Sixt von Armin, Hans Heinrich.

Sixt von Armin, Hans Heinrich, born 06-11-1890 in Stettin, Germany, the son of General Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin and, like him, embarked on a military career. In the First World War he commanded troops and was ultimately employed as a captain in the staff of the 26th Infantry Division. Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin was born in Wetzlar in the Rijnland. In 1870 he became a cadet in the IVe Guard Regiment, in the France German war the young man seriously won in the Slag at Gravelotte. Friedrich Bertrram received the received the Iron Cross Second class and was promoted to Leutnant  Friedrich died 30-09-1936, age 84, in Maagdenburg,

In the Reichswehr Hans rose to Oberleutnant in 1932 and Oberst in 1934 and Major General in 1938. At the time of, provoked by the Germans, of the invasion of Poland he became chief of staff of the 5th Army. under command of General der Infanterie Curt Liebmann , born 29-01-1881 in Coburg and died age 79 on 02-07-1960. The 5th Army was established on 25-08-1939 in Wehrkreis VI with General Curt Liebmann in command. Responsible for the defense of the Siegfried Line in the vicinity of Trier as part of Army Group C from 3 September, the army was assigned the Eifel Border Troops

On 25-09-1939 Hans Sixt von Armin took over as commander of the 95th Infantry Division.  The 95th Infantry Division was a German division in World War II. It was formed on 19-09-1939 in Wildflecken and Hammelburg. On 22-06-1944, the day of the Red Army’s Operation Bagration, the 95th Infantry Division was in the reserves of 3rd Panzer Army. under command of Generaloberst Georg-Hans Reinhardt

The division was destroyed in June 1944 near Vitebsk. On 10-09-1944, a newly formed 95th Division was placed under command of the defeated army group Mitte in East Prussia. In the winter of 1944 it fought at Tauroggen and the Memel, until it surrendered in April 1945 at Pillau and the Hel Peninsula.

As such Sixt von Armin was promoted to General Lieutenant on 01-03-1940. In July 1941 he gave the order to shoot around 200 people (mainly Jews who had allegedly mistreated German soldiers) in the area of ​​Shitomir.

Death and burial ground of General Sixt von Armin, Hans Heinrich.

On 20 July, the 113th Infantry Division was sent back to Russia, to take over a section of the “Buffalo Position” near Rzhev as part of Army Group Center. On 7 August, the Red Army attacked the division at the start of the Smolensk operation. The mostly inexperienced soldiers of the division withdrew in panic, so that the battle-hardened 18th Panzer Grenadier Division   under command of General der Infanterie Werner von Erdmannsdorff, had to be brought in to rectify the situation. In the following battles, the troops of the 113th Infantry Division continued to suffer high losses and were mostly subordinated to the neighboring divisions. Due to the low combat value of the division, it was disbanded on 02-11-1943. General Werner von Erdmannsdorff, was the older brother of General Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff, who was convicted by a Soviet military tribunal for war crimes at the Minsk Trial and executed on 30-01-1946 (aged 52), Werner would be hanged in Minsk on 05-06-1945 (aged 53) for war crimes.

The remains of the division were transferred to the Divisions-Gruppe 113 of the 337th Infantry Division under command of Generalleutnant Walter Scheller, after the Battle of Nevel in November 1943.  Scheller was killed at Brest-Litovsk on 21-07-1944,  age 52, during the Lublin–Brest Offensive.

Here Sixt von Armin  was taken prisoner by the Soviets on 20-01-1943, where he became a close confidant of Friedrich “Der Lord” Paulus. He died as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union on 01-04-1952, age 61, and is buried at the Stadtfriedhof / City cemetery, Göttingen Kasseler Landstreet 1, 37081 Göttingen.

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