VISIT TO ARBEITSMAIDEN
"Arbeitsmänner besuchen Arbeitsmaiden" (Working men visit working maids): Seven Ritterkreuzträger from Heer - who were also member of RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) - visit Arbeitsmaiden in Germany, mid-July 1943. From left to right: 1.Walter Garz (Ritterkreuz on 16 December 1942 as Feldwebel and Zugführer in 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74 / 19.Panzer-Division), 2.Rudolf Bittner (Ritterkreuz on 28 November 1942 as Gefreiter and Richtkanonier in 2.Kompanie / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 561), 3.Heinz Pfitzner (Ritterkreuz on 15 January 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Chef 2.Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 290 / 290. Infanterie-Division), 4.Rudolf Bornhof (Ritterkreuz on 3 May 1942 as Leutnant der Reserve and Führer 1.Kompanie / Jäger-Regiment 38 / 8.Jäger-Division), 5.Klaus Faulmüller (Ritterkreuz on 25 June 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Führer 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13 / 4.Gebirgs-Division), 6.Rudolf Kreitmair (Ritterkreuz on 31 March 1943 as Hauptmann der Reserve and Chef 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 282 / 98.Infanterie-Division), and 7.Günter Vollmer (Ritterkreuz on 20 April 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 411 / 122.Infanterie-Division).
"Arbeitsmänner besuchen Arbeitsmaiden" (Working men visit working maids): Ritterkreuzträger from Heer - who were also member of RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) - visit Arbeitsmaiden in Germany, mid-July 1943. From left to right: Heinz Pfitzner (Ritterkreuz on 15 January 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Chef 2.Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 290 / 290. Infanterie-Division), Rudolf Bornhof (Ritterkreuz on 3 May 1942 as Leutnant der Reserve and Führer 1.Kompanie / Jäger-Regiment 38 / 8.Jäger-Division), and Rudolf Kreitmair (Ritterkreuz on 31 March 1943 as Hauptmann der Reserve and Chef 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 282 / 98.Infanterie-Division).
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VISIT TO REICHSARBEITSFÜHRER
Visit of five Ritterkreuzträger from Heer - who were also member of RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) - to the HQ of Reichsarbeitsführer Konstantin Hierl (Leiter des Reichsarbeitsdienst). From left to right: Rudolf Bornhof (Ritterkreuz on 3 May 1942 as Leutnant der Reserve and Führer 1.Kompanie / Jäger-Regiment 38 / 8.Jäger-Division), Günter Vollmer (Ritterkreuz on 20 April 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 411 / 122.Infanterie-Division), Klaus Faulmüller (Ritterkreuz on 25 June 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Führer 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13 / 4.Gebirgs-Division), Walter Garz (Ritterkreuz on 16 December 1942 as Feldwebel and Zugführer in 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74 / 19.Panzer-Division), and Rudolf Bittner (Ritterkreuz on 28 November 1942 as Gefreiter and Richtkanonier in 2.Kompanie / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 561). This picture was taken by unknown photographer from Hoffmann-Scherl, and was published as a propaganda postcard by Verlag Dr. Franz Vogtmann, Berlin SW 68, Wilhelmstraße 131/132. Original caption: "Führer des Reichsarbeitsdienstes - Ritterkreuzträger im Heer. Der Reichsarbeitsführer empfing Arbeitsdienstführer, die als Offiziere und Unteroffiziere des Heeres mit dem Ritterkreuz ausgezeichnet wurden. Er begrüßt Oberfeldmeister Klaus Faulmüller, der als Kompanieführer in einem Gebirgsjägerregiment am Kuban-brückenkopf aus eigenem Entschluß den übermächtigen Gegen-angriff der Sowjets auf eine wichtige Höhe in kühnem Vorstoß zum scheitern gebracht hat." (Leader of the Reich Labor Service - Knight's Cross holder in the army. The Reich Labor Leader received labor service leaders who were awarded the Knight's Cross as officers and non-commissioned officers of the army. He greets Oberfeldmeister Klaus Faulmüller, who, as a company commander in a mountain infantry regiment at the Kuban bridgehead, made a bold advance to defeat the Soviets' overwhelming counterattack on an important height)
Ritterkreuzträger
(Knight's Cross recipients) from RAD in a gathering. The Reich Labour
Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst; RAD) was a major organisation established
in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of
unemployment on the German economy and militarise the workforce and
indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology. From left to right: Heinz Pfitzner
(Ritterkreuz on 15 January 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Chef
2.Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 290 / 290.Infanterie-Division), Günter
Vollmer (Ritterkreuz on 20 April 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and
Chef 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 411 /
122.Infanterie-Division), Rudolf Kreitmair (Ritterkreuz on 31 March 1943
as Hauptmann der Reserve and Führer 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon /
Grenadier-Regiment 282 / 98.Infanterie-Division), and Rudolf Bittner
(Ritterkreuz on 28 November 1942 as Gefreiter and Richtkanonier in
2.Kompanie / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 561).
