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Rodig, Heinz Wasa

Date of birth:
July 7th, 1909 (Potsdam/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
(Baden-Baden/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Career:
September 1939 - October 1939: Intendant bei Festungskommandantur Pillau und Memel;
October 1939 - February 1940: Reschts-und Verwaltungs Referent, Stab Bev.d.Ob.d.M. für Danzig und Westpreußen;
March 1940 - May 1940: Intendant, Marineartillerieregiment in Holland;
May 1940 - June 1940: Intendant, Stab Marinebefehlshaber in den Niederlanden;
June 1940 - December 1940: Intendant, Stab Marinebefehlshaber Bretagne;
December 1940 - August 1944: Intendant, Stab Marinebefehlshaber Westfrankreich/Kommandierender Admiral Atlantikküste;
August 1944 - May 1945: Quartiermeister, Stab Festungskommandant La Rochelle;
13th September 1947: released from POW.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Geschwaderintendant
Unit:
Marinebefehlshaber West-Frankreich
Awarded on:
October 18th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum

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