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HEER SOLDBUCH – LEUTNANT – STURMGESCHÜTZ ABTEILUNG 191 + STURMGESCHÜTZ BRIGADE 201, 397 – KAMPFGRUPPE BÜRG
Fantastic Soldbuch named to StuG commander Leutnant Heinrich CONRADY. He served in serval important StuG units including StuG Abt. 191, and StuG Brig. 201 and 397. Also a Kampfgruppe BÜRG. There is a payment entry at “Burg” for the StuG Lehrstab on Feb 28, 1945. There is also a declaration that Conrady bought his own pistol and is signed by StuG Brig. 201 commander Major Dietrich Langel – DKIG winner (Also another signature of his appears on page 15). Awards entered include HJ Ehrenzeichen, Sudetenland Medal, Sturmabzeichen, EK2, as well as the Black AND Silver Wound Badges. Fantastic photo of him wearing Feldgrau Sturmgeschütz tunic. SB issued August 1939.
$850
KAMPFGRUPPE BÜRG was formed on April 10, 1945, from the Sturmgeschützschule Burg near Magdeburg. Due to the rapid American advance to the Elbe, the supporting personnel and recruits there were equipped with infantry equipment and deployed to the east bank of the Elbe to repel the Americans. It fought in the BATTLE OF POTSDAM. The Kampfgruppe had a strength of 8,000 to 10,000 men. On April 20, 1945, the combat group was renamed Infantry Division Ferdinand von Schill – It was the last division established by the Third Reich and, with approximately 10,000 men, was the largest remaining division of the Wehrmacht at that time – and placed under the command of the 12th Army. Only the Schill 1st and 2nd Grenadier Regiments and the Fusilier Battalion were at their required strength. All other units were weaker and some never made it past the formation stage. Conrad would almost have certainly served in STURMGESCHUTZ BRIGADE 394, of this unit.
