Jakob Fick

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Jakob Fick
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Birth name Jakob Hans Fick
Birth date 17 January 1912
Place of birth Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Death date 22 April 2004 (aged 92)
Place of death Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Allegiance  National Socialist Germany
Service/branch Flag Schutzstaffel.png Allgemeine SS
Flag Schutzstaffel.png SS-Verfügungstruppe
Flag Schutzstaffel.png Waffen SS
Years of service 1930–1945
Rank SS-Standartenführer
Unit SS Division "Das Reich"
Battles/wars World War II
Awards SS-Ehrendegen
SS-Ehrenring
Iron Cross
East Front Medal
Wound Badge (1939)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations ∞ Briehl

Jakob Hans Fick (17 January 1912 – 22 April 2004) was an officer of the SS rune.png, the SS-Verfügungstruppe and the Waffen SS as well as recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in World War II. After marriage, he and his wife decided on the double surname Briehl-Fick.

Life

From left to right: SS-Brigdeführer Heinz Lammerding, SS-Obersturmbannführer Fritz Klingenberg, SS-Obersturmbannführer Jakob Fick, SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Kment, and SS-Hauptsturmführer Ortwin Pohl, only son of Oswald Pohl, in 1944.
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Jakob was born 1912 in Ulm as son of Jakob Fick (b. 14 July 1884) and his wife (∞ 22 May 1909) Rosina Luise, née Mangold (b. 16 June 1881 in Ulm). He as baptized on 11 February 1912. Fick, during his school time, was an early member of the Hitler Youth. On 1 October 1929, still 17, he joined the NSDAP (NSDAP-Nr.: 153672), in October 1930, he joined the Allgemeine SS (SS-Nr.: 3 247).

Chronology

  • March 1934: Politische Bereitschaft (SS political standby unit) Württemberg in Ellwangen under SS-Obersturmbannführer Curt von Gottberg
    • From August 1933 to 1 February 1934, the political Politische Bereitschaft of the SS moved into the barracks. In January 1934, 48 sergeants and non-commissioned officers from the Reichwehr were ordered to Ellwangen for two months to train a non-commissioned commander corps. On 1 October 1934, Ellwangen's Politische Bereitschaft was incorporated into the 1st SS-Standarte Munich as III. Sturmbann and given the designation III./SS 1/VT (SS-Verfügungstruppe).
  • 17.5.1935 Transferred to the 12. Sturm/SS-Standarte "Deutschland" (Munich)
    • with this unit he participated in the Anschluss in March 1938 and in the liberation of the Sudetenland in October of the same year.
  • 5.1.1939: Heavy grenade thrower course, Döberitz Infantry School
  • 10.6.1939 to 3.3.1941: Commander of the 1. Fla-MG-Kompanie/VT, later (September 1939) 2nd Battery, SS-Fla-MG-Abteilung "Das Reich" (Radolfzell ), SS-Verfügungstruppe, later SS-Verfügungsdivision
  • 3.3.1941 to 15.9.1941: Tactics instructor, 7th Kriegsjunker course, SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig
  • 15.9.1941: Commanded to the SS Volunteer Legion “Norway”
  • 18.9.1941: Head (Chef) of Training Staff, SS Volunteer Legion “Norway” (Viken Bataillon); His successor was Helmuth Rahn (b. 2 August 1913).
  • 1.11.1941: Return to the SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig
  • 1.5.1942: Commander of the I. (Kradschützen-)Bataillon/SS-Schützen-Regiment (mot.) 4 "Langemarck"/SS-Division "Das Reich" (his adjutant was SS-Obersturmführer Hermann Buch); The Kradschützen were motorized (motorcycles), lightly armed and highly mobile infantry units.
    • The Kradschützen-Bataillon of the SS-Division "Reich" had been formed in the winter of 1940/41 with five companies. With the division, the battalion took part in the Balkan Campaign in March 1941 and in the Operation Barbarossa from 22 June 1941. During the winter fighting of 1941/42, the battalion was largely destroyed and reorganized in Bergen in March 1942. While still being reorganized, the battalion became the I./SS Regiment (mot.) "Langemarck" on 10 May 1942 (officially renamed on this day). On 20 April 1942, in Fallingbostel/Germany, the brand new SS-Schützen-Regiment 4 "Langemarck" was raised from remnant of the SS Infanterie-Regiment 4 "Ostmark" under SS-Obersturmbannführer Rudolf Hinrich Schuldt (his adjutant was SS-Hauptsturmführer Dieter Kesten) and honored with the title "Langemarck". Schuldt remained commander until 1 December 1942.
    • The number "4" was dropped in June/July 1942, when the regiment was reorganized as a Kradschützen-Regiment and was now known as schnelles SS-Schützen-Regiment "Langemarck" (fast rifle regiment).
    • Due to another change in the division's military structure, the “Langemarck” regiment had to be disbanded. Immediately after the relocation (at the beginning of October 1942 to the area south of St. Lo), the regiment was disbanded. The previous regimental staff “Langemarck” became the staff of the newly formed SS Panzer Regiment 2 “Das Reich” under the leadership of Colonel Herbert Ernst Karl Vahl, who was commanded from the Army to the Waffen-SS from 19 October 1942 and was tasked with setting up the tank regiment.
  • October 1942: Commander of the SS-Kradschützen-Abteilung 2/SS Panzer Regiment 2/SS-Division „Das Reich“
    • At first, the name I. (Kradschützen-)Bataillon/SS-Schützen-Regiment "Langemarck" stayed the same, but was later changed to SS-Kradschützen-Abteilung 2/SS Panzer Regiment 2, presumably when the SS-Division „Das Reich“ was renamed SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division „Das Reich“ on 9 November 1942.
  • 27.4.1943 to 5.8.1943: Commander of the SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2
    • On 27 April 1943, the hard-hit Reconnaissance Battalion (Aufklärungs-Abteilung) and Fick's SS-Kradschützen-Abteilung 2 were moved to the Bolschowetz area and were merged into the SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2, with Fick being appointed commander.
  • 22.11.1943 to 15.9.1944: Commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 37/17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen"
  • November 1944-15.12.1944: Commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38/17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen"
  • 24.3.1945 to 26.3.1945: Commander of the 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen"
  • 20.4.1945: Commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38/17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Götz von Berlichingen"

