Wehrkreis VII Commander?

[Luftm40]

Can anyone tell me who commanded Wehrkreis VII on May 8 1944? I haven't been able to locate this info on the web. Thanks!

[Ian Jewison]

Can anyone tell me who commanded Wehrkreis VII on May 8 1944? I haven't been able to locate this info on the web. Thanks!

It was General der Infanterie Karl Kriebel RK (4.7.1940 as Gen.Maj. u. Kdr. 56 Inf.Div.)

/Ian

[Luftm40]

Thanks Ian...as it turns out, I asked the wrong question though. It appears that I am looking for the Deputy, or perhaps acting? commander...

[Luftm40]

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[Luftm40]

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[Ian Jewison]

Thats a representative of the Wehrkreis Commander .....sorry can't find any name that seems to match it!

Looks like Graf?

[Ron Weinand]

Wehrkries VII

The commander was Karl Kriebel, a personal friend of Hitler and brother of the Kriebel who was the military commander of the 1923 Putsch in Munich.
This is NOT Kriebel's signature. I have his autographed picture and his Grosse Urkunde for the Knight's Cross, so I can tell you that it is not his.
Ron Weinand
Weinand Militaria

[Rick Research]

"I(n). V(etretung). Graf"

Generalleutnant zV Karl Graf (1883-1948)

[Luftm40]

Thanks Rick...Ron, as I said the document was not actually signed by the commander, but his representative (I.V.), which in the case must have been Graf.

[Ian Jewison]

"I(n). V(etretung). Graf"

Generalleutnant zV Karl Graf (1883-1948)

Are you sure Rick?

I found Karl Graf but only that he was in Führer Reserve during this time...

Ian

[Rick Research]

No other Generalleutnant Graf.

Having retired there from command of Division 467, for whatever reason, must have been senior available local officer.

Can't explain it, just going by what it says.

[V. J. Kursietis]

Hi!

As Rick says, there was only 1 GenLt. Graf and at the time he was on the Führer-Reserve, Wehrkreis VII from 2 Nov 1943 - 8 Sep 1944 which puts him in the right place at the right time.

Regards,