Generalleutnant Sigfrid Macholz

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

Photo Courtesy of Terry Moore

NAME: Generalleutnant Sigfrid Macholz

PW NO: 511839

RANK: Generalleutnant

CAPTURED: Norway

DATE:

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 20 September 1890

PLACE OF BIRTH: Memel

DATE OF DEATH: 25 May 1975

PLACE OF DEATH: Hannover

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION:

OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier

HEIGHT:

WEIGHT:

NEXT OF KIN:

Parents: Oberstabsarzt Curt and Martha (née Kilbach) Macholz.

Wife: Married Anny Höcherl on 9 March 1917.

Promotions:

Fahnenjunker: 24 February 1909
Fähnrich: 19 November 1909
Leutnant: 22 August 1910 (Patent 22 August 1908)
Oberleutnant: 25 February 1915
Hauptmann: 18 December 1917
Charakter als Major: 16 February 1921
Polizei-Major: 1 April 1931
Polizei-Oberstleutnant: 1 October 1935
Oberstleutnant: 25 November 1935 (RDA 1 October 1934)
Oberst: 1 August 1936
Generalmajor: 1 June 1940
Generalleutnant: 1 June 1942

Commands & Assignments:

24 February 1909: Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the Deutsch Ordens-Infanterie-Regiment (1. Elsässisches) Nr.152.
1 October 1913: Adjutant of the III. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 152.
14 January 1917: Adjutant of the 102nd Reserve Infantry Brigade.
31 May 1917: Transferred to a General Staff position in the 240th Infantry Division.
9 May 1918: Transferred into the General Staff.
24 May 1918: Transferred to the General Staff of the General Quartermaster.
1 January 1919: Transferred to the General Staff of Army High Command North.
12 June 1919: Transferred to the General Staff of the XVI Army Corps.
1 October 1919: Transferred to the General Staff of Group Command III.
1 February 1921: Transferred to the Reich Defense Ministry.
16 February 1921: Separated from the Army with the rank of Charakter als Major.
1 March 1921: Joined the Landespolizei [Land Police] in Danzig.
25 November 1935: Returned to the Army with the rank of Oberstleutnant and assigned to the staff of Infantry Regiment 67.
1 January 1937: Commander of Infantry Regiment 67 of the 23rd Infantry Division.
26 August 1939: Commander of Infantry Regiment 203 of the 76th Infantry Division.
4 January 1940: Commander of Infantry Replacement Regiment 218.
1 February 1940-5 October 1940: Commander of Division Nr. 192.
5 October 1940-30 September 1942: Commander of the 122nd Infantry Division on the Eastern Front.
October 1942-November 1942: Commander of the 156th Reserve Division.
1 December 1942: Leader Reserve.
1 March 1943-1 January 1944: Commander of the 191st Reserve Division.
1 February 1944-26 September 1944: Commander of the 49th Infantry Division on the Western Front.
25 January 1945-9 May 1945: Commander of the 295th Infantry Division in Norway. [Headquartered at Molde, the 295th Infantry Division served under Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann’s XXXIII Army Corps garrisoning central Norway. At the time of the German surrender, Generalleutnant Macholz’s division consisted primarily of Grenadier-Regiments 516, 517 and 518, Artillery Regiment 295, and Panzerjäger-Abteilung 295.]
9 May 1945-1 October 1947: Prisoner of war in British and U.S. captivity.
- 9th January 1946 transferred from Camp 1 to Island Farm Special Camp 11
- 4th December 1946 transferred from Island Farm Special Camp 11 to Allendorf (On loan)
- 30th September 1947 transferred to US custody for discharge

Decorations & Awards (included):

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross: 16 October 1944, Generalleutnant, Commander of the 49th Infantry Division.
German Cross in Gold: 19 December 1941, Generalmajor, Commander of the 122nd Infantry Division.
Prussian Royal Hohenzollern House Order, Knight’s Cross with Swords
Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
Armed Forces Long Service Awards

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