Date of birth:

March 6th, 1907 (Marburg/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)

Date of death:

May 9th, 1945 (Leitmeritz/Sudetenland, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Heinrich Nietsche served as an officer with the Infanterie-Regiment 105. During the campaign in the West het served as "Kompanieführer" and during the campaign in the Balkans as "Bataillonsführer. Later he also served with his unit in the campaign in the Soviet Union. He ended his career as Kommandeur of the Grenadier-Regiment 105 and comitted suicide on 9th May 1945 near Leitmeritz/Bohemia, Czechoslowakia.

Promotions:
July 1st, 1934: Leutnant und gleichzeitig Oberleutnant (RDA vom 1-4-1934 (203));
October 1st, 1938: Hauptmann mit RDA vom 1-3-1938 (15a);
January 1st, 1942: Major (318);
August 1st, 1944: Oberstleutnant (49a).

Career:
August 26th, 1939: Chef 6./Inf.Rgt. 105;
October 29th, 1940: Kdr. III./Inf.Rgt. 105;
July 29th, 1941: im Lazarett in Marburg mit ambulanter Behandlung;
January 23rd, 1942: Kdr. III./Inf.Rgt. 105;
June 26th, 1942: im Lazarett in Marburg und Wiesbaden;
October 15th, 1942: Führer-Reserve OKH;
November 23rd, 1942: Taktiklehrer an der Heeresschule für Bataillons- und Abteilungs-Führer;
November 5th, 1944: Kdr. Gren.Rgt. 105.

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