Date of birth:

July 17th, 1910 (Berlin/Barandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

April 7th, 1993 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German

After the Second World War, Paul Markgraf served in the Eastern German Peoples Army, reaching the rank of Oberst.

1939: Unteroffizier - Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 16 - Hamm
1940: Hauptfeldwebel
01.10.1941: promoted to Leutnant
01.02.1942: promoted to Oberleutnant (197) and Adjutant, Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 40
01.12.1942: promoted to Hauptmann (335)
30.12.1942: Kdr, Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 40 - 24. Panzer-Division
06.01.1943: listed as MIA in Stalingrad but captured by the Soviet troops
07.01.1943: soviet POW, joined the anti-fascist groups and the NKVD
30.04.1945: released and communist-appointed Chief of Berlin's "Stadtpolizei" as Polizei-Oberst
05.1945: member of the KPD
04.1946: member of the SED
08.05.1948: Chefinspekteur (Generalmajor)
26.07.1948: suspended by the Magistrate for his refusal to hand over his position ot the new chief and was backed by the soviet; another headquarters was set up in the US sector making the Berlin's Stadtpolizei the first city department to split
01.10.1949-01.10.1950: Regimentskommandeurs-Lehrgang in Priwolsk near Saratow - USSR
01.12.1950: Kommander, VP-Bereitschaft - Prenzlau
1951: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS) then worked in the Hauptabteilung Kraftverkehr/Transportwesen of the Ministerium für Verkehrswesen
1956: Oberst der Kasernierten Volkspolizei (KVP)
1958: Oberst der Nationalen Volksarmee (NVA)
1960: Oberst and Kommandeur der Grenzpolizei
1963: Oberst and Kdr Berliner Wachregiments Feliks Dzierzynski des MfS
1971: retired as Oberst from the NVA

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Awarded on:

1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 4th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Führer, Panzerjäger-Abteilung 40, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

January 3rd, 1943

On the 22.11.1944, during the course of a German attack against Hill 198.4, Oberleutnant Markgraf and elements of his Pz.Jäg.Abt. thrusted against a Soviet cavalry brigade that was trying to achieve a breakthrough. Despite the unfavourable terrain conditions he and his men wiped out the enemy in a hard-fought night action, and Hill 198.4 was subsequently captured along with tank support. Oberleutnant Markgraf would later receive the Knight’s Cross for his tactical success on this day.

Awarded on:

June 30th, 1955

Awarded on:

July 30th, 1970

Awarded on:

April 12th, 1985

• Photo 1: (Public Domain)
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Senger und Etterlin, F.M.v., Die 24. Panzer-Division 1939 - 1945: vormals 1. Kavallerie-Division, Ed. Dörfler im Nebel- Verlag, Eggolsheim, Germany, 2004