab, Infanterie-Regiment 50
May 01st, 1939: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 23, Rastenburg
May 31st, 1942: Führer-Reserve
June 15th, 1942: Kommandeur,r 286. Sicherungs-Division
November 05th, 1943: Führer, 35. Infanterie-Division
December 01st, 1943: Kommandeur, 35. Infanterie-Division
May 09th, 1945: Soviet POW
December 1945: POW camp Nr.1, Minsk
January 15th, 1946: trialed in Minsk
January 29th, 1946: sentenced to death
January 30th, 1946: hung in public at the Minsk-Arena

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Infanterie-Regiment 23, 11. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

September 20th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Infanterie-Regiment 23, 11. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

October 3rd, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 23, 11. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

December 1st, 1941

Name is written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Johann Georg.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 5th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalleutnant (Major-general)

Unit:

Kommandeur, 35. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

March 17th, 1944

Awarded for his leadership of the 35. Infanterie-Division from late 1943 to early 1944. At the beginning of January 1944 the Division occupied new defensive positions south of Mogilev and from here were able to repel all Soviet attacks. Later, on the 14.02.1944, the Soviets were forced to call off a breakthrough attempt in the sector of the Division due to heavy losses sustained here.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalleutnant (Major-general)

Unit:

Kommandeur, 35. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

October 18th, 1944

• Photo 1:
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
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