Hellmuth Mäder

Hellmuth Oskar Walter Mäder ( born July 5, 1908 in Rotterode, Thuringia; † 12 MAY 1984 Koblenz ) was Major-General of the Wehrmacht and later Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr.

Police and the armed forces

On April 1, 1928 Mäder joined as a cadet in the police force, visited the National Police School of Bonn, the National Police School for military service and physical training in Spandau in Berlin, the higher state police school oak as the School of Technology and Communication in Berlin -Tempelhof. On April 1, 1933, he was promoted to lieutenant and exactly one year later to the police lieutenant.

On October 1, 1935 Mäder joined as a lieutenant in the Wehrmacht. Between August and December 1939, he served as ordnance officer in the 34th Infantry Division, then he completed a three-month course at the General Staff Military Academy in Dresden.

As of May 1940, he led the 14th Company of the 522nd Infantry Regiment. In the winter of 1940 he became commander of the III. Battalion of the 522nd Infantry Regiment. In March 1942, Mäder was promoted to Major, April 3, 1942, he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ( 952 awards ), in July 1942, he was entrusted with the leadership of the 522nd Infantry Regiment and was appointed in September to its commander. Mäders regiment was destroyed in January 1943 in Stalingrad, Mäder was flown on time and charged in May 1943 with the command of the newly established Grenadier Regiment 522. On 1 October 1943, promoted to colonel was.

In early 1944, Mäder was briefly put in a leader Reserve and was still in January commander of the " Eingreifbrigade Narva " before he was appointed in April as commander of Army Group Aviation School Männiku and commander of the " teaching Brigade Nord". As of July 24 was Mäder battle commander of Siauliai and briefly commander of the battle group center. On August 27, Mäder was awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross ( 560th ceremony ). In September he commanded the Lithuanian volunteer units and from October to December, he led the 7th Panzer Division, followed by a four-week course in Division leaders Hirschberg joined. On 24 December 1944 he was given command of the leaders Grenadier Brigade and took part with this at the Battle of the Bulge. End of January 1945 Mäder was promoted to Major General and appointed Commander of the Panzer Grenadier Division Greater Germany. On April 18, 1945 Mäder received the Swords to the Oak Leaves ( 143 awards ), in May he fell into Soviet captivity, from which he was released in October 1955.

Bundeswehr

In September 1957, two years after his return from captivity, Mäder joined the Army, where he served until 1960 as commander of the Infantry School mutton castle. On February 21, 1958 Promoted to brigadier general was.

In October 1960 Mäder was promoted to Major General and Deputy Ministers in Truppenamt Cologne, where he worked until his retirement in 1968. In April 1968 Mäder was promoted to lieutenant general on 24 May he received the Great Cross of Merit with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in September he went into retirement.

Pensioner

After retiring from the army Mäder worked for the American helicopter manufacturer Bell and German Rheinmetall.

In October 1976, Mäder was sentenced by the Criminal Chamber of the Great 8 Cologne Regional Court for fraud and continued corruption to a prison sentence of two years without parole, the penalty did not have to compete. In addition, he lost his rank as lieutenant general and parts of his pension. Mäder had cheated as head of the Cologne Truppenamt the federal government by about 17,000 DM separation allowances, and accepted substantial donations from the head of a repair shop that was in business relationship with the Bundeswehr.