SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP
11
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NAME:
Generalleutnant Siegfried Von Rekowski
PW NO: 560253
RANK: Generalleutnant
CAPTURED: 21st May 1945
DATE: Hagenow
PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 9 July 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH: Tirschtiegel / Meseritz
DATE OF DEATH::
PLACE OF DEATH:
NATIONALITY: German
RELIGION: Evangelical
OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier
HEIGHT: 5'11"
WEIGHT: 193lbs
HAIR COLOUR: Blonde
EYE COLOUR:
Blue
NEXT OF KIN: Luise v. Rekowski, Oberhausen.Nordrhein-Prov
near Neuenfeld (British Zone)
Promotions (included):
- Cadet
- Leutnant (Infanterie-Regiment
von Alvensleben (6. Brandenburgisches) Nr.52): 22 October 1914 (Patent
15 February 1915)
- Oberstleutnant:
1 February 1939
- Oberst: 1 January
1942
- Generalmajor: 1
May 1944
- Generalleutnant:
1 December 1944
- 31 March 1920: Separated
from the Army.
- Joined the Police
- 15 October 1935:
Returned to the Army as a Hauptmann.
- 12 October 1937:
Company chief, 12./Infantry Regiment 93.
- 1 September 1939-16
March 1940: Commander, III./Infantry Regiment 71.
- 1 May 1940-30 April
1941: Training leader with Lw. F. Heeres mot Verbände.
- 1 May 1941-31 October
1943: Commander, Infantry (later Grenadier) Regiment 354.
- 16 November1943-14
December 1943: Division Leader Course.
- 20 February 1944:
Commander, 106th Infantry Division.
- 17 October 1944-8
February 1945: Commander, 76th Infantry Division.
- 22 February 1945-8 May 1945: Commander, 156th Infantry Division on Eastern Front.
- Known POW Camp Transfers:
- 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 12th May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.
