Georg Pfeiffer

Georg Pfeiffer
Georg Pfeiffer
Born	5 May 1890; Wendessen near Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire
Died	28 June 1944 (aged 54); Mogilev, Eastern Front, Soviet Union
Relatives	∞ Käthe Klara Sophie Fleck
	Military career
Allegiance	German Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
Branch	Prussian Army; Imperial German Army; Reichsheer; Police; German Army
Service years	1909–1914; 1914–1918; 1919–1920; 1920–1935; 1935–1944
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands	94th Infantry Division; 306th Infantry Division; VI Army Corps;
Conflicts	World War I; World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Kiev (1941); Battle of Stalingrad; Italian Campaign; Battle of Monte Cassino; Mogilev Offensive †;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Georg Gustav Pfeiffer (5 May 1890 – 28 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the VI Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pfeiffer was killed in a Soviet air attack on 28 June 1944 at Mogilev during Operation Bagration, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive.

Pfeiffer had served as a police officer, including as a member of the Weimar Sicherheitspolizei, from 1920 to 1935.

Promotions

Army

April 1909 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
1909 Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (Officer Candidate with Corporal/NCO/Junior Sergeant rank)
19 November 1909 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
22 August 1910 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 22 August 1908
25 February 1915 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
27 January 1918 Hauptmann (Captain)

Police

3 January 1920 Polizei-Hauptmann (Captain of the Police)
1 April 1924 Polizei-Major (Major of the Police)
1934 Polizei-Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel of the Police)

Wehrmacht

1 October 1935 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) with Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 June 1934
1 August 1936 Oberst (Colonel)
1 June 1940 Generalmajor (Major General)
1 June 1942 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General)
1 May 1944 General der Artillerie (General of the Artillery)

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords
Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st Class on 2 October 1936
Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class
- 2nd Class in October 1939
- 1st Class in July 1940
German Cross in Gold on 17 January 1942
Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal on 2 August 1942
Referenced by name in the Wehrmachtbericht on 3 July 1944
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 January 1943 as Generalleutnant and Commander of the 94. Infanterie-Division

Sources

German Federal Archives: BArch PERS 6/22647 and PERS 6/300343

References

Citations

↑ Veal, Stephen Ariel. "The collapse of the German army in the East in the summer of 1944 (Volume 1)". The Collapse of the German Army in the East in the Summer of 1944 (Volume 1). 1: 376.
↑ Hans Horst Manitz: Erinnerungsbuch der 94. Infanterie Division an die Kriegsjahre 1939–1945. Lieferung 2: Einsatz in Rußland 1941 bis Anfang 1943. Hans Horst Manitz, Hrsg. Kameradschaft der 94. Inf.Div., 1985, S. 1.
↑ Militär-Wochenblatt, Volume 2, July to December 1909, p. 3363
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [First published 1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Military offices

Preceded by

General der Infanterie Helmuth Volkmann

Commander of 94. Infanterie-Division
21 August 1940 – 29 January 1943

Succeeded by

Destroyed at Stalingrad

Preceded by

Reconstituted after Stalingrad

Commander of 94. Infanterie-Division
1 March 1943 – 2 January 1944

Succeeded by

Generalleutnant Bernhard Steinmetz

Preceded by

General der Infanterie Hans Jordan

Commander of VI. Armeekorps
20 May 1944 – 28 June 1944

Succeeded by

General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling

[1] Veal, Stephen Ariel. "The collapse of the German army in the East in the summer of 1944 (Volume 1)". The Collapse of the German Army in the East in the Summer of 1944 (Volume 1). 1: 376.

[Manitz1-2] Hans Horst Manitz: Erinnerungsbuch der 94. Infanterie Division an die Kriegsjahre 1939–1945. Lieferung 2: Einsatz in Rußland 1941 bis Anfang 1943. Hans Horst Manitz, Hrsg. Kameradschaft der 94. Inf.Div., 1985, S. 1.

[3] Militär-Wochenblatt, Volume 2, July to December 1909, p. 3363

[FOOTNOTEFellgiebel2000275-4] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.

Georg Pfeiffer

Born	(1890-05-05)5 May 1890 Wendessen near Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire
Died	28 June 1944(1944-06-28) (aged 54) Mogilev, Eastern Front, Soviet Union
Relatives	∞ Käthe Klara Sophie Fleck
Military career
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch	Prussian Army Imperial German Army Reichsheer Police German Army
Service years	1909–1914 1914–1918 1919–1920 1920–1935 1935–1944
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands	94th Infantry Division 306th Infantry Division VI Army Corps
Conflicts	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Stalingrad Italian Campaign Battle of Monte Cassino Mogilev Offensive †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross