Gräser, Fritz Hubert, born 03-11-1888 in Frankfurt an der Oder, 
joined the Army on 28-02-1907, age 18, as a Fähnrich, in the Grenadier-Regiment „Prinz Carl von Preußen“ Nr. 12 
in Frankfurt. He participated with his Regiment in the first war and was in the fields as an adjutant. He ended the war as the 1st Officer in the General Staff of the 1st Replacement Division. Gräser retired on 02-07-1919, age 40, reactivated on 01-11-1932 as commander of the Wehrkreis Region Frankfurt. Major on 01-05-1934, Oberstleutnant on 01-03-1936 and Oberst on 01-10-1938. Assigned as commander of the 29th Infantry Regiment, on 26-08-1939, he was with the invasion of Poland and the Western Front. He participated also, with his Regiment, in Operation Barbarossa 
and severely wounded 
on 11-07-1941, as his left leg was amputated and the right knee shattered. During his recovery he was in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know) and on 01-10-1941 promoted to Generalmajor. He here with Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim 
got the command of the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division
and promoted to Generalleutnant on 15-05-1943. Von Edelsheim died 26-04-1994 (aged 96) in Konstanz. Most of the men and equipment of the Grenadier Division landed and ended in the Pocket of Stalingrad. On 31-05-1944 he lost his command to Generalmajor der Panzertruppe, 345 th Infanterie-Division, Hans Hecker 
who died old age 84, on 01-05-1979 and again landed in the Führer Reserve and followed a training for commanding Generals in Hirschberg. He became commander of the XXIV Panzer Corps, he succeeded General der Panzertruppe, Walther Nehring 
and from 20-08-1944 the command of the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps. He became a General of the Panzertruppe on 01-09-1944 and Corps Commander. On 21-09-1944 he got the command of the 4th Panzer Army 
he succeeded General der Panzertruppe, Hermann Balck, until 30-01-1945. The 4th Panzer Group’s predecessor was the XVI Army Corps, under Generaloberst der Wehrmacht, Erich Hoepner
joined the Army on 28-02-1907, age 18, as a Fähnrich, in the Grenadier-Regiment „Prinz Carl von Preußen“ Nr. 12 in Frankfurt. He participated with his Regiment in the first war and was in the fields as an adjutant. He ended the war as the 1st Officer in the General Staff of the 1st Replacement Division. Gräser retired on 02-07-1919, age 40, reactivated on 01-11-1932 as commander of the Wehrkreis Region Frankfurt. Major on 01-05-1934, Oberstleutnant on 01-03-1936 and Oberst on 01-10-1938. Assigned as commander of the 29th Infantry Regiment, on 26-08-1939, he was with the invasion of Poland and the Western Front. He participated also, with his Regiment, in Operation Barbarossa and severely wounded on 11-07-1941, as his left leg was amputated and the right knee shattered. During his recovery he was in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know) and on 01-10-1941 promoted to Generalmajor. He here with Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim got the command of the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division and promoted to Generalleutnant on 15-05-1943. Von Edelsheim died 26-04-1994 (aged 96) in Konstanz. Most of the men and equipment of the Grenadier Division landed and ended in the Pocket of Stalingrad. On 31-05-1944 he lost his command to Generalmajor der Panzertruppe, 345 th Infanterie-Division, Hans Hecker who died old age 84, on 01-05-1979 and again landed in the Führer Reserve and followed a training for commanding Generals in Hirschberg. He became commander of the XXIV Panzer Corps, he succeeded General der Panzertruppe, Walther Nehring and from 20-08-1944 the command of the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps. He became a General of the Panzertruppe on 01-09-1944 and Corps Commander. On 21-09-1944 he got the command of the 4th Panzer Army he succeeded General der Panzertruppe, Hermann Balck, until 30-01-1945. The 4th Panzer Group’s predecessor was the XVI Army Corps, under Generaloberst der Wehrmacht, Erich Hoepner
Hoepner was hanged in the Plötzensee, age 57, on 08-08-1944, involved in the July 20 bomb attack, formed in Berlin in February 1938. It fought in Poland and in the campaign in the West. In February 1941, Panzer Group 4 was created, taking over activities of XVI Corps and placed under Army Group North, under General Field Marshal, Fedor von Bock. 
When Germany surrendered to the Allied Gräser was in US captivity, until June 1947. His son Leutnant Gräser was killed in battle, age 21, on 11-10-1941.Death and burial ground of Gräser, Fritz Hubert.
Living in Göttingen after the war he at the very old age of 91 died, on 04-10-1980 and is buried with his wife Edelgard, born Brussatis, who died age 73 on 06-04-1973, on the Stadfriedhof of Göttingen, close to the graves of other WWII as Generalleutnant der Flieger, Chief of Field Economics Office, OKW, Wilhelm Becker, Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Kommandeur 34th Division
, Wilhelm Bremer, Generalleutnant der Infantrie, Kommandeur der 83th Infanterie Division 
, Wilhelm Heun, General der Infanterie, Commander of 4th Heeresgruppe, Friedrich Hossbach 
, Generalmajor der Artillerie, Kommandeur 33rd Artillerie Ersatz Regiment, Emiel Klie, Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur Heeres Regio 593, Walter Krause, Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Inspector of Smook Troops and Gas defence, Erwin Leister, 
General der Flieger, Luftwaffe Broadcast Speaker Wehrmacht Propaganda, Erich Quade and Generalmajor der Artillerie, Kommandeur vom WBK Königsberg II, Rudolf Scheller. 
