Scheele, Hans Karl von

Scheele, Hans Karl von, born 23-05-1892 in Magdeburg, entered the Army Service on 13-03-1911, age 18, as a Fahnenjunker. He was in the fields of the first war with the 3^rd Field Grenadier Regiment. Allowed in the new Reichswehr and was promoted to Oberst on 08-01-1938. With the beginning of World War II Scheele was commander of the Course A at the War School in Hanover. He was commander of the 91^st Infantry Regiment, promoted to Generalmajor on 01-10-1941, in the 16^th Army under General Field Marshal, Ernst Busch  on the Western front to 13-12-1941 and received the Knight’s Cross . Commander of the 208^th Infantry Division  attacking the Soviet Union, to 01-02-1943 and Commanding General of the Corps Scheele, until 31-03-1943 and succeeded by Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Karl Wilhelm von Schlieben

.   He was replacement commander of the LII Army Corps to 20-11-1943, succeeded by General der Infanterie, Ernst Buschenhagen

  and was promoted to Generalleutnant on 01-03-1943. Scheele was awarded with the Oak Leaves  on 02-01-1943. In November 1943 he is seriously wounded  and promoted to General of the Infantry on 01-12-1943. Commander General of the II Artillery Corps to 01-11-1944 and appointed as President of the wartime Imperial court to 08-05-1945.

   Retiring in Bad Homburg Scheele died at the age of 63, on 08-10-1955 and is buried on the Waldfriedhof of Bad Homburg, alas his gravestone is removed, Close by the graves of Generalleutnant der Flakartillerie, Kommandeur 19^th Flak Division, Gotthard Frantz who’s grave is removed too.

On the Waldfriedhof are also buried Dr. Günther Quandt and Harold Quandt , former husband and son of Mrs Magda Goebbels-Berends (see Günther Quandt) and (Harald)  and Joseph Goebbels (did you know), Generalmajor der Infanterie, Militair Kommandant 1016, Fritz Ebeling.