General der Infanterie Friedrich August Schack

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: General der Infanterie Friedrich-August Schack

PW NO: A451658

RANK: General der Infanterie

CAPTURED: Ruhr industrial area, Germany

DATE: April 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 27 March 1892

PLACE OF BIRTH: Schmiedeberg/Kreis Schubin

DATE OF DEATH: 24 July 1968

PLACE OF DEATH:

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION:

OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier

HEIGHT:

WEIGHT:

NEXT OF KIN:

Promotions (included):

War Volunteer: 6 August 1914
Leutnant: September 1915 (without Patent)
Leutnant: 3 April 1918 (Patent 23 March 1914)
Oberleutnant: 1 April 1923
Hauptmann: 1 April 1928
Oberstleutnant: 1 October 1937
Oberst: 1 October 1940
Generalmajor: 1 July 1943
Generalleutnant: 1 January 1944
General der Infanterie: 20 April 1945

Commands & Assignments (included):

6 August 1914: Entered the Army as a War Volunteer in the 1. Leib-Husaren-Regiment Nr.1.
September 1915: Commissioned a Leutnant in Infantry Regiment 195, transferred to the Grenadier-Regiment Graf Kleist von Nollendorf (1. Westpreußisches) Nr.6 later in World War I.
1 October 1938: Commander of Machinegun Battalion 15.
18 January 1940-23 August 1942: Commander of Infantry Regiment 392 of the 169th Infantry Division. [On 1 July 1941, the German Higher Command for Special Employment XXXVI, commanded by General der Kavallerie z.V. Hans Feige, consisting of the 169th Infantry Division (Generalmajor Kurt Dittmar) and SS-Division “Nord” (SS-Gruppenführer Karl-Maria Demelhuber) launched Operation “Polarfuchs” (Polar Fox), an attack against Russia from Finland with the objective of cutting the Murmansk Railroad at Kandalaksha.[1] During hard fighting in which portions of SS-Division “Nord” broke and ran, the command captured Salla and Aalakurtti but ground to a halt in mid-September 1941 about 22 miles short of its objective. The command made no further gains and dug in along the Verman River. Commanded by Generalleutnant Hermann Tittel since 29 September 1941, the division continued to serve on this static and largely quiet front for the next few years.[2]]
1 October 1942-29 March 1943: Commander of the Potsdam War School.
April 1943: Attended the Division Leader Course.
7 May 1943-3 October 1943: Commander of the 216th Infantry Division on the Eastern Front.
15 December 1943-3 September 1944: Commander of the 272nd Infantry Division in Belgium and France.
4 September 1944-21 September 1944: Delegated with the leadership of the LXXXI Army Corps on the Western Front.
10 November 1944-16 December 1944: Delegated with the leadership of the LXXXV Army Corps on the Western Front.
1 January 1945-30 January 1945: Attended the Course for Commanding Generals.
26 March 1945-April 1945: Commanding General of the XXXII Army Corps on the Western Front and in the Ruhr pocket.
April 1945-Circa 1947: Prisoner of war in American and, later, British captivity.
- 9th January 1946 transferred from Camp 1 to Island Farm Special Camp 11
- 17th December 1946 transferred from Island Farm Special Camp 11 to Allendorf (on loan),
- 30th September 1947 transferred to US Custody for discharge

Decorations & Awards:

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross: 24 July 1941, Oberst, Commander of Infantry Regiment 392.
Oakleaves (No. 597): 21 September 1944, Generalleutnant, Commander of the 272nd Infantry Division.
Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914):
Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914):
1939 Bar to the Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class:
1939 Bar to the Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class:
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)
Silesian Eagle, 1st Class
Silesian Eagle, 2nd Class
Bulgarian Military Merit Order, 5th Class (Knight’s Cross) – World War I award
Wound Badge in Black – World War II award
Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty, 2nd Class with Swords: 12 December 1941.
Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht [Armed Forces Communiqué]: 4 August 1944; 27 August 1944.

[1] On 18 November 1941, the Higher Command for Special Employment XXXVI was redesignated XXXVI Mountain Army Corps.

[2] Generalleutnant Kurt Dittmar, SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Karl-Maria Demelhuber and General der Artillerie Hermann Tittel were all held as prisoners of war at Island Farm Special Camp 11.

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