Ahrens, Friedrich Robert

Date of birth:: August 29th, 1898 (Bockenem, Hildesheim)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
October 1st, 1917: Fahnenjunker;
November 9th, 1918: Fähnrich (Patent November 9th, 1918);
July 29th, 1919: Leutnant;
November 1st, 1925: Oberleutnant;
August 1st, 1933: Hauptmann (RDA: -17-);
April 20th, 1937: Major (RDA: April 1st, 1937, -60-);
September 14th, 1940: Oberstleutnant (RDA: October 1st, 1940, -26-);
April 8th, 1942: Oberst (RDA: April 1st, 1940, -491-).

Career:
October 12th, 1937: Nachrichten-Abteilung 52;
January 5th, 1940: Nachrichten-Lehr-Regiment;
May 1st, 1940: Kommandeur, Nachrichten-Lehr-Regiment;
November 16th, 1941: Kommandeur, Heeres Nachrichten-Regiment 537;
September 15th, 1943: Artillerie-Nachrichten Führer, Armee Oberkommando 9 (AOK 9).

He was interrogated on July 1, 1946 at the Nuremberg trials.

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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:: November 20th, 1918

Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:: January 30th, 1935

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: August 4th, 1942

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: January 17th, 1943

Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kdr, Artillerie Nachrichten Führer, Armeeoberkommando 9
Awarded on:: October 10th, 1944

Sources

Photo 1:
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- http://www.zeno.org/Geschichte/M/Der+N%C3%BCrnberger+Proze%C3%9F/Hauptverhandlungen/Einhundertachtundsechzigster+Tag.+Montag,+1.+Juli+1946/Vormittagssitzung