"Arbeitsmänner besuchen Arbeitsmaiden" (Working men visit working maids): Seven Ritterkreuzträger from Heer - who were also member of RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) - visit Arbeitsmaiden in Germany, mid-July 1943. From left to right: 1.Walter Garz (Ritterkreuz on 16 December 1942 as Feldwebel and Zugführer in 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74 / 19.Panzer-Division), 2.Rudolf Bittner (Ritterkreuz on 28 November 1942 as Gefreiter and Richtkanonier in 2.Kompanie / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 561), 3.Heinz Pfitzner (Ritterkreuz on 15 January 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Chef 2.Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 290 / 290. Infanterie-Division), 4.Rudolf Bornhof (Ritterkreuz on 3 May 1942 as Leutnant der Reserve and Führer 1.Kompanie / Jäger-Regiment 38 / 8.Jäger-Division), 5.Klaus Faulmüller (Ritterkreuz on 25 June 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Führer 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13 / 4.Gebirgs-Division), 6.Rudolf Kreitmair (Ritterkreuz on 31 March 1943 as Hauptmann der Reserve and Chef 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 282 / 98.Infanterie-Division), and 7.Günter Vollmer (Ritterkreuz on 20 April 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 411 / 122.Infanterie-Division).
"Arbeitsmänner besuchen Arbeitsmaiden" (Working men visit working maids): Ritterkreuzträger from Heer - who were also member of RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) - visit Arbeitsmaiden in Germany, mid-July 1943. From left to right: Heinz Pfitzner (Ritterkreuz on 15 January 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Chef 2.Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 290 / 290. Infanterie-Division), Rudolf Bornhof (Ritterkreuz on 3 May 1942 as Leutnant der Reserve and Führer 1.Kompanie / Jäger-Regiment 38 / 8.Jäger-Division), and Rudolf Kreitmair (Ritterkreuz on 31 March 1943 as Hauptmann der Reserve and Chef 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 282 / 98.Infanterie-Division).
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VISIT TO REICHSARBEITSFÜHRER
Visit of five Ritterkreuzträger from Heer - who were also member of RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) - to the HQ of Reichsarbeitsführer Konstantin Hierl (Leiter des Reichsarbeitsdienst). From left to right: Rudolf Bornhof (Ritterkreuz on 3 May 1942 as Leutnant der Reserve and Führer 1.Kompanie / Jäger-Regiment 38 / 8.Jäger-Division), Günter Vollmer (Ritterkreuz on 20 April 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 411 / 122.Infanterie-Division), Klaus Faulmüller (Ritterkreuz on 25 June 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Führer 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13 / 4.Gebirgs-Division), Walter Garz (Ritterkreuz on 16 December 1942 as Feldwebel and Zugführer in 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74 / 19.Panzer-Division), and Rudolf Bittner (Ritterkreuz on 28 November 1942 as Gefreiter and Richtkanonier in 2.Kompanie / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 561). This picture was taken by unknown photographer from Hoffmann-Scherl, and was published as a propaganda postcard by Verlag Dr. Franz Vogtmann, Berlin SW 68, Wilhelmstraße 131/132. Original caption: "Führer des Reichsarbeitsdienstes - Ritterkreuzträger im Heer. Der Reichsarbeitsführer empfing Arbeitsdienstführer, die als Offiziere und Unteroffiziere des Heeres mit dem Ritterkreuz ausgezeichnet wurden. Er begrüßt Oberfeldmeister Klaus Faulmüller, der als Kompanieführer in einem Gebirgsjägerregiment am Kuban-brückenkopf aus eigenem Entschluß den übermächtigen Gegen-angriff der Sowjets auf eine wichtige Höhe in kühnem Vorstoß zum scheitern gebracht hat." (Leader of the Reich Labor Service - Knight's Cross holder in the army. The Reich Labor Leader received labor service leaders who were awarded the Knight's Cross as officers and non-commissioned officers of the army. He greets Oberfeldmeister Klaus Faulmüller, who, as a company commander in a mountain infantry regiment at the Kuban bridgehead, made a bold advance to defeat the Soviets' overwhelming counterattack on an important height)
Ritterkreuzträger
(Knight's Cross recipients) from RAD in a gathering. The Reich Labour
Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst; RAD) was a major organisation established
in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of
unemployment on the German economy and militarise the workforce and
indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology. From left to right: Heinz Pfitzner
(Ritterkreuz on 15 January 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and Chef
2.Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 290 / 290.Infanterie-Division), Günter
Vollmer (Ritterkreuz on 20 April 1943 as Oberleutnant der Reserve and
Chef 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 411 /
122.Infanterie-Division), Rudolf Kreitmair (Ritterkreuz on 31 March 1943
as Hauptmann der Reserve and Führer 7.Kompanie / II.Bataillon /
Grenadier-Regiment 282 / 98.Infanterie-Division), and Rudolf Bittner
(Ritterkreuz on 28 November 1942 as Gefreiter and Richtkanonier in
2.Kompanie / Panzerjäger-Abteilung 561).Source :
https://www.ansichtskarten-center.de/ritterkreuztraeger/oberfeldmeister-faulmueller-klaus-wk-ii-ritterkreuztraeger
https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Bittner,_Rudolf
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2521555#p2521555
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