Wilhelm Frick with Wehrmacht and SS Officers in Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren

The Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Dr. Wilhelm Frick, receives members of the Wehrmacht and NSDAP in Prague. After the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Frick becomes Reich Protector in 1943. From left to right: SS-Standartenführer Dr.med. Erwin Weinmann (Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des Sicherheitsdienst in Prag), SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Georg Keppler (Befehlshaber der Waffen-SS in Böhmen und Mähren), General der Panzertruppe Ferdinand Schaal (Befehlshaber vom Wehrkreis Böhmen und Mähren und Bevollmächtigter beim Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren in Prag), Dr. Wilhelm Frick (Reichsprotektor von Böhmen und Mähren), SS-Sturmbannführer Martin Wolf (Leiter Abteilung IV Kulturpolitik im Reichsprotektorat Böhmen und Mähren), SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Robert Gies (Chef des Amtes des Staatsministers von Böhmen und Mähren), Generalmajor Wilhelm Behrens (Kommandeur Division Nr. 193 in Prag), and SS-Obersturmbannführer Prof.Dr.phil. Alexander Langsdorff (Personlicher Stab Reichsführer-SS, Ahnenerbe Forschungs- und Lehrgemeinschaft). The picture was probably taken in September 1943.

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Ritterkreuz Action of Wilhelm Behrens

 

 

Wilhelm Behrens (last rank Generalleutnant) received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 27 March 1942 as Oberst and Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 106 / 15.Infanterie-Division. It was awarded for his defense of Iklinskoje during the time period 20-24 December 1941, as described in the following wartime excerpt: “Oberst Behrens and his ragtag of forces defended the city of Iklinsjoje (located west of the Nara river) against enemy breakthrough attempts during the crucial days immediately before and during the withdrawal movement of the Armee’s centre from the Nara Position. They fought with nerves of steel and managed to prevent a major crisis. At this time the Armee was already extremely threatened by an envelopment and breakthrough on its southern flank. If the enemy had also succeeded in breaking through at Iklinskoje then the entire withdrawal movement of the Armee’s centre would have been jeopardized. The prevention of an enemy breakthrough at Iklinskoje was therefore of significant operational importance.”

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https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/1922/Behrens-Wilhelm.htm