Masarié, Arzelino 'Lino' (Waffen SS)
- Date of birth:
- October 10th, 1912 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 9th, 1944 (Radzymin, Warsaw, Poland)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Mlawka
Plot: D. Grave: 46. - Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 71.687 // NSDAP-Nr.: 2.779.402
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
25.12.1934: SS-Rottenführer
00.00.1935: SS-Unterscharführer
11.09.1938: SS-Untersturmführer RDA 20.04.1936
20.04.1940: SS-Obersturmführer
20.04.1942: SS-Hauptsturmführer der Waffen-SS
09.11.1943: SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS
Career:
00.00.1933: entered the SS and NSDAP
00.00.1936-00.00.1937: SS-Totenkopf-Verbande 'Elbe'
00.00.1937: Konzentration-Lager Lichtenburg
00.00.1937-00.09.1939: Zugführer then Führer, Kraftfahrzeugstaffel, III. Sturmbann, SS-Totenkopf-Verbande 1 'Oberbayern'
00.00.1938: Konzentration-Lager Dachau
00.10.1939: Chef, 10. (gr.Kol.) Kolonne, SS-Totenkopf-Nachschubdienste then 10. kleinen Kolonne, SS-Totenkopf-Nachschubtruppe
00.00.1942: Chef, 1. Schwadron, SS-Totenkopf-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3, 3. SS-Panzer-Division 'Totenkopf'
00.05.1942: WIA
00.00.1942-17.04.1943: Kdr, SS-Totenkopf-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3, 3. SS-Panzer-Division 'Totenkopf'
17.04.1943: WIA
06.07.1943-01.08.1943: Kdr, SS-Totenkopf-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3, 3. SS-Panzer-Division 'Totenkopf'
08.08.1944: severely WIA in the vicinity of Radzymin
09.08.1944: DOW in the Lazarett in Dobre/Dobben ivo Warsaw, Poland.
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SS-Dienstauszeichnung 4.Stufe (4 Jahre)
- Awarded on:
- 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 25th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
- Unit:
- Chef, 1. Schwadron, SS-Totenkopf-Aufklärungs-Abteilung (mot.), SS-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- July 30th, 1942
In Patzwall / Scherzer the name is written as Lino.
In Patzwall / Scherzer the rank is SS-Obersturmführer.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
- Unit:
- Führer, SS-Totenkopf-Aufklärungs-Abteilung, SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf", SS-Panzer-Korps, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- April 3rd, 1943
Masarié’s Knight’s Cross recommendation reads as follows…
“On the 14.03.1943 SS-Hauptsturmführer Masarie and his Aufklärungs-Abteilung had the mission of reconnoitring the Kharkov—Belgorod highway towards the north. The first patrol (which was sent out at 04:30) reported that the village of Lipzy was heavily occupied by the enemy, and thereby blocked the route of the Abteilung. In this situation SS-Hauptsturmführer Masarie made the decision to attack Lipzy with his weak Aufklärungs-Abteilung in order to clear his march route and simultaneously sever hostile communications between the Kharkov—Belgorod highway and Woltschansk. SS-Hauptsturmführer Masarie struck Lipzy in a bold attack and ejected the bitterly fighting defenders from the village despite the fact that they outnumbered him. In this battle the following was captured or destroyed:
1 tank
4 armoured cars
28 light vehicles
3 tractors
1 ammunition dump with artillery and mortar rounds
8000 litres of diesel fuel
6 motorcycles
Over 100 dead Red Army soldiers (compared to minimal friendly personnel losses).
The attack that SS-Hauptsturmführer Masarie launched against Lipzy on his own initiative laid the groundwork for the successful attack that SS-Pz.Gren.Div. ‘Totenkopf’ later conducted towards the northeast. The determined counterattacks that the Russians carried out here demonstrated that the enemy placed a great deal of value on recapturing the village.
In recognition of this heroic deed and the success that it produced, I ask that SS-Hauptsturmführer Masarie be awarded the Knight’s Cross to the Iron Cross.”
In Fellgiebel the unit is written as SS-Pz-Aufkl-Abt 3 "Totenkopf"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Igor Poul
- - MOONEY, PETER, Waffen-SS Knights and their Battles, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2010.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- Axis History Forum via Arzelino Masarié
- Microfilm Publication A3343. US National Archives
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