Showing posts with label 5 Sicherungs-Division 221. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 Sicherungs-Division 221. Show all posts

Friday, December 16, 2022

Johann Pflugbeil with General Von Schenckendorf

Generalleutnant Johann Pflugbeil (right, Kommandeur 221. Sicherungs-Division) explaining something in the map to General der Infanterie z.V. Max von Schenckendorf (center, Befehlshaber rückwärtiges Heeresgruppe-Gebiet-Mitte). The picture was taken in the summer of 1941 during Unternehmen Barbarossa before Schenckendorf received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (26 December 1941). In his neck, Pflugbeil is wearing Kommandeurkreuz II.Klasse des Königlich Sächsischen Militär St. Heinrichs-Ordens, an old World War I medal which he received on 31 August 1916.

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https://www.ebay.de/itm/394366307628?hash=item5bd2104d2c:g:pkYAAOSwjGdjj4UC

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Johann Pflugbeil with His Officers


Generalleutnant Johann Pflugbeil (left, Kommandeur 221. Sicherungs-Division) with his officers. He received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 11 April 1942 in this capacity, and Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 12 August 1944 as Kampfkommandant Mitau. Under Pflugbeil's command, the 221st Security Division took part in Nazi security warfare and was responsible for numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Heeresgruppe Mitte rear area, central sector of the Eastern Front.

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https://www.ebay.de/b/General-in-Militaria-Fotos-1900-1918-1945/15504/bn_7004515776
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Pflugbeil