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{{Infobox military person|name=Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt|birth_date={{Birth date|1914|5|20|df=y}}|death_date={{Death date and age|1986|6|21|1914|5|20|df=yes}}|birth_place=[[Dresden]], [[Kingdom of Saxony]], [[German Empire]]|death_place=[[Hannover]], Lower Saxony, [[West Germany]]|image= [[File:Joachim Domaschk.jpg|300px]]|caption=|nickname=|allegiance={{flag|National Socialist Germany}}<br />{{flag|West Germany}} | branch = [[File:Balkenkreuz.jpg|23px]] [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|Heer]]<br />[[File:Bundeswehr cross.png|23px]] [[Bundeswehr]]|serviceyears=|rank= Major (Wehrmacht)<br />Lieutenant Colonel (Bundeswehr)|commands=Panzergrenadierbataillon 13|unit= |battles=[[World War II]]* [[Poland Campaign]]* [[Western Campaign]]* [[Operation Barbarossa]]|awards=[[German Cross in Gold]] <br />[[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves]]|relations = |laterwork=}}'''Joachim Domaschk'''(20 May 1914 – 21 June 1986) was a [[Germans|German]] officer of the [[Wehrmacht]] and the [[Bundeswehr]] as well as [[recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves]] in [[WWII]]. ==Life== ===Bundeswehr===Major Domaschk joined the Bundeswehr 1955/56 and was appointed commander of the Panzergrenadierbataillon 13 in Schleswig. Through extensive training activities under the command of Battalion Commander Domaschk, the Panzergrenadier Battalion quickly reached an enormous personnel strength of 28 officers, 129 non-commissioned officers and 334 enlisted personnel, and was subsequently intended as the basis for the establishment of a planned brigade. : ''On 6 September 1956, Panzergrenadier Battalion 13 was established in Schleswig. It was subordinate to Combat Group C 3 (Unna), which in turn belonged to the 3rd Panzer Division (Buxtehude). In 1957, the battalion relocated from Schleswig-Holstein to North Rhine-Westphalia and moved into the [[Panzer]] Barracks in Hemer (rail transport from 11 to 12 January 1957). Effective 16 March 1959, the subordination of this battalion changed from the 3rd Panzer Division to the 7th Panzergrenadier Division Lippstadt. On 1 April 1959, the army was reorganized, and brigades replaced the combat groups. Therefore, Panzergrenadier Battalion 13 was renamed Panzergrenadier Battalion 203. ''<ref>''Die Chronik des Panzergrenadierbatillons von 1975 bis 1992''</ref> ====DUI====After his promotion to lieutenant colonel, there was a small celebration. Domaschk was reportedly stopped by the [[police]] while driving his official car and was said to be (slightly drunk). On 12 November 1956, he was relieved of his command and transferred to Munsterlager. He was succeeded by Major (shortly later Lieutenant Colonel) Vilmar. Domaschk is said to have served until 1970, however, his further military career cannot be documented, and there is also no record of him being promoted to colonel. : ''Joachim Domaschk, 42, a lieutenant colonel in the German Federal Armed Forces and commander of Panzergrenadier Battalion 13 (based in Schleswig), was relieved of his post and transferred to Munsterlager (Lüneburg Heath) to serve with the Panzergrenadier Training Battalion there, after being sentenced to one month in prison (suspended) and a fine of 200 Deutsche Marks. In November 1956, Domaschk, who in 1944, as a major and battalion commander, had received the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross for bravery and decisiveness after being wounded eleven times, drove his car so erratically after a promotion ceremony that the police stopped him. Domaschk's boisterous bluff, "You are interrupting an official journey of the Federal Armed Forces and thus violating the Basic Law," was unsuccessful. – Due to civil service regulations, the Federal Ministry of Defense will automatically initiate disciplinary proceedings against Domaschk because he committed a criminal offense.''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20251203170413/https://www.spiegel.de/politik/joachim-domaschk-a-c5e10451-0002-0001-0000-000041120316 ''Joachim Domaschk''], Der Spiegel, 15 January 1957</ref> ==Promotions== ===Bundeswehr===* 1955/56 Major* November 1956 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) ==Sources==* German Federal Archives: BArch PERS 6/301720 ==References=={{reflist}}
