*req* Need info about German Generalmajor

[Mablod]

I am trying to find some info about a German Generalmajor from WW2. He's name was Egon Von Plőtz. All i know is that he was promoted from oberst August 1. in 1942 and that he was a member of the Johanniter Order(Order of St. John). Any info or sources where i can find info will be appreciated.

Family crest
http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/8/6/22/mablod/f_Bilde861m_336036f.jpg

Promotion papers
http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/8/6/22/mablod/f_Bilde855m_f1a0813.jpg

[Luno]

Have you tried talking to the people at Axis History Forum, I am sure they can help you :)
http://forum.axishistory.com/

[Mablod]

No but I will now, thanks for the tip :)

[toki]

No but I will now, thanks for the tip :)

Since "von" is always a distinct family, it will be this Family:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_von_Ploetz_%28General%29

Prussian/Pommeranian Nobility. That's all i can see. That Paul von Ploetz (1847-1930) was a general in the Imperial Prussian Infantry. Likely that you're looking for a direct descendant.

Maybe it helps you. If not, it was a try.


AA google search led me here:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=28878
This axis forum thread is pretty long, but his name is somewhere there.

[Mablod]

Since "von" is always a distinct family, it will be this Family:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_von_Ploetz_%28General%29

Prussian/Pommeranian Nobility. That's all i can see. That Paul von Ploetz (1847-1930) was a general in the Imperial Prussian Infantry. Likely that you're looking for a direct descendant.

Maybe it helps you. If not, it was a try.


AA google search led me here:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=28878
This axis forum thread is pretty long, but his name is somewhere there.

Thank you. Paul von Ploetz is probabily his father then, seems like Egon von Ploetz was born in 1880. So that could be correct.

Yes i found that link to axishistory, thats how i found out that he was a member of the Johanniter Order. Looks like a great number of members there became high ranking officers. Seems a bit strange to me, Hitler did not like that order at all and members of the Johanniter Order could not join NSDAP.

[Rifleman]

Hmm,

This is from memory but I think your friend may be commissar von Ploetz, the subdistrict commissar of the Grodno (Poland) getto.

[Mablod]

Hmm,

This is from memory but I think your friend may be commissar von Ploetz, the subdistrict commissar of the Grodno (Poland) getto.

Hmm don't think so, here is his service record:

12.04.1880 at Meran (Tirol)
09.10.99 join army as fahnenjunker
15.12.00 lt Uhlan Regiment
01.02.28 Oberstleutnant
01.02.31 Oberst
01.12.29 kdr Reiter rgt 5
31.01.32 released from Reichheer

01.10.33 reactived as Oberst (E) and kdr Wehrbezirkkommando Rostock

23.08.40 Feldkommandant 540
01.11.40 Feldkommandant 749
01.08.42 Generalmajor
30.09.42 released from army

[Rifleman]

The Feldkommandantur supervised the administration of the occupied areas, Feldkommandantur 540 was set up on 16 August 1939 in the military district IV as a exercise unit. The staff was responsible for everything from propaganda, parks, hookers and growing trees to labor and jewish policy.

Later the unit (540) operated in Poland and in July, 1940 was inserted in the administrative district B in La Rochelle, France. Not so bad.

However 749 operated in Yugoslavia/Serbia and was envolved in the in various security and anti-partisan operations. A few German officers made strong protests about the killing of woman and children and paid with their lives.

The ghetto in Grodno and the security and anti-partisan operations in Yugoslavia/Serbia were carried out in such a similar manner that I find it hard to believe that Feldkommandant Egon V. Ploetz of 749 was not also subdistrict commissar Egon Adalbert Walther Edmund V. Ploetz, of the Grodno (Poland) getto.

[Mablod]

The Feldkommandantur supervised the administration of the occupied areas, Feldkommandantur 540 was set up on 16 August 1939 in the military district IV as a exercise unit. The staff was responsible for everything from propaganda, parks, hookers and growing trees to labor and jewish policy.Later the unit (540) operated in Poland and in July, 1940 was inserted in the administrative district B in La Rochelle, France. Not so bad.However 749 operated in Yugoslavia/Serbia and was envolved in the in various security and anti-partisan operations. A few German officers made strong protests about the killing of woman and children and paid with their lives. The ghetto in Grodno and the security and anti-partisan operations in Yugoslavia/Serbia were carried out in such a similar manner that I find it hard to believe that Feldkommandant Egon V. Ploetz of 749 was not also subdistrict commissar Egon Adalbert Walther Edmund V. Ploetz, of the Grodno (Poland) getto.Looks like you are right. Very interresting, thank you. We have had this uniform a while now, and been in touch with one of his descendants. This person said that he would try to get his service record, but we havent heard from him in a long time.

[Rifleman]

I want you to keep a few things in mind.

I am not making a statement about what kind of man Ploetz was as I do not know, and I can not say 100% that it "is" the same man. Grondo is a tuff subject to research but I also know...there were some good men, men unknown to history, German Officers, who helped Jews escape. Turned a blind eye.

What you do know for sure is that Ploetz was a Feldkommandant is some nasty areas. If I really wanted to know I would contact some Jewish organizations.

As to the Grodno Ghetto, again from memory, only 5 (five) Jews who had lived there pre-war returned there to live, the rest moved on to new lives.

[Mablod]

I want you to keep a few things in mind.

I am not making a statement about what kind of man Ploetz was as I do not know, and I can not say 100% that it "is" the same man. Grondo is a tuff subject to research but I also know...there were some good men, men unknown to history, German Officers, who helped Jews escape. Turned a blind eye.

What you do know for sure is that Ploetz was a Feldkommandant is some nasty areas. If I really wanted to know I would contact some Jewish organizations.

As to the Grodno Ghetto, again from memory, only 5 (five) Jews who had lived there pre-war returned there to live, the rest moved on to new lives.

Yeah I know, I do not "judge" him. I am only interrested more about him, because we have his uniform and papers, but I must admit I was a little surprised when I found out where he served.

What happened in Grodno was terrible, and I do hope that something like that will never happen again.

Regards
Mablod