Generalleutnant Oskar Shimpf

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalleutnant Oskar Schimpf

PW NO: 560338
RANK: Generalleutnant
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D.O.B: 16 December 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ulm
DIED: 1958
PLACE OF DEATH: Wiesbaden
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Promotions (included):

Fahnenjunker: 1 July 1906
Leutnant (Württembergisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr.13): 18 November 1907 (Patent 22 May 1906)
Oberstleutnant: 1 April 1933
Oberst: 1 April 1935
Charakter als Generalmajor: 1 June 1938
Generalmajor: 1 January 1939
Generalleutnant: 1 December 1940

Commands & Assignments (included):

1 February 1935: Inspector with the Fortress Inspectorate VI.
1 September 1939: On Construction Staff 14.
6 February 1940: General of Pioneers, Army Group C.
25 October 1940: General of Pioneers, Army Group D in France.
15 January 1943: Commandant of Fortifications in Eifel-Saarpfalz.
19 May 1943: Transferred to Army Group Centre in Russia.
13 October 1944-15 October 1944: Delegated with position as General of Pioneers, Army Group Centre.

Decorations & Awards:

Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914)
Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
Württemberg Military Merit Order, Knight’s Cross
Württemberg Friedrich Order, Knight 1st Class with Swords
Hamburg Hanseatic Cross
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)
Austrian Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration

NOTE: Schimpf’s World War II decorations, if any, are not known. However, he was not a recipient of any high decorations such as the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Knight’s Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, or the German Cross in Gold/Silver.

Click here to see photos of Generalleutnant Oskar Shimpf in the company of fellow prisoners of war at Island Farm.