Gihr, Gustav, born 18-08-1894 in Geisingen, 
District Villingen, joined the Army Service 10-01-1914 as Fahnenjunker in 98th Infantry Regiment. After his duty assignment at the war college in Kassel and promotion to second leutnant, Gihr joined, 02-08-1914, the 98th Infantry Regiment in the fields of the first war. On 11-09-1914 Gihr was wounded 
and in a military hospital, where he remained until September 22. Gihr returned, December 1914, to the 98th Infantry Regiment in the field. On 10-02-1915 he became company leader in his regiment. On 29-09-1915 Gihr was again wounded and transported to a military hospital. He was wounded three more times and became on 18-05-1918, 2nd Ordnance officer on the Staff of the 12th Reserve Division. Gihr was allowed in the new Reichswehr 
and on 16-12-1939 Gihr became commander of 367th Infantry Regiment. On 01-04-1940 he was promoted to Oberstleutnant. On 05-09-1942 he landed in the Führer Reserve. On 10-09-1942 he became commander of 725th Fortress Infantry Regiment. Subsequently he led, 16-01-1943 to 28-02-1943, the 186th Infantry Regiment, before he was again assigned to the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know). On 01-10-1943 Gihr was promoted to Generalmajor. On 20-10-1943 he became commander of the 216th Infantry-Division 
. He succeeded Generalmajor der Infanterie, Egon von Neindorff, who was killed, age 51, on 15-04-1944, in Russia. 
On 01-12-1943 Gihr became commander of the 7th Infantry Division 
. He succeeded Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur Fortress Bergen, Norway, Carl André.
District Villingen, joined the Army Service 10-01-1914 as Fahnenjunker in 98th Infantry Regiment. After his duty assignment at the war college in Kassel and promotion to second leutnant, Gihr joined, 02-08-1914, the 98th Infantry Regiment in the fields of the first war. On 11-09-1914 Gihr was wounded and in a military hospital, where he remained until September 22. Gihr returned, December 1914, to the 98th Infantry Regiment in the field. On 10-02-1915 he became company leader in his regiment. On 29-09-1915 Gihr was again wounded and transported to a military hospital. He was wounded three more times and became on 18-05-1918, 2nd Ordnance officer on the Staff of the 12th Reserve Division. Gihr was allowed in the new Reichswehr and on 16-12-1939 Gihr became commander of 367th Infantry Regiment. On 01-04-1940 he was promoted to Oberstleutnant. On 05-09-1942 he landed in the Führer Reserve. On 10-09-1942 he became commander of 725th Fortress Infantry Regiment. Subsequently he led, 16-01-1943 to 28-02-1943, the 186th Infantry Regiment, before he was again assigned to the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know). On 01-10-1943 Gihr was promoted to Generalmajor. On 20-10-1943 he became commander of the 216th Infantry-Division . He succeeded Generalmajor der Infanterie, Egon von Neindorff, who was killed, age 51, on 15-04-1944, in Russia. On 01-12-1943 Gihr became commander of the 7th Infantry Division . He succeeded Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur Fortress Bergen, Norway, Carl André.
On 09-12-1943, he became commander of the 95th Infantry Division 
. He now succeeded Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur XX Korps, Edgar Röhricht. 
On 27-02-1944 he took over command of the 45th Infantry Division, on 09-04-1944 the 35th Infantry Division 
and on 11-05-1944 the 110th Infantry Division 
. On 15-05-1944 Gihr became commander of the 707th Infantry Division 
and fought during the Bobruisk Offensive, which was part of the Belorussian Strategic Offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944, commonly known as Operation Bagration. On 29-06-1944, the Red Army 
liberated Bobruisk. The city lay in ruins. The population, which had been 84.107 in 1939, was down to 28.352. On 27-06-1944, at Bobruisk Gihr was captured by the Russians. He was released from captivity on 11-10-1955 by intervention of the new Chancellor Konrad Adenauer . 
Death and burial ground of Gihr, Gustav.
On 17-07-1944 over 20 captured German Generals were driven through the streets of Moscow, a Soviet propaganda coup called the “Parade of Generals”; After identification, the following can be seen in the picture: 1) Vincenz Müller, 2) Paul Völckers, 3) Friedrich Gollwitzer, 4) Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow, 5) Rudolf Bamler, 6) Walter Heyne, 7) Adolf Hamann, 8) Edmund Hoffmeister, 9) Gustav Gihr and 10) Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff. On 11-10-1955 he was released and lived in Freiburg, Breisgau. He died 31-10-1959, age 65, in Freiburg, and Gihr is buried with his wife Gisela, born Niemierz, who died age 89, in 1973, on the Hauptfriedhof of Freiburg, only steps from the graves of WWII Generalmajor der Artillerie, Kommandeur der 719th Infanterie-Division 
, Rudolf Bader and Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Kommandeur der “Division von Berg”, Kurt Freiherr von Berg.
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