Michaelis, Herbert (Grenadier-Regiment 525)
- Date of birth:
- February 5th, 1897 (Neuruppin/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 20th, 1969 (Bonn/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Herbert Michaelis served as Kommandeur with the Grenadier-Regiment 525, the 298. Infanterie-Division and the 95. Infanterie-Division. He was a POW to the Soviets from June 28th, 1944 until October 8th, 1955. He finally reached the rank of Generalmajor.
Promotions:
19.08.1914: Fahnenjunker
14.07.1915: Leutnant
00.00.1920: Charakter als Oberleutnant
00.00.1920: Polizeioberleutnant
00.00.19__: Polizeihauptmann
00.00.19__: Polizeimajor
16.03.1936: Major RDA 01.01.1936 (47a)
01.03.1939: Oberstleutnant (13)
01.02.1942: Oberst (14)
01.04.1944: Generalmajor (14a)
Career:
19.08.1914: Füsilier-Regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Blumenthal" (Magdeburgisches) Nr. 36, Halle/Saale
19.08.1914-00.00.1918: Zug- und Kompanie-Führer; Bataillons-Adjutant; Ordonnanz-Offizier der 225. Infanterie-Brigade
00.00.1920: retired - Schutzpolizei then Landespolizei
16.03.1936: Kompanie-Chef im Infanterie-Regiment 78, Aachen
00.07.1938: Stab, Kommandantur des Truppenübungsplatzes Döllersheim
00.02.1940: Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 523
09.12.1940: Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 442
15.03.1941: Führerreserve
00.07.1941: Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 526
23.12.1941: Führer, Infanterie-Regiment 525
01.02.1942: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 525
15.10.1942: Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 525
27.12.1942: Führer, 298. Infanterie-Division
23.01.1943: "Gruppe Michaelis", "Gruppe Schmidt", 8. italien. Armee/Heeresgruppe B)
20.03.1943: Führerreserve
02.05.1944: Kommandeur, 95. Infanterie-Division
22.05.1944: Führer, 254. Infanterie-Division
28.06.1944: captured near Borisov, Belarus - soviet POW
00.06.1944: interned in the NKVD camp Nr. 48 in Čency, Ležnovo, then camp Nr. 185 in Jurevec, 27 in Krasnogorsk, 1 in Komsommol’sk am Amur, 362 in Stalingrad, 476 in Swerdlowsk, Butyrskaja/Moskau, Nr. 1 in Witebsk, Nr. 1 in Mogilew
08.10.1948: sentenced to 25 years of Gulag by the militayr court of Witebsk
08.10.1955: released
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 525, 298. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 27th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 6th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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