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Hello David. In my book "Et Hjørne af en Hærs Sammenbrud” (A Corner of the Collapse of an Army) I wrote about the acquaintance of Langkeit and Lützow as follows (translated from Danish): A battle group from the year 551. The Grenadier Division under the command of Captain Heinz Lich ("Kamp...

3. Pz.AOK was evacuated from the harbor of Pillau in Samland with “Admiral Hipper”.

I am searching the history of this division. Can anyone help?
Ove

I am researching the history of Pz.Gren.Div. "Kurmark" and have found a signal blanket containing a casualty list for more divisions. The "Kurmark" casualties are written so: Kurmark 5, 18, 5, 151, 437, 490, Can someone tell me what this numbers means? The original blanket can be...

I am researching the history of Pz.Gren.Div. "Kurmark" and have found a signal blanket containing a casualty list for more divisions.

Maybe this is the "Kurmark" unit you was looking for: 32.SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division "30.Januar":Formed on January 30th, 1945 at Truppenübungsplatz Kurmark from various units, including Kampfgruppe Schill and various Rekruten-Depots located in the region of Kurmark. Becaus...

I need very much a photo of generalleutnant Siegfried Verhein. He was commander of the 551. Volks-Grenadier-Division from October 1944 to the end of the war and fought in Lithuania and East Prussia (Samland).

I am researching for a book.

Do anyone know more about this general?

Hi Matt

Thank you very much for your answer. You have cleared my doubt about the numbers.

Regards
Ove

What did German soldier numbers on their "Erkennungsmarke" tell? I am making history research, and I have 2 soldier numbers. I search for their Wehrmacht units. Can I see this from the numbers? 1. 163-5./I.R.220 (Can this number means - soldier no. – company no. – Infantry Regiment no. 220...

Hi DCC There must have been a 1551 Panzerjager Abteilung. On my research of a German soldier, who was executed by his own near my home in Denmark at May 7th 1945, I have asked Deutsche Dienststelle in Berlin about him. They told me, that he was belonging to the 3. Panzerjagd Abteilung 1551. So there...

Hi Roger

Thank you for your very quick reply. Are 3. Panzerjagd Abteilung 1551 and 551VGD the same unit?

Maybe parts of this unit were evacuated over the Ostsee to Denmark. At least one soldier from the unit was in Danmark in May 1945. Do you know more about the story of the unit?

Regard's Ove

Was a German general with one of those names in Denmark in May 1945? I he was – what was his task?

Do anyone know something about

Theodor Kempe, Obergefreiter
Birth: 22.06.1915 in Offenbach am Main
Army unit: Panzerjäger-Abteilung 1551

I search all information’s about 3. Panzerjagd Abteilung 1551.
Was this unit in Denmark around 5 May 1945?