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Habicht, Theodor

Date of birth:
April 4th, 1898 (Wiesbaden)
Date of death:
January 31st, 1944 (Tscherkizino near Majova, Nevel, Pskov)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Sebesh
Grave: UNK.
Service number:
SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.: 41.305
Nationality:
German

Biography

Major der Reserve Theodor August Otto Wilhelm Habicht

Career:
November 02nd, 1915: Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 74
February 1916: Westfront
February 1917: Feld-Artillerie-Regiment 500 - Italy
December 1917: wounded in an accident and evacuated to a Lazarett
January 1918: Fuß-Artillerie-Regiment 129 - Westfront
January 04th, 1919: demobilized as Leutnant der Reserve
July 29th, 1926: joined the NSDAP
April 1927: stellvertretender Ortsgruppenleiter der NSDAP, Wiesbaden
December 1927: founded the newspaper "Nassauer Beobachter"
May 1928: Ortsgruppenleiter der NSDAP Wiesbaden and member of the Stadtparlament Wiesbaden
00.00.1930: Provinziallandtag Hessen-Nassau
June 11th, 1930: "Nassauer Beobachter" renamed "Rheinwacht"
July 21st, 1931: Landesinspekteur der NSDAP in Österreich
00.00.1937: Oberbürgermeister Wittenberg
July 04th, 1939: Oberbürgermeister Koblenz
August 27th, 1939: Abteilung 14, Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 1, Oschatz/Sachsen
October 1939: Oberbürgermeister Koblenz and appointed Unterstaatssekretär, Leiter der Informations-, Presse- und Rundfunk-Abteilung, Auswärtigen Amt, Berlin and Leiter der Deutschen Informationsstelle
September 1940: Oberleutnant der Reserve, Infanterie-Regiment 27, 12. Infanterie-Division
September 12th, 1941: WIA near the Pola River and evacuated to the Reservelazarett III in Königsberg then Reservelazarett 123 Berlin-Zehlendorf then Reservekurlazarett Bad Reichenhall
December 04th, 1941: Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 27, 12. Infanterie-Division
January 1942: Oberleutnant der Reserve, Kompaniechef, I. Bataillon, Füsilier-Regiment 27, 12. Infanterie-Division
February 1943: promoted to Hauptmann der Reserve, Chef, 4. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Füsilier-Regiment 27, 12. Infanterie-Division
April 1943: Bataillonsführerlehrgang
November 25th, 1943: Hptm.d.R., Bataillonskommandeur, 83. Infanterie-Division
January 31st, 1944: Hptm.d.R., Bataillonskommandeur, 83. Infanterie-Division, KIA near Tscherkizino near Majova, region Nevel
00.00.1944: posthumously promoted to Major der Reserve



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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Fuß-Artillerie-Regiment 129
Awarded on:
1918
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Infanterie-Regiment 27, 12. Infanterie-Division
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Infanterie-Regiment 27, 12. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
September 12th, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Infanterie-Regiment 27, 12. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
1941
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:
Chef, 4. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Füsilier-Regiment 27, 12. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
August 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:
Chef, 4. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Füsilier-Regiment 27, 12. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
February 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:
Chef, 4. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Füsilier-Regiment 27, 12. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
April 28th, 1943
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Sources

  • Photo 1:
  • - Scheibert, Horst. Die Träger der Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und der Waffen-SS/ Die Träger der Ehrentaffelspange der Kriegsmarine/ Die Inhaber des Ehrenpokals für Besondere Leistung im Lukftkrieg. Friedberg, Ger.: Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-7909-0283-7
    - Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
    - Theodor Habicht | Gräbersuche-Online

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