Schwarzmann, Karl Alfred Markus (FJR 1)
- Date of birth:
- March 23rd, 1912 (Fürth/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 11th, 2000 (Goslar/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
01. 04.1933: Jäger
01.10.1934: Gefreiter
01.05.1935: Unteroffizier
26.07.1938: Leutnant d.R.
11.03.1940: Oberleutnant d.R.
14.07.1942: Hauptmann d.R.
20.04.1945: Major d.R.
Career:
00.04.1933: assigned to 13./ Nürnburg Inf.Rgt.
00.00.1936: was a member of the olympic gymnastics team, winning 3 gold medals and two bronze medals
00.06.1938: served as a sports instructor for the Heer
26.07.1938: promoted to Leutnant d.R.
00.01.1939: transferred to II./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 1
11.03.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant d.R.
00.04.1940: Zugführer (MG), 8./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 1
10.05.1940: parachuted into the Netherlands and took a key bridge at Moerdijk
00.05.1940: badly WIA when a bullet pierced a lung during invasion of Holland
24.05.1940: Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, 8./ Rest-Kdo./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 1
00.05.1941: Oblt., 8.Kp./ Rest-Kdo./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 3
00.06.1942: acting Führer, 8./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 3
00.10.1942: Chef, 8./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 3
14.07.1942: promoted to Hauptmann d.R.
00.03.1943: Führer, Stabskompanie, 7. Flieger-Division
00.06.1943: Führer, Stabskompanie, Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 1
00.03.1944: sent to Lw.-Lazarett (unspecified) in München due to latent effects of his earlier wounds - held for several months
20.04.1945: promoted to Major d.R.
09.05.1945: captured by the British
29.10.1945: released
00.00.1952: competed in the Olympic games in Helsinki, winning a silver medal on the horizontal bar
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Fallschirmschützenabzeichen des Heeres
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Awarded on:
- 1939
Nr. 864.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 29th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer, 8. Kompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 7. Flieger-Division
- Awarded on:
- May 29th, 1940
- Awarded for:
- Operation Fall Gelb
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 20th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1986.
- Kurowski, F., Knight’s Cross Holders of the Fallschirmjäger, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., USA, 1995
- Williamson, G., Knight’s Cross and Oak-Leaves Recipients 1939-40, Osprey Publishing Ltd., Great Britain, 2004
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