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Vollard-Bockelberg, von, Helmut (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
October 20th, 1911 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
March 29th, 1996 (Bad Staffelstein/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Recommended for the EBS des Heeres for service as Chef des Generalstabes of III. (germanische) SS-Panzer-Korps in a Vorschlag dated 21-11-1944 and signed by Korps Kom. Gem. George Keppler. It was rejected on 26-12-1944.

Promotions:
01.05.1943: Oberstleutnant i.G.
30.01.1945: SS-Standartenführer - RDA 09.11.1944

Career:
01.04.1930: joined the 17. (Bayrisches) Reiter-Regiment in Bamberg
00.00.1937: Panzer-Abwehrabteilung 19 in Hannover
00.00.1942: Führerreserve des Oberkommandos des Heeres
01.03.1943-28.06.1943: Ia, SS-Panzergrenadier-Division 'Nordland'
28.06.1943-22.10.1943: Ia, SS-Panzergrenadier-Freiwilligen-Division "Nordland"
22.10.1943-00.00.1944: Ia, 11. SS-Panzergrenadier-Freiwilligen-Division 'Nordland'
00.00.1944-00.00.1945: Ia, III.(Germ.) SS-Panzer-Korps
00.00.1945: POW
00.00.1947: released
00.00.1958: member fo the CDU
00.00.1960-00.00.1970: Vorsitzender, CDU-Kreisverband Bielefeld

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 28th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 8th, 1942
Magyar Érdemrend Lovagkeresztje
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1942
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1942
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 29th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 18th, 1942
Za Zasluhy III.Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
November 25th, 1942
Za Zasluhy II.Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 7th, 1944
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 1944
Red Krune Kralja Zvonimira I.Stupnja
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Ia, 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
August 19th, 1944

He is written as Helmut von Bockelberg in Patzwall/Scherzer.
Vorschlag dated 5-8-1944 and signed by Div. Kdr. Joachim Ziegler. Approved 7-8-1944 by Korps Kom. Gen. Felix Steiner.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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