Date of birth:

April 22nd, 1894 (Zwittau/Maringia, Czechoslovakia)

Date of death:

June 8th, 1962 (Zürich, Switserland)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
August 18th, 1913: Fähnrich;
August 1st, 1914: Leutnant;
February 1st, 1916: Oberleutnant;
January 1st, 1921: Hauptmann;
1930: Major;
April 20th, 1939: Oberstleutnant;
February 1st, 1941: Oberst;
June 1st, 1943: Generalmajor;
December 1st, 1943: Generalleutnant;
January 1st, 1945: General der Artillerie.

Career:
August 18th, 1913: Festungsartilleriebataillon Nr. 5, KüK;
?: Artillerieschule Traiskirchen;
1921: Batteriechef, Brigadeartillerieabteilung Nr. 3;
1930: Brigadeartillerieabteilung Nr. 6;
?: II. Abteilung, Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 111;
1938: Regimentsstab, Artillerie-Regiment 51;
1939 - 1942: Kommandeur, Artillerie-Regiment 251;
1942: Artilleriekommandeur 130 (Arko 130), XXVI. Armeekorps;
March 10th, 1943: Kommandeur, 251. Infanterie-Division;
?: Führer, Korps-Abteilung E;
December 1st, 1943: Kommandeur, Korps-Abteilung E;
1944: Kommandeur, Festung Brest-Litowsk;
August 29th, 1944: Führer (mdFb), XXXXVI. Panzerkorps;
September 20th, 1944: Kommandeur, Korps-Abteilung E;
October 1944: Kommandeur, 251. Infanterie-Division;
October 26th, 1944: Führer (mdFb), XXVII. Armeekorps;
January 1st, 1945 - April 14th, 1945: Kommandierenden General, XXVII. Armeekorps;
April 1945: Kommandierenden General, Stellvertretenden Generalkommando V. Armeekorps / Befehlshaber, Wehrkreis V;
May 1945 - 1947: US POW.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Artillerie-Regiment 251, 251. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

May 18th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Artillerie-Regiment 251, 251. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

July 27th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Artillerie-Regiment 251, 251. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

January 29th, 1942

Award 66/41.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalmajor (Brigadier)

Unit:

Führer, Korps-Abteilung E, Heer

Awarded on:

October 29th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalmajor (Brigadier)

Unit:

Kommandeur, 251. Infanterie-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

November 28th, 1943

On the 25.09.1943, from its positions 120 km south of Gomel, the 251. Infanterie-Division prevented a Soviet breakthrough despite having been reduced to a strength of just 5000 men. This action resulted in the Division being named in the Wehrmachtbericht of the 29.10.1943, as well as the award of the Knight’s Cross to its commander Generalmajor Felzmann.

2365th Heer Award.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalleutnant (Major-general)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Korps-Abteilung E, Heer

Awarded on:

November 3rd, 1944

• Photo 1: Denis Daum
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