SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP
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NAME: Generalleutnant Friedrich Karst
RANK: Generalleutnant
CAPTURED:
PERSONAL
WEIGHT: 178lbs
HAIR COLOUR: Brown
EYE COLOUR: Grey
NEXT OF KIN:
- Fahnenjunker:
11 May 1912
- Leutnant:
16 December 1913 (Patent 21 December 1911)
- Oberleutnant:
21 January 1917
- Hauptmann:
1 May 1924
- Major:
1 January 1934
- Oberstleutnant:
1 August 1936
- Oberst:
1 March 1939
- Generalmajor:
1 October 1942
- Generalleutnant:
1 April 1943
- 11
May 1912: Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in Infanterie-Regiment
Freiherr von Sparr (3. Westfälisches) Nr.16.
- 8
June 1914: In the field with 4. Lothringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.136
as a Platoon Leader.
- 20
August 1914: Leader of the 7th Company of Infantry Regiment 136.
- 4
November 1914: Severely wounded/in hospital.
- 1
August 1915: Company Leader in the II. Replacement Battalion of Infantry
Regiment 136.
- 1
July 1917: Ordnance Officer on Staff of the 64th Landwehr-Brigade.
- 1
March 1918: Adjutant of the 84th Landwehr-Brigade.
- May
1919: Court- and Sports Officer in Volunteer Infantry Regiment 36.
- 1
October 1920: Transferred as a Platoon Leader to the 1st Company of
Infantry Regiment 15.
- 1
March 1924: Hauptmann on Staff of the I. Battalion of Infantry Regiment
15.
- 1
July 1924: Hauptmann on Staff of the III. Battalion of Infantry Regiment
15.
- 1
October 1926: Chief of the 16th Company of Infantry Regiment 16.
- 1
March 1927: Chief of the 11th Company of Infantry Regiment 18.
- 1
October 1934: Commander of the Training Battalion of Infantry Regiment
“Osnabrück.”
- 1
October 1935: Commander of I. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 58.
- 26
September 1939: Commander of Infantry Regiment 216.
- 1
April 1940: Sick – Führer Reserve in the Army High Command.
- 6
August 1940: Commander of Infantry Regiment 461 of the 252nd Infantry
Division. [Commanded by Generalleutnant z.V. Diether von Boehm-Bezing
(Oberst, later Generalleutnant, Hans Schaefer from February 1942), the
division took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941
under Army Group Center. After seeing action at Bialystok and Vyasma,
the 252nd Infantry Division advanced to the gates of Moscow before being
pushed back to Gzhatsk by the Russian counteroffensive that began in
December 1941.]
- 6
September 1942-27 September 1942: Delegated with the leadership of the
95th Infantry Division on the Eastern Front.
- 1
October 1942-19 July 1943: Commander of the 262nd Infantry Division
on the Eastern Front.
- 1
August 1943: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command.
- 1
November 1943: Higher Field Commandant 672 and Commandant of Brussels,
Belgium.
- 15
December 1944-11 May 1945: Commander of the Replacement Division “Bielefeld,”
later renamed Division Nr. 466 (in existence since 23 November 1944
and also known as Division “Karst,” Battle Group “Karst” or the 466th
Division).
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May 1945-15 October 1947: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
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9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
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16th August 1946 transferred to Camp 252 from Island Farm Special Camp 11
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9th October 1946 transferred to Camp 99 from Camp 252
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15th November 1946 to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 99
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10th October 1947 to Hamburg on the ship "El Nil"
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Decorations & Awards:
- Knight’s
Cross of the Iron Cross: 28 August 1942, Oberst, Commander of Infantry
Regiment 461.
- German
Cross in Gold: 14 February 1942, Oberst, Commander of Infantry Regiment
461.
- Prussian
Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
- Prussian
Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
- Medal for the Winter Campaign in Russia 1941/1942 (“East Medal”)
- Cross
of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
- Armed
Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
- Armed
Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal)
- Wound
Badge in Black – World War I award
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver