Genz, Alfred, born 08-03-1916 in Berlin
, Josef Goebbels (did you know)
was the Gauleiter of Berlin, was a Leutnant when the war started and became an Major during the war.


He was involved in the dropping on Crete,
battle Crete on 10-05-1941, were three brothers Blücher
under his command of the 1st Company of the 1st Fallschirm Jäger
, in Hermann Goering’s Luftwaffe (did you know),
were killed in action on the first day. Hans Joachim Blücher and Wolfgang, Generalmajor der Fallschirmtruppe, Kommandeur der 9th Division
on Crete, Bruno Braüer
and General der Flieger, Kommandeur der 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment, Kurt Student
were the high commanders of this operation.
It is reported that Genz was the first German soldier to enter the island of Crete from the ship during the company “Merkur”. The Sturmkompanie “Genz”, part of the First Battalion of the Major Walter Koch,
the hero of Fortress Eben Emael in Belgium in 1940
, landed early in the morning as the first soldiers with their load-sailors in the fire of three British flak batteries on the outskirts of Chania. Genz and his men jumped out, attacked the enemy, overpowered the gunners, and burst Alfred Genz was awarded with the Knight Cross of the Iron Cross
for his excellent leading in this operation, on 14-06-1941, as a Oberleutnant. He ended the war as an Major and commander of the 29th Fallschirm Jäger Regiment
. Since Genz had lost his two brothers on Crete (Günther in the Parachute Regiment 3 and Harald in the 2nd / Luftwaffe- Storm Regiment 1,
a fate similar to the Blücher brothers) and was the last male member of his family, he became deliberately withdrawn from combat operations, while he repeatedly complained in writing. After rebuilding the 1st Battalion after the losses on Crete, he was sent to a ground school in the Luftwaffe
in January 1942 to give lessons to commanders in the Air Force field divisions. He held further training assignments and was temporarily assigned to the staff of Kurt Student. Harald and Gunther are buried together on Maleme cemetery. 



















Death and burial ground of Genz, Alfred.








Oberst Alfred Genz, Ritterkreuzträger der Bundeswehr and Kommandeur der Luftlande- and Lufttransportschule Altenstadt, is carrying the pillow with the decorations of Generalmajor a. D. Hans Kroh, in 1967.