Knight's Cross

Fick’s Knight’s Cross recommendation reads as follows:[1]

“On the 03.03.1943 the SS-Kradschützen-Btl. 2 had the mission of rolling up the Berestowaja ravine (east of Paraskoweja) in a northeasterly direction as far as the woods west of Ochotschaje. The aim was to clear this area of the enemy and link up with the hard-pressed Aufklärungs-Abteilung of the SS-Pz.Gren.Div. ‘Adolf Hitler’. On the night of the 02./03.03.1943 the Bataillon was being used to cover the left flank of the SS-Pz.Gren.Div. ‘Adolf Hitler’ from Losowaja, and thus had to march via Perstowaja during the morning hours to complete its mission. Due to the engineer work being done on the destroyed bridge over the Berestowaja, over the course of the night large elements of the Division had accumulated on the southern bank and stood in several columns on the elevated road along the eastern edge of Losowaja. The commander of the SS-Kradsch.Btl. 2, SS-Sturmbannführer Fick, had driven to just before the bridge in order to reconnoitre the road conditions, and was expecting his Bataillon (which had itself moved out by the time he started his own recon). Suddenly battle noise was heard in the south. From the high ground about 2 km west of Losowaja, the commander observed thick masses of infantry advancing towards Losowaja and the Berestowaja. He immediately perceived the unfolding dangerous situation for the densely packed elements of the Division, which included vehicle assemblages.
Thus he decided to deploy all idle units for defense and assemble his own Bataillon for a counterattack. He immediately sent all available infantry to occupy the commanding heights just to the south of the Berestowaja bridge. He allowed the not-yet engaged Flak guns and Pak to fight the enemy infantry (which had already penetrated into the first houses on the western edge of Losowaja) from open firing positions. He went back to his own Bataillon, undeterred by the enemy fire, and sent it in to counterattack the already wavering enemy. The counterattack crashed against the enemy who had already been demoralized by the unexpected defensive fire by all weapons, eliminated those hostile elements that had already entered Losowaja and threw the remainder into a disordered rout. The enemy suffered heavy losses in men and materiel in the process. Over the course of this failed breakthrough attempt, launched in at least regimental strength, the enemy lost the following:
13 guns (12.2 cm)
4 guns (7.62 cm)
1 anti-tank gun (3.5 cm)
1 mortar (17 cm)
1 anti-tank rifle
28 trucks
30 sleds
120 horses
A large number of small-arms and artillery ammunition
200 prisoners
Approx. 650 dead.
Through his swift and ruthless initiative, as well as the coordinated employment of all forces, SS-Sturmbannführer Fick completely wiped out the impending danger of a penetration into the flank of the SS-Pz.Gren.Div. ‘Adolf Hitler’ in just 30 minutes. This had been achieved with the loss of just one man from the friendly forces engaged in this battle. Through his personal intervention in the foremost line he prevented any setbacks to friendly forces as a result of the sudden flank threat. This attack, conducted on SS-Sturmbannführer Fick’s own initiative, also created the preconditions for the thrust against Ochotschaje and the relief of the hard-fought Aufklärungs-Abteilung of the SS-Pz.Gren.Div. ‘Adolf Hitler’.”

Promotions

Awards and decorations (excerpt)

Gallery

  • Jakob Fick and SS-Standartenführer Hinrich Schuldt

  • Jakob Fick and SS-Standartenführer Hinrich Schuldt.jpg

  • Jakob Fick (left) with Paul Hausser (right)

  • Jakob Fick II.jpg
  • Jakob Fick III.jpg
  • Jakob Briehl-Fick.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Fick, Jacob (Waffen SS)
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