The postacrds of the knight cross holders of the 'Greif'
division are rare. The 122 Infantry-Division with the nickname 'Greif' was part
of the 16th army that fought on the eastern front. For some reason the
propaganda office decided to issue postcards of this particular division. They
came in three parts:
1. Staraja=Russa -
Brennpunkte der Kämpfe südlich des Ilmensees (Center of the fighting south of
Lake Ilmen);
2. Kommandeure und Ritterkreuzträger der Greif-Division
(Commanders and knight cross holders of the Greif-Division);
3. Die Russische Landschaft (The Russian landscape)
Each part contained 20 postcards and they where wraped in a folder. The photo's (cards) were made by the so called Berichterrupps 'Greif'. That means the Division had is own press agent along the various campains.
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| Folder of the postcards Staraya (town in Russia) |
The Greif-Division official name was the 122 Infantry-Division. It had three Regiments (Infantry-Regiment 409, 410 and 411), one artillery regiment (122) and various other support units. In 1942 the infantery regiments became grenadier regiments. The postcards show the following:
Commanders of the Division
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| Siegfried Macholz (right) 1890 - 1975 |
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| Kurt Chill 1895 - 1976 |
Staff officer
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| Helmut Weber Author of the book: 122. Infanterie-Division; Erinnerungen der Pommersch-Mecklenburgischen Greif-Division (1988) |
Regiment commanders
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| Wilhelm Cordes 1908 - 1944 Grenadier-Regiment 410 |
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| Burkhard Schmidt 1901 - 1943 Grenadier-Regiment 410 |
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| Friedrich Feuring 1893 - 1944 Grenadier-Regiment 411 |
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| Heinrich Tromm (left) 1896 - 1942 Infantry-Regiment 411 |
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| Kurt Domansky 1892 - 1945 Artillery-Regiment 122 |
Battalion commanders
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| Erich Feldmann 1915 - 2004 Battalion II/Grenadier-Regiment 409 |
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| Walter Neitzel 1913 - 1944 Battalion I/Grenadier-Regiment 409 |
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| Leo Volkhard Freiherr von Wittgenstein 1913 - 1945 Battalion III/Grenadier-Regiment 410 |
Company commanders
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| Erich Selle 1907 - 1945 Company 12/Infantry-Regiment 410 |
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| Günter Vollmer 1917 - 2004 Company 3/Grenadier-Regiment 411 |
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| Johannes Baasch 1905 - 1944 Company 9/Infantry-Regiment 410 |
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| Kurt Knaack 1915 - 1944 Company 2/Infantry-Regiment 410 |
NCO
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| Eduard Klar 1915 - 2001 Vorgeschobener Beobachter 3rd Company/Artillery-Regiment 122 |
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| Erich Nürnberger 1919 - 1944 Platoon leader 12th Company/Infantry-Regiment 410 |
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| Helmut Borchardt 1917 - 1945 Squad leader 2nd Company/Grenadier-Regiment 409 |
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| Paul Both 1911 - 1944 Platoon leader 3rd Company/Grenadier-Regiment 411 |
In 1952 the former members of the 122. (greif) Infantry-Division joint together and issued a magazine. The last issue was in April 2007.
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