NKFD 14th Session in Moscow

NKFD (National Committee for a Free Germany) 14th session in Moscow, October 1944. Minute of silence to honour the deceased Wilhelm Florin. From left to right: Generalleutnant Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow, Erich Weinert, Generalleutnant Edmund Hoffmeister, General der Artillerie Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, unknown, Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus, and Generalleutnant Vincenz Müller. The National Committee for a Free Germany (German: Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland, or NKFD) was a German anti-Nazi organisation that operated in the Soviet Union during World War II.

Source :
https://www.topfoto.co.uk/asset/1869725/
https://waralbum.ru/390124/

Friedrich Paulus in the Cover of 'Front Illustrierte'

Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus in the cover of "Front-Illustrierte" no. 13 (86), August 1944. This Soviet propaganda leaflet targeting German soldiers, written in German, was scattered by hand, airplane, and bombs. It included photomontages, illustrations, captions, and short texts. This issue consists of four pages printed on a single folded sheet, magazine format. It is titled "Generalfeldmarschall Paulus, der ehemalige Oberbefehlshaber der deutschen Truppen vor Stalingrad, klagt Hitler an!" (Field Marshal Paulus, former commander in chief of the German troops on the Stalingrad Front, accuses Hitler!)

Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Paulus (Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee) after captured.

Generalleutnant Dr.rer.pol. Friedrich Franek (Kommandeur 73. Infanterie-Division) after captured.

Generalleutnant Eberhard von Kurowski (Kommandeur 110. Infanterie-Division) after captured.

Generalmajor Gerhard Lindemann (Kommandeur 361. Infanterie-Division) after captured.

Source :
https://www.blavatnikarchive.org/item/8538?page=1

Friedrich Paulus Inspecting 3. Panzer-Division

 

On 20 October 1935, 3. Panzer-Division - one of the first newly established armored units of the Wehrmacht - move into their new garrison in Wünsdorf, near Berlin. Generalleutnant Ernst Feßmann (second from left, Divisionskommandeur) inspecting the troops in the barracks courtyard. At left is Oberst Friedrich Paulus (Chef des Generalstabes beim Kommando der Panzertruppen).

Source :
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-armored-units-of-the-defense-force-in-wuensdorf-1935-37000225.html?imageid=2882B9A0-0ED9-47FF-A421-AC380ECEE05B&p=291611&pn=1&searchId=e7c7da064944a6d0d79490be072b3f72&searchtype=0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2006-1023-502,_W%C3%BCnsdorf,_General_Fessmann_schreitet_die_Front_ab.jpg

Hitler's Visit to Heeresgruppe Süd (1942)

Conference at Heeresgruppe Süd headquarters in Poltava on 1 June 1942. From left to right: Generalmajor Rudolf Schmundt (Adjutant der Wehrmacht bei Hitler); Generaloberst Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (Oberbefehlshaber 2.Armee); Adolf Hitler; X; Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock? (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd); Generaloberst Richard Ruoff (Oberbefehlshaber 17.Armee); Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht); General der Panzertruppe Friedrich Paulus (Oberbefehlshaber 6.Armee); General der Infanterie Georg von Sodenstern (Chef des Generalstabes Heeresgruppe Süd); and Generaloberst Alexander Löhr (Oberbefehlshaber 12.Armee). Map in the background showing the Kursk region.

Conference at Heeresgruppe Süd headquarters in Poltava on June 1, 1942. From left to right: Generalmajor Adolf Heusinger (Chef der Operationsabteilung des Generalstabes im Oberkommando des Heeres); General der Infanterie Georg von Sodenstern (Chef des Generalstabes Heeresgruppe Süd); Generaloberst Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (Oberbefehlshaber 2.Armee); Adolf Hitler; General der Panzertruppe Friedrich Paulus (Oberbefehlshaber 6.Armee); General der Kavallerie Eberhard von Mackensen (Kommandierender General III.Panzer-Korps); and Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd). Photo by Hitler's personal photographer Walter Frentz

Conference at Heeresgruppe Süd headquarters in Poltava on June 1, 1942. Around the table from bottom to top: Generalmajor Adolf Heusinger (Chef der Operationsabteilung des Generalstabes im Oberkommando des Heeres); Generaloberst Ewald von Kleist (Oberbefehlshaber 1. Panzerarmee); Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht); Adolf Hitler (Führer und Reichskanzler des Grossdeutschen Reiches); General der Infanterie Georg von Sodenstern (Chef des Generalstabes Heeresgruppe Süd); Generaloberst Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (Oberbefehlshaber 2. Armee); General der Panzertruppe Friedrich Paulus (Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee); dan Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd). Membelakangi kamera di sebelah kanan adalah General der Kavallerie Eberhard von Mackensen (Kommandierender General III. Panzerkorps). Photo by Hitler's personal photographer Walter Frentz.

