SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

 

NAME: Generalmajor Hans Krieger

PW NO:          A938991 or 938951

RANK:            Generalmajor

CAPTURED:   Unknown

DATE:             2 May 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH:     3 November 1888

PLACE OF BIRTH:   Stettin

DATE OF DEATH:    29 November 1960

PLACE OF DEATH: Lübeck

NATIONALITY:       German

RELIGION:                Franz. Reform

OCCUPATION:        Regular Soldier

HEIGHT:                    180cm

WEIGHT:                   Unknown

HAIR COLOUR:        Grey

EYE COLOUR:          Green Blue

NEXT OF KIN:         Alice Pawlitzeck, Luebeck, (British Zone)

 

Parents: Paul and Lina (née Zink) Krieger.

 

Wife: Married Alice Pawlitzek on 26 June 1948.

 

Promotions:

• Fahnenjunker: 30 March 1908
• Fähnrich: 19 November 1908
• Leutnant: 19 August 1909
• Oberleutnant: 24 July 1915
• Hauptmann: 15 July 1918 (Q4q)
• Polizei-Hauptmann: 24 April 1920
• Polizei-Major: 18 December 1926
• Polizei-Oberstleutnant: 20 April 1935
• Oberstleutnant: 15 October 1935 – RDA 1 September 1934 (19)
• Oberst: 1 April 1937 (2)
• Generalmajor: 1 June 1942 (28)

• 30 March 1908: Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the Colbergsches-Grenadier-Regiment Graf Gneisenau (2. Pommersches) Nr.9.
• 1 August 1914: Platoon and then Company Leader in Reserve Infantry Regiment 2.
• June 1918: Severely ill and transferred to the Replacement Machinegun Company of the II Army Corps.
• November 1918: Commander of the Machinegun Replacement Troops of the II Army Corps.
• Spring 1919: Platzmajor in Stettin.
• January 1920: Leader of the Machinegun Company of Infantry Regiment 4.
• 23 April 1920: Separated from the Army and joined the Police as a 100-Man Detachment Leader of the Schutzpolizei [Municipal Police] in Stettin.
• 1 September 1926: Transferred to the Police Force in Duisburg-Hamborn.
• 1 January 1927: Instructor at the Police School at Hannoverisch-Münden.
• May 1927: Instructor at the Police School at Treptow an der Rega.
• July 1929: Transferred to the Schutzpolizei in Berlin.
• February 1933: Transferred to the Police Force in Stettin.
• 1 August 1935: Returned to the Army with the rank of Oberstleutnant.
• 15 October 1935: Commander of the IV. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 5 of the 2nd Infantry Division.
• 1 October 1936: Commander of the III. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 5 of the 2nd Infantry Division.
• 1 May 1937: Officer Judge in the Reichskriegsgericht [Supreme Court of Justice of the Armed Forces].
• 3 November 1938: Named a Supplementary Officer and appointed Commander of the Hindenburg Military District Command.
• 1 February 1939: Commander of the Erfurt Military District Command.
• 1 April 1940: Commander of Infantry Regiment 306 of the 211th Infantry Division.
• Mid-July 1940-15 December 1942: Commander of the Erfurt Center Military District Command.
• 15 November 1940: Commander of Infantry Regiment 347 of the 197th Infantry Division – command not made effective due to the state of his health.
• 1 June 1942: Named an Active Troop Officer.
• 15 December 1942: Transferred to Leader Reserve.
• 29 May 1943: Commander of Prisoner of War Camps in Wehrkreis [Military District] VIII, Breslau.
• 15 December 1943: Commander of Prisoner of War Camps in Wehrkreis XXI, Posen.
• 1 March 1944: Commandant of Prisoner of War Camp for Officers (Oflag) II D at Groß Born in Pomerania.[1]
• 1 April 1944: Commandant of Prisoner of War Camp for Officers (Oflag) II C at Woldenberg in Pomerania.[2]
• 2 May 1945-17 May 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.

  • 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
  • 10th September 1946 transferred to Camp 99 from Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 8th October 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 99
  • 16th October 1947 transferred to Camp 99 from Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 8th November 1947 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 99
  • 12th May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.

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