fantassin
07-31-2004, 08:59 AM
He died less than two years ago.
FENET, Henri-Joseph (RK)
(1919 - 2002)
Waffen-Hauptsturmführer der SS:
Born: 11 July 1919 in Ceyzeriat, Department Ain, France.
Died: 14. September 2002 in his apartment, Paris.
Promotions:-
Waffen-Hauptsturmführer der SS: Mar. 1945
Waffen-Obersturmführer der SS: 20. Mar. 1944
Lieutenant (French Army): 1940
Career:
Studied literature at the Sorbonne, Paris: ____ - 1939. French Army service: Sep. 1939 - 1940 (involved in fighting against German Army, May/Jun. 1940 (twice wounded). In German captivity: ca. Jun. 1940 - 29. Nov. 1942.
Joined “Milice Française” (the collaborationist French militia under Joseph Darnand): ca. Dec. 1942. Volunteered for service in the Waffen-SS: Oct. 1943. Attended SS-Junkerschule "Bad Tölz" (abbreviated training course): Jan. 1944 - Mar. 1944 (commissioned, granted rank of Waffen-Obersturmführer der SS to match his French Army rank of Lieutenant).
Führer of 3.Kompanie / 8.SS-Sturmbrigade “Frankreich”: Mar. 1944 - (sent with his unit, along with the reinforced I. Btl./ "Frankreich", to Galicia in Jul. 1944 where it was heavily engaged in the Carpathians and in the basin of the Vistula River during Aug. 1944; wounded in action during these battles). Sent with his 3.Kompanie to SS-Truppenübungsplatz Konitz (Pommern) to be absorbed into the new Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS "Charlemagne" (französische Nr. 1)(later the 33.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS “Charlemagne”), then to SS-Truppenübungsplatz Wildflecken (near Fulda) where he assumed command of I.Bataillon / SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 57 of “Charlemagne”:
Sep. 1944 -. Engaged as Führer of I.Bataillon / SS-Freiw.Gren.Rgt. 57 on Pommern front against Soviet Army advance: Feb./Mar. 1945 (with disintegration of the surrounded French SS Division, Fenet was able to retreat intact to the German lines; received promotion to Waffen-Hauptsturmführer der SS for this accomplishment). Assigned as Führer of a volunteer Sturmbataillon (attached to the SS Regiment formed from remnants of “Charlemagne”, which was further subordinated to 11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”) in Berlin (engaged in a terrific struggle against the Soviet forces; only about 36 of Fenet’s men survived of an original strength of 300): 24. Apr. 1945 - 2. May 1945. They destroyed a least 62 russian tanks in close combat in the process.
Postwar Confinement:
Badly wounded during the battle for Berlin, Fenet was first hospitalized then held in Soviet and later French POW camps and prisons. Sentenced by a French court to 40 years' imprisonment but released in 1949.
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes: 29 Apr. 1945 as SS-Hauptsturmführer, Kommandeur of SS-Sturmbataillon der 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne" (französische Nr. 1).
1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse: Mar. 1945
1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse: 22. Aug. 1944
Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz: 1944
Croix de Guerre (France): 1940
Anybody has any infos on his whereabouts from 1949 to 2002 ?
FENET, Henri-Joseph (RK)
(1919 - 2002)
Waffen-Hauptsturmführer der SS:
Born: 11 July 1919 in Ceyzeriat, Department Ain, France.
Died: 14. September 2002 in his apartment, Paris.
Promotions:-
Waffen-Hauptsturmführer der SS: Mar. 1945
Waffen-Obersturmführer der SS: 20. Mar. 1944
Lieutenant (French Army): 1940
Career:
Studied literature at the Sorbonne, Paris: ____ - 1939. French Army service: Sep. 1939 - 1940 (involved in fighting against German Army, May/Jun. 1940 (twice wounded). In German captivity: ca. Jun. 1940 - 29. Nov. 1942.
Joined “Milice Française” (the collaborationist French militia under Joseph Darnand): ca. Dec. 1942. Volunteered for service in the Waffen-SS: Oct. 1943. Attended SS-Junkerschule "Bad Tölz" (abbreviated training course): Jan. 1944 - Mar. 1944 (commissioned, granted rank of Waffen-Obersturmführer der SS to match his French Army rank of Lieutenant).
Führer of 3.Kompanie / 8.SS-Sturmbrigade “Frankreich”: Mar. 1944 - (sent with his unit, along with the reinforced I. Btl./ "Frankreich", to Galicia in Jul. 1944 where it was heavily engaged in the Carpathians and in the basin of the Vistula River during Aug. 1944; wounded in action during these battles). Sent with his 3.Kompanie to SS-Truppenübungsplatz Konitz (Pommern) to be absorbed into the new Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS "Charlemagne" (französische Nr. 1)(later the 33.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS “Charlemagne”), then to SS-Truppenübungsplatz Wildflecken (near Fulda) where he assumed command of I.Bataillon / SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 57 of “Charlemagne”:
Sep. 1944 -. Engaged as Führer of I.Bataillon / SS-Freiw.Gren.Rgt. 57 on Pommern front against Soviet Army advance: Feb./Mar. 1945 (with disintegration of the surrounded French SS Division, Fenet was able to retreat intact to the German lines; received promotion to Waffen-Hauptsturmführer der SS for this accomplishment). Assigned as Führer of a volunteer Sturmbataillon (attached to the SS Regiment formed from remnants of “Charlemagne”, which was further subordinated to 11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”) in Berlin (engaged in a terrific struggle against the Soviet forces; only about 36 of Fenet’s men survived of an original strength of 300): 24. Apr. 1945 - 2. May 1945. They destroyed a least 62 russian tanks in close combat in the process.
Postwar Confinement:
Badly wounded during the battle for Berlin, Fenet was first hospitalized then held in Soviet and later French POW camps and prisons. Sentenced by a French court to 40 years' imprisonment but released in 1949.
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes: 29 Apr. 1945 as SS-Hauptsturmführer, Kommandeur of SS-Sturmbataillon der 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne" (französische Nr. 1).
1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse: Mar. 1945
1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse: 22. Aug. 1944
Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz: 1944
Croix de Guerre (France): 1940
Anybody has any infos on his whereabouts from 1949 to 2002 ?