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2015/05/foto-fedor-von-bock.html

Friedrich Paulus and Alexander von Hartmann in Stalingrad

 

This picture was taken in the city of Stalingrad, at Ostrovsky Street near the department store, on 16 October 1942. From left to right: Generalmajor Alexander von Hartmann (Kommandeur 71. Infanterie-Division), Hauptmann Dr. Fritz Dobberkau (Kommandeur I.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 194 / 71.Infanterie-Division), General der Panzertruppe Friedrich Paulus (Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee), and Oberst Johannes Schmidt (Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 191 / 71.Infanterie-Division).

Friedrich Paulus and Alexander von Hartmann in Stalingrad.

Source :
https://gall.dcinside.com/board/view/?id=dcbest&no=35067
https://infoflotforum.ru/topic/37953-muzei-plenenija-pauljusa-v-stalingrade/#entry564623

Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony for Alexander von Hartmann

Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Generalmajor Alexander von Hartmann (Kommandeur 71. Infanterie-Division), which was held on October 8, 1942 in Stalingrad. The two generals who put the medal were Hartmann's two bosses, from left to right: General der Artillerie Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (Kommandierender General LI. Armeekorps) and General der Panzertruppe Friedrich Paulus (Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee). When his division (and all 6. Armee) could no longer escape from the Soviet siege around the city, Hartmann spoke to his officers calmly: "It is a great honor when an officer died in a battle. I will not kill myself, but I will sell my life dearly." He then took the rifle and headed for the embankment of the Stalingrad train located in the south. In front of the remaining members of his division (3 officers, 7 noncommissioned officers, and 183 soldiers), von Hartmann started firing at the Russian soldier who was invading ... while standing still! At 8:00 a.m. on January 26, 1943, he finally fell as he wished, shot right in the head. Also killed in the same day and in the same embankment were Oberstleutnant Kurt Corduan (Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 191) and Major Bayerlein (Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 211). Hartmann was promoted to General der Infanterie posthumously (he was promoted to Generalleutnant previously, on December 1942).

 

Source :
http://ww2images.blogspot.com/2020/06/ritterkreuz-award-ceremony-for.html

Bio of General der Infanterie Alexander von Hartmann

General der Infanterie Alexander von Hartmann

Born: 11 Dec 1890 in Berlin
Died: 26 Jan 1943 on Zariza Railway Embankment, Stalingrad (KIA)

Promotions:
Fähnrich (03 Mar 1910); Leutnant (20 Mar 1911); Oberleutnant (18 Jun 1915); Hauptmann (20 Jun 1918); Major (01 Apr 1931); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1934); Oberst (01 Jan 1937); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1942); General der Infanterie (nachträglich) (15 Feb 1943)

Career:
Entered Army Service (03 Mar 1910)
Fähnrich in the 94th Infantry-Regiment (03 Mar 1910-02 Aug 1914)
In the Field as Platoon-Leader in the MG-Company of the 94th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-14 Jul 1915)
Wounded (19 Nov 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital, later Leader of 1st MG-Replacement-Detachment, Kassel (14 Jul 1915-01 Dec 1916)
Transferred to the Adjutant's Office of the Prussian War Ministry (01 Dec 1916-01 Oct 1919)
Auxiliary-Officer in the RWM (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1921)
Company-Chief in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Nov 1925)
Hauptmann with the Staff of II. Battalion of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1925-01 May 1926)
Company-Chief in the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1926-01 Apr 1931)
Major with the Staff of the Training-Battalion of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Liaison-Officer of the Army with the Reichsmarine-Service-Office Hamburg (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of III. Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Osnabrück (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 37th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Feb 1937)
Commander of the 37th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1937-24 Mar 1941)
Führer-Reserve (24 Mar 1941-28 Mar 1941)
Commander of the 71st Infantry-Division (28 Mar 1941-26 Jan 1943)
Killed-in-Action (26 Jan 1943)

Awards & Decorations
- Ritterkreuz: am 08.10.1942 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 71. Infanterie-Division
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ritterkreuz II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Sachsen-Weimarischen Hausordens der Wachsamkeit oder vom weissen Falken mit Schwertern
- Grossherzoglich Sachsen-Weimarisches Wilhelm Ernst-Kriegskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz IV. Klasse (I. Stufe) des Fürstl. Lippischen Hausordens
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2010/03/daftar-general-der-infanterie-heer.html
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2367726#p2367726
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/50647795_alexander-von-hartmann#&gid=1&pid=1
http://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/General/HARTMANN_ALEXANDER.html
http://ww2images.blogspot.com/2020/06/ritterkreuz-award-ceremony-for.html

