Kurt Albrecht (1895)
| Kurt Albrecht | |
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| Birth date | 26 December 1895 |
| Place of birth | Ketzin, Kreis Osthavelland, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Death date | 23 July 1966 (aged 70) |
| Place of death | Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire National Socialist Germany
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| Service/branch |  Imperial German Army  Heer
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| Years of service | 1914–1918 1936–1945 |
| Rank | Oberst |
| Commands held | Artillerie-Regiment 257 Artillerie-Regiment 31 Artillerie-Regiment 172 Artillerie-Kommandeur 404 |
| Battles/wars | World War I
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| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Kurt Gottfried Max Albrecht (26 December 1895 – 23 July 1966) was a German reserve officer of the Imperial German Army and the Wehrmacht, finally Oberst d. R. (Colonel) and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in World War II.
Life
- 7.8.1914 Joined as volunteer the 4. Kompanie/Garde-Fußartillerieregiment
- 28.11.1914 Went into the field
- 22.4.1917 Transferred to the replacement battalion of the Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 3
- 28.4.1914 Transferred to the II. Bataillon/Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 14
- 25.12.1917 Transferred to the Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 641
- 20.12.1918 retired from service
- 1.12.1936 Called up for active military service as E-Offizier-Anwärter
- 1.3.1937 Employed on the staff of Landwehr commander Küstrin as E-Offizier
- 30.6.1938 On the staff of the Landwehr commander Lübben
- 1.12.1938 Commanded to the II. Abteilung/Artillerie-Regiment 39 (Frankfurt/Oder)
- 3.1.1939 Commander of the 12. (Ergänzungs-)Batterie/Artillerie-Regiment 23 (Döberitz)
- 26.8.1939 Commander of the 1. Batterie/Artillerie-Regiment 257
- 8.1.1940 Commander of the II. Abteilung/Artillerie-Regiment 257 (until 1.2.1940 tasked with leadership)
- 28.7.1941 to 6.8.1941 Service in the Feldersatz-Bataillon 257 (presumably during a convalescence period after being wounded)
- 7.8.1941 Commander of the IV. Abteilung/Artillerie-Regiment 257
- 27.2.1943 with effect from 11.12.1942 Leader of the Artillerie-Regiment 31
- 24.8.1943 to 24.9.1943 Commanded to the expansion staff (Ausbaustab) of the XXXV. Armeekorps
- 25.9.1943 at the same time commissioned with the deputy command as Artillerie-Kommandeur 125 (until 20.11.1943)
- 27.3.1944 Commander of the Artillerie-Regiment 172
- 1.1.1945 Führerreserve OKH (III)
- Albrecht he fallen seriously ill
- 12.1.1945 to 26.1.1945 Course for artillery commanders at the Artillery School I Meissen (Lehrgang für Artilleriekommandeure an der Artillerieschule I Meißen)
- 5.2.1945 Artillerie-Kommandeur 404 (Arko 404)
- the position of Arko 404 was subordinated to the IV. Panzerkorps/Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle, at last with the 8. Armee/Heeresgruppe Ostmark in Upper Austria (Oberösterreich); Army Group Ostmark was one of the last major German military formations to surrender to the Allies. The only commander during the 36-day existence of this army group, Generaloberst Dr. Lothar Rendulic (de), surrendered it in Saint Martin, Upper Austria, on 8 May 1945.
Family
Kurt was the son of hydraulic engineer Karl Albrecht, royal water construction council (königlicher Wasserbaurat), and his wife Amanda, née Fahrendorf. Kurt Albrecht married his fiancée Gertrud Seeger (b. 8 October 1899) on 29 June 1921. They had two daughters born 1923 and 1931.
Promotions
Promotion dates (day, month, year) with rank seniority (RDA):[1]
- 7.8.1914 War volunteer
- 27.12.1916 Leutnant d. R.
- 1.3.1936 Oberleutnant d. R. of the Artillerie-Lehrregiment with RDA from 1.12.1925
- 1.12.1936 E-Offizier-Anwärter (Ergänzungsoffizier candidate)
- 18.1.1937 Hauptmann d. R. with RDA from 1.11.1936
- 1.3.1937 Hauptmann (E) with RDA from 1.10.1934
- 1.3.1939 Hauptmann with RDA from 1.4.1934
- 1.1.1940 Major
- 1.4.1942 Oberstleutnant
- 8.8.1943 Oberst with RDA from 1.7.1943
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
- 2nd Class on 17 November 1915
- 1st Class on 30 June 1918
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th Class
- Austrian War Commemorative Medal (Österreichisches Kriegserinnerungsmedaille) with Swords on 15 February 1938
- Sudetenland Medal (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938)
- Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class
- 2nd Class (12 May 1940 )
- 1st Class (28 August 1940)
- Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen 1939) in Black
- Eastern Front Medal on 18 July 1942
- Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres on 20 August 1943
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 November 1944 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 172[2][3]
Further reading
- Franz Thomas / Günter Wegmann: Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945, Teil III: "Infanterie", Band 1: A–Be, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1987 (in German)
- Walther-Peer Fellgiebel: Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German), Podzun-Pallas, Wölfersheim 2000, ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6
- English: The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches, expanded edition, 2000
- Veit Scherzer: Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German), Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag, Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2
References
- ↑ Oberst Kurt Albrecht, Arko FHH
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 189.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 114.
