Poel, Gerhard (Generalleutnant)
- Date of birth:
- February 7th, 1886 (Wulmenau/Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire)
- Date of death:
- August 8th, 1947 (Krasnogorsk/Russian SFSR, USSR)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Pöl/Poel, Gerhard August Wolfgang Sophus
Promotions:
October 3rd, 1903: Fahnenjunker;
May 27th, 1905: Leutnant;
August, 1914: Oberleutnant;
April 18th, 1915: Rittmeister;
May 31st, 1920: Major a.D.;
x?, 1920: Polizei-Major;
November 30th, 1922: Polizei-Oberstleutnant;
December 19th, 1933: Polizei-Oberst;
October 1st, 1935: Oberst mit RDA vom 1-6-1934;
July 1st, 1941: Generalmajor;
January 30th, 1945: Generalleutnant (1).
Career:
April 1st, 1936: Kdr. Wehrkreis-Schule in Aalen;
January 1st, 1942: Stadtkommandant von Witebsk;
November 5th, 1942: Stadtkommandant von Smolensk;
December, 1943: Kdr. Oberfeldkommandantur 400;
x?, 1944: Kommandant von Wilna;
July 11th, 1944: x?;
October 1st, 1944: Kommandant von Brünn.
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- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Kommandant, Oberfeldkommandantur 400, Kommandant, Fester Platz Wilna, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 16th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1:
- Photo: Gerhard Poel
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- Veit Scherzer: Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945. Die Inhaber des Eisernen Kreuzes von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündete Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchivs. 2. Auflage. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis/Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2
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