SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalmajor Siegfried Heine

PW NO:          560331

RANK:            Generalmajor

CAPTURED:   Guernsey, British Channel Islands

DATE:             9 May 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH:       17 January 1883

PLACE OF BIRTH:     Potsdam

DATE OF DEATH:     20 February 1975

PLACE OF DEATH:   Sulzbach-Rosenberg

NATIONALITY:         German

RELIGION:                 Evangelical

OCCUPATION:          Regular Soldier

HEIGHT:                     5' 7"

WEIGHT:                    168 lbs
HAIR COLOUR:         Grey

EYE COLOUR:           Brown

NEXT OF KIN:          Dr. Eva Fischer-Heine, Hertsching am Ammersee, (US Zone)

 

Promotions:

• Leutnant: 22 March 1901 (Patent 22 June 1901)
• Oberleutnant: 16 June 1910
• Hauptmann: 19 June 1914
• Charakter als Major: 4 June 1920 (with effect from 9 April 1920)
• Major: 1 December 1934 (RDA 1 April 1929)
• Oberstleutnant: 1 June 1938
• Oberst: 1 August 1941 (RDA 1 July 1941)
• Generalmajor: 1 May 1945

 Commands & Assignments:

• 22 March 1901: Entered Army service as a Leutnant in Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich Wilhelm I (2. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 3 after passing out from the Prussian Cadet Corps.
• 1 July 1906: Adjutant of the II. Battalion and Court Officer of Grenadier Regiment 3.
• 1 February 1909: Regimental Adjutant of Grenadier Regiment 3.
• 22 April 1914: Adjutant of the 27th Infantry Brigade.
• 6 August 1914: Severely wounded during the attack on Liege, Belgium/in hospital.
• 6 January 1915: Company Leader in Reserve Infantry Regiment 256.
• 18 April 1915: Sick/in hospital.
• 12 August 1915: Transferred to Reserve Infantry Regiment 29 and detached as an Instructor to the VIII Reserve Corps Training Course.
• 5 October 1915: Adjutant in the General Command of III Reserve Corps.
• 1 August 1917: Commander of the I. Battalion of Lieb-Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich Wilhelm III (1. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 8.
• 4 April 1918: Wounded/in hospital.
• 11 May 1918: Again, Commander of the I. Battalion of Grenadier Regiment 8.
• 27 May 1918: Detached for service in the Prussian War Ministry.
• 2 January 1919: Transferred to the War Ministry.
• 1 October 1919: Transferred to the Processing Office of the War Ministry.
• 9 April 1920: Separated from the Army with the rank of Honorary Major.
• 10 April 1920: Employed in the Pension Department of the Prussian Army Processing Office.
• 1 April 1922: Employed by the Reich Pension Office.
• 1 November 1922: Employed by the firm Troitzsch Rope and Cable Works Ltd., Berlin.
• 1 April 1924: Employed by the firm Heinrich Lenz, Berlin.
• 1 October 1924: Member of the managerial staff of the professional journal of the German Officer’s League and the official in charge of the Honor Rank List of the Army.
• 11 November 1934: Called up for courses with the Commandant of Küstrin.
• 1 December 1934: Named to the Landesschützen (“Territorial”) Officer Corps with the rank of Major and appointed a Recruiting Officer in the Reichswehr Recruitment Center Berlin, IX.
• 5 March 1935: Named a Supplemental Officer.
• 1 June 1935: Transferred to the Supplemental Battalion of Infantry Regiment 50.
• 1 November 1936: Commander of the Supplemental Battalion of Infantry Regiment 50.
• 26 August 1939: Commander of Infantry Regiment 479 of the 258th Infantry Division manning the West Wall (“Siegfried Line”).
• 13 January 1940: Führer Reserve in Wehrkreis [Military District] Command III, Berlin.
• 1 March 1940: Commander of Infantry Ersatz [Replacement]-Regiment 462 of the 187th Division. [Based in Linz, Austria, this replacement training division provided basic training for new recruits.]
• 18 November 1941-31 October 1942: Commander of Infantry Regiment 449 of the 137th Infantry Division in Russia.
• 21 December 1941-30 December 1941: At the same time, delegated with the leadership of the 137th Infantry Division in Russia.
• 2 February 1942-12 February 1942: At the same time, delegated with the leadership of the 137th Infantry Division in Russia.
• 1 November 1942: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command.
• 27 November 1942: Commander of Grenadier Regiment 583 of the 319th Infantry Division occupying the British Channel Islands.
• 1 September 1943: Delegated with the post of Commander of the island of Jersey, British Channel Islands.
• February 1944: Commander of the island of Jersey.
• 5 March 1944: Fortress Commandant Jersey.
• 13 March 1945-9 May 1945: Deputy Fortress Commandant Guernsey and Commander of the Army Troops on Guernsey. [Commanded by Brigadier A. E. Snow OBE, Force 135 conducted Operation “Nest Egg,” the peaceful and unopposed liberation of the Channel Channels, after negotiating the surrender of the 25,500-man German garrison on 9 May 1945. Generalmajor Heine personally signed the surrender documents aboard the British destroyer HMS Bulldog outside St. Peter Port, Guernsey]

Generalmajor Siegfried Heine (sitting, centre), accompanied by Kapitänleutnant Armin Zimmermann (sitting, right), Commander of the 46th Minesweeper Flotilla, discuss the surrender of the island of Guernsey with Brigadier Snow (not pictured) aboard the British destroyer HMS Bulldog in St. Peter Port harbour in the early morning hours of 9 May 1945.

• 9 May 1945-22 March 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.

  • 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
  • 17th March 1948 transferred to Southampton for Crack repat to US Zone onboard the ship "Oxfordshire"

 Decorations & Awards (included):