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Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig (1 September 1899 – 20 October 1946) was a German Army Oberst (Colonel) who transferred to the Waffen-SS during World War II and commanded the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in 1943–1944, and the IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian) in 1944–1945, reaching the rank of Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen SS. He returned to the Wehrmacht in January 1945 and was appointed as a Generalleutnant to command a corps within Army Group H in northern Germany. Sauberzweig was a bespectacled Prussian career army officer who had earned an Iron Cross I Class and commanded an infantry company in his late teens during World War I. He was fluent in Spanish and worked in signals in the Wehrmacht during the interwar period. ==Career== Born in Wissek (Wysoka), Province of Posen, to Dr. Joachim Sauberzweig and educated in Bromberg, Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig entered the army on 28 September 1916 as an officer-cadet (''Fahnenjunker''). He was assigned to the second branch Brandenburg Grenadier Regiment ''Prinz Karl von Preußen'' (Prince Charles of Prussia) No. 12. On 17 May 1917 he was promoted to ensign and again on 25 August he was promoted to ''Leutnant ohne Patent'' (lieutenant without Commission). By November 1918 he was serving in the 2nd Brandenburg Grenadier Regiment ''Prinz Karl von Preußen'' (Prince Charles of Prussia) No. 12. as a company commander. In 1918 he was wounded and was awarded the wound badge in black ''(Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz)'' and subsequently the Iron Cross. In May 1919 he was accepted as a ''Leutnant'' (lieutenant) in the Reichsheer. His Commission was dated 1 October 1917 to 1 July 1922. He was then appointed as ''aide-de-camp'' to the Army 54th Infantry Regiment In early February 1920 Sauberzweig was transferred to the Army 10th Infantry Regiment. "A proven leader of men, Sauberzweig had commanded a company and garnered the Iron Cross First Class by the age of eighteen, and earned a reputation as an exceptional organizer. His tireless determination and exacting work ethic earned him the nickname ''Schnellchen'' ("Speedy")." In the formation of the Versailles Treaty 100,000 men German army, Sauberzweig was then inducted into the third (Prussian) Infantry Regiment. This unit was then used initially to train men in a machine-gun company. From 1 June 1922 he was in the 8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment and remained here until the spring of 1924, when he became company officer in the 8th machine-gun company in Legnica. On 15 December 1924 he married Erna Giese and on 17 November 1925, his son Dieter, was born in Frankfurt an der Oder. Over 1924/25 Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig was then in the third Company of the 8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in Frankfurt an der Oder. In April 1925 he was promoted to ''Oberleutnant'' (senior lieutenant). Over 1926/27 Sauberzweig was then in the second Company of the 8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment, in Frankfurt an der Oder. From 1927/28 he was then for the next few years assigned to the 4th machine-gun Company of the 8th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment also in Frankfurt an der Oder. On 1 October 1930 Sauberzweig was promoted to the headquarters of the 3rd Division of the Reichswehr in Berlin. There, he completed his officer training. In March 1932 he was involved in an accident that put him out of action for some time. In April 1933 he was promoted to ''Hauptmann'' (Captain). As such, he was on 1 July 1933 appointed to Division D in the artillery school Jüterbog. There he was employed as a ''Taktiklehrer'' (tactics instructor) in Signals. With the expansion of the Reichswehr into the Wehrmacht, Sauberzweig was on 1 October 1934 transferred as a teacher to the Army and Air Force Signals school in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. On 1 August 1935 he was transferred, as a company commander for the Signals department Potsdam. In the fall of 1936 Sauberzweig was promoted second Staff Officer (Ib) to the General Command XI. Army Corps and moved to Hanover. He was then responsible for quartermaster supplies and care. On 1 October 1936 Sauberzweig was promoted to the rank of Major and on 1 March 1938 to ''Oberstleutnant'' (lieutenant colonel). After the annexation of Austria he was assigned on 1 April 1938 to the General Command XVII. Army Corps in Vienna. In this capacity he was then, at the beginning of World War II employed in the Polish campaign. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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