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[HouweTrouwe]

Which German units where in Antwerpen from may '40 till '44 ?

[Vincent S.]

Hello,
Do you mean the city of Antwerp or the province of Antwerp?
I'll check my lists and get back to you.

Best Regards,
Kempenaar Vincent S.

[HouweTrouwe]

Provincie Antwerpen Als we de dorps namen nog kunnen krijgen is het nog beter, ik ben wat van België aan het opzoeken tijdens de Oorlog. Zeker als ze terugtrekte sinds er vele Duitsers achterbleven om de oprukkende vijand tegen te houden.

Zeker van Wilrijk (waar de Bunkers staan)

Bent u geïnteresseerd in Antwerpen/België tijdens de Bezetting [Pakt 40 tot '45 (Ardennen dus erbij gerekend)] ?

[Vincent S.]

Hello,

Heb inderdaad interesse in België gedurende de oorlog, maar niet zo'n grote interesse als in de Duitse winteruniformen.
Moet een lijst hebben liggen van Herentals en omstreken, gewoon een kwestie van die even op te zoeken.

English:

I sure do have interest in Belgium during the war, but certainly not as much as for the winter uniforms of the German Army.
I've got to have a list of the troops stationed in the environment of Herentals, but don't know where it is at the moment.
I'll just have to look it up.

Best Regards,
Vincent S.

[HouweTrouwe]

Is goed. Mijn grootste interesse is Duitsland in het Oostfront.

Is good. My biggest interest is Germany on the Eastern front.

[tenoriodj]

One that comes to mind, from my Personalakten files:

Heeresschule für Bataillon & Abteilung Führer Antwerpen

[HouweTrouwe]

One that comes to mind, from my Personalakten files:

Heeresschule für Bataillon & Abteilung Führer Antwerpen

Thanks for sharing!
Was it the 9 Inf. DIV or RGT?

What is written in Pencil, ???.Reserve.?????

[tenoriodj]

The info in pencil relates only to Major Spielberg who attended the school, receiving scathing evaluations I must say. His story is very very interesting but I dont want to hijack your topic.

[harmel]

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Hi Tenorio,ref Spielberg in the event you do not know,
he was promoted Major 1/10/41(19).
Harmel

[Vincent S.]

The Stabsbatterie F.N.05583 Flak-Abt. 1 "LSSAH" left Herentals on 15.8.1944. Whilst doing so they abbandoned the "La Paige" castle, which was in fact a bordel. The ladies of this bordel were "nach Hause geschickt".
Herentals was of quite strategic importance due to it's railway station.
Einheit Feldpostnummer 08669 was located in Herentals atleast up until12/9/1944. Other units such as Flak Units were located in Olen at the area of Gerhaegen. At first this was a Wehrmacht Flak Abteiling, of whom I forgot the FPnr, but later in the war this FlakStellung was manned by F.N.05583 Flak-Abt. 1 "LSSAH". I have some artifacts of this unit, like some ammo boxes for a Flak 20mm.

Many units passed trough Herentals during the ocupation, certainly after the Normandy invasion. So to speak, the 16th SS Panzergrendiv. "Hitlerjugend" passed trough, they stayed for circa 5 days and were even visited by "Sepp"
Dietrich at the La Paige castle.

Other information is yet to come.

[HouweTrouwe]

Thanks!!

[tenoriodj]

Something for you perhaps....

http://cgi.ebay.de/LANDKARTE-STABSKA...QQcmdZViewItem

[HouweTrouwe]

Had it already in "Mein Ebay"

Do you have personally something from Belgium? From '40 till '45?

[Vincent S.]

Greetings,

A few more to add to your list.
All of the units mentioned in this post were stationed in the vincity of Antwerp city. If the exact residence is know, it'll be mentioned.

255 ID Infanterie Regiment, (-Oorderen)
1e Batterie Res.Fl.Abt 295 (-Oorderen)
1e Batterie Flak Abt 253
Havenkomanmandatur A'pen FPn 148889
Fährenbbankkommando I des Heeres
6 Artillerieträger Flotilje