Soldiers in Cholm

[Angel Farré]

In some documents from Oberleutnant Horst Haase I find this names from soldiers who served with him during the siege, maybe someone has any info about them.

Feldwebel Erich Haffner
Oberleutnant Ritter
Leutnant Below KIA on March 20th
Stabsfeldwebel Rechfeldt KIA on March 10th
Oberleutnant Werner (posible Gerhard Werner RK on February 23rd, 1.942 with 5./Jagd.Kdo 8, OL (793) on April 23rd, 1.945 as Major I./Jäg.Rgt. 734, posthumously as he was KIA at Banat, Romania on September 8th, 1.944)
Hauptmann Spittöhler (maybe misspelled and is Friedrich Spitäller DKiG with Jagd.Kdo. 8 on June 23rd, 1.943 and RK as Major Jäg.Btl. 8 on July 25th, 1.943, killed in a flying accident as Oberstleutnant on October 10th, 1.944)

Thanks a lot for any info regarding this soldiers.

Angel

[Aiceman]

Two name "Ritter" can be found
1, Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim August Wilhelm Otto born 14.05.1919.Heilbronn
Adjutant IV/Art.Rgt.123.(123.Inf.Div) He was in Poland and France too, earned the EKI-II.
Senior officer of Art.Rgt.123. in the Cholm Pocket but deployed in the infantry role as a strongpoint comandant (Ritterburg) for wich he was awarded the DKiG 08.08.1942. Also awarded the Ostmedaile and Infantry Assault Badge in silver Hauptmann: 01.02.1943.
2,leutnant, zugführer 1./Landesschützen bataillon 869. Wounded 28.03.1942.

maybe the first Ritten win

Oberleutnant Werner, Gerhard, born 21.05.1916. Baden-Baden Chef 3./Jagdkommando 8. Married one child
legendary man in the Cholm pocket with his unit.
Severy wounded 08.09.1944,near Mon Peristen (western Greece) he had luck in the battles earlyer but in this day he succumbed to his injuries the same day. Posthumus promotion to oberstleutnant and bestowal OL (793) He can be found today in Dionyssos-Rapendoza, GreeceVault 1 Row 15 Panel 13.

Hauptmann Spitaller another iconic man from the Cholm story.he was the comander of the Jagdkommando 8. born: 23.10.1898. Sarajevo
he died in a plane accident in 10.10.1944. as oberstleutnant d.R.z.V. and commandeur Festung Brigade 966. Buried in Velika Kopanica, Croatia

I suggest to read Jason D Mark fantastic book "Besieged" (Epic Battle for Cholm) You can read the story day to day, and read more about these brave men.