Research help-Waffen-SS

[WaA257]

I have been trying to do research on my family members who were in WWII (both sides) I have been trying to look up more information on my uncle who was in the Waffen-SS. Last year I posted on here trying to find information on his Kampfgruppe however, I had the name wrong. I have now found out that it was Kampfgruppe Lenzer not Lenza as I thought. They were at the fall of Festung Posen in February 1945 and they were under the command of Obstf. Lenzer. I have tried "surfing the net" for information but even Google only comes up with two hits. If anyone has any kind of information on this group or its components i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

[Admiraal]

I found this via Google, so your uncle must have been in one of those units:

Kampfgruppe Lenzer

Führer :

Obersturmbannführer Wilhelm Lenzer
Geboren am 24.12.1897
Nr SS Nr 471922
Obersturmbannführer der Waffen SS am20.4.1944 beim SS Wirtschafts-und Verwaltungshauptamt
EK2 (WW 1)
KVKms 1.&2.Kl

Truppe :

- ein SS-PzGrenBtl. mit 4 Kp. , davon 1 SPW
- die Sturmgeschützersatz- und AusbildungsAbt.500 mit 17 Stug III sowie 15 Stug IV der GD , die auf dem Bahnhof vom Bahntransport her "einkassiert" wurden
- ein Zug Panzer , bestehen aus 1 Tiger , 1 Panther und 2 Pz IV

Source: http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewto...er=asc&start=0

[WaA257]

Rick, thanks a bunch for the information. That site never showed up when I googled it from here, maybe because it was in German? There is a wealth of information about the battle on that board. Agian thanks so much!!

[Admiraal]

Yea i search on differend google languages, its funny but the search results are differend for each country.
And yes i found that with google.de

[Huntzman]

You might also want to try posting your request over in the section "Order of Battle and Individual Research Forum"

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...splay.php?f=32

Lot of very knowledgable people who might be able to put you on the right track.

Andrew