Burgsdorff, von, Dr.jur., Curt (Gren.Reg.580)

Date of birth:: December 16th, 1886 (Chemnitz/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: February 26th, 1962 (Starnberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Curt Ludwig Ehrenreich von Burgsdorff

Promotions:
02.10.1905: Oberleutnant der Reserve
09.03.1937: Hautpmann der Reserve - RDA 01.12.1926 (16)
17.12.1938: Major der Reserve - RDA 01.08.1938 (25)
00.00.1941: SA-Brigadeführer
24.03.1943: Oberstleutnant der Reserve - RDA 01.04.1943 (23)
00.00.1943: SA-Gruppenführer

Career:
18.08.1942-01.02.1943: Kommandeur, PzJg.Abt.16
22.12.1942: Führer, "Kampfgruppe von Burgsdorff" und "Reg. Burgsdorff", Kampfgruppe GenLt. Pfeiffer
00.02.1943: Führerreserve OKH
02.04.1943: Führer, Grenadier-Regiment 580
00.11.1943-00.01.1945: SA-Gruppenführer, Oberbannführer der HJ, Unterstaatssekretär und Gouverneur des Distrikts Krakau, Generalgouvernement
00.05.1945: POW
00.00.1962: released

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)
Unit:: Führer, Grenadier-Regiment 580, 306. Infanterie-Division, XXXXVIII.Panzer- Korps, Armee-Abteilung Hollidt, Heeresgruppe Süd
Awarded on:: April 2nd, 1943

The following wartime excerpt describes why Burgsdorff was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Major von Burgsdorff, commander of the Grenadier-Regiment 580, distinguished himself on the southern sector of the Eastern front through the power of his personality, self-sacrificing bravery and independent, tactically sound judgement. His efforts ensured that the enemy’s operational breakthrough of the Bystraja position (which would have led to the collapse of this line) was prevented.”