Hitler Monitoring the Situation Around Warsaw

On 25 September 1939, Adolf Hitler flew from Zoppot to the area around Warsaw, Poland. He made visits to the 8. Armee (General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz) and 10. Armee (General der Artillerie Walther von Reichenau), as well as the German army headquarters in Grodjisk Mazowieki. After that he returned to Godentow-Lanz by airplane. The next day (26 September 1939 at 09:30 am), Hitler returned to Berlin boarding the Führersonderzug "Amerika". He arrived in the German capital at 17:05 in the afternoon. The Führer only returned to Poland again on 5 October 1939 to take part in the German victory parade. This photo was taken by Kriegsberichter Kliem from Propaganda-Kompanie 367 (Ost) on 25 September 1939 in the area of 10. Armee, which located between Bzura and the Vistula River (facing west of Warsaw), and shows the moment Hitler and other Wehrmacht officials are monitoring the situation around the besieged city of Warsaw through fernglas (binoculars) and scherenfernrohr (scissor binoculars). From left to right: Reichsleiter Martin Bormann (Persönlicher Sekretär bzw. Stabsleiter des Stellvertreters des Führers Rudolf Hess), Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht), Generalmajor Erwin Rommel (Kommandeur Führer-Begleit-Kommando), General der Artillerie Walther von Reichenau (Oberbefehlshaber 10. Armee), and Generalmajor Friedrich Paulus (Chef des Generalstabes 10. Armee).

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-013-0064-35
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2016/09/kunjungan-adolf-hitler-ke-front.html

Hitler Arrived at an Airfield near Warsaw

On 25 September 1939, Adolf Hitler flew from Zoppot to the area around Warsaw, Poland. He made visits to the 8. Armee (General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz) and 10. Armee (General der Artillerie Walther von Reichenau), as well as the German army headquarters in Grodjisk Mazowieki. After that he returned to Godentow-Lanz by airplane. The next day (26 September 1939 at 09:30 am), Hitler returned to Berlin boarding the Führersonderzug "Amerika". He arrived in the German capital at 17:05 in the afternoon. The Führer only returned to Poland again on 5 October 1939 to take part in the German victory parade. This photo was taken by Kriegsberichter Falk from Propaganda-Kompanie 367 (Ost) on 25 September 1939 in the area of 10. Armee, which located between Bzura and the Vistula River (facing west of Warsaw), and shows the moment Hitler had just arrived at the nearest airfield at Alexandrow. For the identification, front row from left to right: General der Artillerie Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres), Reichsleiter Martin Bormann (Persönlicher Sekretär bzw. Stabsleiter des Stellvertreters des Führers Rudolf Hess), Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd), Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres), Generaloberst Wilhelm Keitel (Chef Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht), Generalmajor Erwin Rommel (Kommandeur Führer-Begleit-Bataillon), General der Artillerie Walther von Reichenau (Oberbefehlshaber 10. Armee), Generalmajor Friedrich Paulus (Chef des Generalstabes 10. Armee), and SS-Gruppenführer Karl Wolff (Verbindungsoffizier zwischen dem Reichsführer-SS und dem Führerhauptquartier).

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-013-0060-20
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2016/09/kunjungan-adolf-hitler-ke-front.html

Friedrich Paulus and Heinz Bär

 

 

Generalleutnant Friedrich Paulus (arm raised, Oberquartiermeister I in der Generalstab des Heeres) at a combat briefing with officers of the Jagdgeschwader 51, 1941. At the far right is Oberleutnant Heinz Bär (Staffelkapitän 1.Staffel / I.Gruppe / JG 51).

Source :
Gregory Bartlett photo collection
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1603484003193490&set=p.1603484003193490&type=3

Walther von Reichenau and Friedrich Paulus

Generaloberst Walther von Reichenau (wearing leather mantel, Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee) visiting his Propaganda-Kompanie HQ, February 1940. In the middle is Generalmajor Friedrich Paulus, his chief of staff.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2289835#p2289835

Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony of Wilhelm Knetsch at Stalingrad

Major Wilhelm Knetsch (Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 545 / 389.Infanterie-Division) receives the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Crosses) from General der Panzertruppe Friedrich Paulus (Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee). Stalingrad, 15 October 1942. Knetsch already received the radio news about his award from 8 October 1942. During the attack on Stalingrad, Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Knetsch (26 February 1906 - 27 March 1982) was awarded the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold and the Ritterkreuz with a fortnight of each other, and the proud Paulus said that Knetsch was the best battalion commander in his entire army! Because of a severe illness, on 15 November 1942 he left the Stalingrad cauldron.

Source :

"Winter Storm: The Battle for Stalingrad and the Operation to Rescue 6th Army" by Hans Wijers

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68997

https://ww2images.blogspot.co.id/2018/03/ritterkreuz-award-ceremony-of-wilhelm.html