Infantry division 253

[Kevin Grootaers]

I am looking for more information of the 253 infantry division during their battles in russia between 1941 and 1943
I look especially for information about the first company of the 253 Nachrichten Abteilung.

[Alanmccoubrey]

I suppose you have looked on Lexikon but here is the link anyway.

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /253ID.htm

[RomanZ]

And what about book?
Clemens Frhr. von Boenninghausen - 253. Infanterie Division: Weg und Ende einer rheinisch westfälischen Division im Osten 1941-1945

[jovora]

Hi there,
may I know why you are so interessted about the Nachrichtenabteilung of the 253. ID? It looks like my Grandfather was the Comander of the Nachrichtenabteilung from November 1944 till May 1945. He wrote in his Memoirs that he came to the 253 ID as the Comander of the Nachrichtenabteilung during the Battle at the Dukla Pass. He wrote that from mid January 1945 they were involved in heavy withdrawal fights via Neumarkt-Zakopane-Schwarzwasser-Silein-Westbeskiden. At the time of the capitulation his unit was near Olmütz. Please share your information about that unit and that time with me.
Thanks,
Joscha