Commanders of Nachrichtenabteilung 7

[Gebirgsjaeger]

Hi,

can you help me with the names of the various commanders of Nachrichtenabteilung 7 (7. Infanteriedivision)?

I´ve had a patient last week who´s name starts with B. (don´t want to mention the whole name here). He told me he was Hauptmann and for some time the commander of Nachrichtenabteilung 7.

Any help/info would be very much appreciated!

LG
Markus

[Jerry]

Hptm. Binnewies 02.06.42 - 05.08.42 ?

Jerry

[Klaus_Arzt]

Hi Gebirgsjaeger, I hope this is goona help ya. Here is the list of commanders of 7. Infanterie-Division:

Generalleutnant Franz Halder (15 Oct 1935 - 12 Nov 1936)
Generalleutnant Otto Hartmann (12 Nov 1936 - 31 July 1939)
Generalmajor Eugen Ott (1 Aug 1939 - 30 Sep 1939)
Generalleutnant Eccard Freiherr von Gablenz (30 Sep 1939 - 13 Dec 1941)
General der Infanterie Hans Jordan (13 Dec 1941 - 1 Nov 1942)
Generalleutnant Fritz-Georg von Rappard (1 Nov 1942 - 2 Oct 1943)
Generalmajor Carl André (2 Oct 1943 - 30 Nov 1943)
Generalmajor Gustav Gihr (30 Nov 1943 - 9 Dec 1943)
Generalmajor Hans Traut (9 Dec 1943 - 15 Feb 1944)
Generalleutnant Fritz-Georg von Rappard (15 Feb 1944 - ? Aug 1944)
Generalmajor Alois Weber (? Aug 1944 - ? Aug 1944)
Generalleutnant Fritz-Georg von Rappard (? Aug 1944 - ? Feb 1945)
Generalmajor Rudolf Noak (? Feb 1945 - 8 May 1945)

And then some names of the operations officers:

Oberstleutnant Paul Reichelt (17 Oct 1938 - 19 Dec 1941)
Major Maximilian Leyherr (Jan 1942 - May 1943)
Major Klaus Obermair (15 May 1943 - Nov 1943)
Oberstleutnant Rudolf Plücker (20 Nov 1943 - Jan 1944)
Major Hans Flierl (Jan 1944 - June 1944)
Major Walter Birk (25 June 1944 - Nov 1944)
Major Hanno Krause (5 Nov 1944 - May 1945)

I hope this information will be useful for you.
Klaus_Arzt.

[Gebirgsjaeger]

No, his name is not amongst them. Well I don´t know if it would be all right to mention his name here. What´s your opinion?

[Klaus_Arzt]

No, his name is not amongst them. Well I don´t know if it would be all right to mention his name here. What´s your opinion?

I guess u shouldn’t do that. It would be better to respect the rights of this person. However, it’s rather difficult to find any information about someone without knowing his name. By the way do u happen to know the years when he served?(I mean the precise date if possible)

[Gebirgsjaeger]

He told me that he started his service in early 1939 by volunteering and rose from ordinary soldier to his last rank of Hauptmann der Reserve in 1945. He said that he was a member of Nachrichtenabteilung 7 for the whole time he was a soldier and that for some duration he even commanded the Abteilung.

[Jerry]

The name that I posted before: Hptm. Binnewies, is the only commander of Nachrichtenabteilung 7 (as listed in Formationsgeschichte u. Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Streitkräfte, 1815 - 1990, Teile IV, Abt. 1: Die Dienststellen, Kommandobehörden u. Truppenteile des Heeres, 15.Oct.35 - 8.May.45, Band 1 u. 2, Nr. 1 – 30, by G.Wegmann/C.Zweng, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1998 & 2000) who's name begins with B.

Your man may have commanded the unit on a temporary or unofficial basis and his name may not have made it into the records of the unit.


Jerry

[Gebirgsjaeger]

All right, I hope he might still be in the hospital tomorrow when I will work again. I´m gonna try to find out a little more.