Arthur Hauffe

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Arthur Hauffe
Born	20 December 1892 Wittgensdorf
Died	22 July 1944(1944-07-22) (aged 51) near Lviv, Ukraine
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1912–1944
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	46. Infanterie-Division XIII. Armeekorps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1943) Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Arthur Hauffe (20 December 1892 – 22 July 1944) was a German career soldier. He became General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II and commanded the XIII. Armeekorps. He was recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Role in Romania during World War II

While he was Chief of the German Army Mission in Romania, he signed on 30 August 1941 with General Nicolae Tătăranu of the Romanian War Headquarters the “Agreement for the Security, Administration, and Economic Exploitation of the Territory between the Dniester and the Bug and the Bug-Dnieper.” Paragraph 7 of the agreement dealt with the Jews in the camps and ghettos of Bessarabia and Bukovina and the Jewish inhabitants of Transnistria: “The evacuation of the Jews across the Bug is not possible now. They must therefore be concentrated in labor camps and used for various work until, once the operations are over, their evacuation to the East will be possible.” The agreement made clear that the ultimate goal was to “cleanse” the relevant territories of their Jewish inhabitants.

Role in German defeats in the northern Ukraine

Arthur Hauffe was General of Infantry during the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive. The Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive was a major Red Army operation to force the German troops from Ukraine and Eastern Poland which was launched in mid July 1944. During this military engagement, General Hauffe failed to prepare for the withdrawal of his troops when they were threatened by encirclement. He also failed to show up at headquarters during the final phase of the offensive from 20 July 1944 to 22 July 1944 thus forcing Lieutenant General Wolfgang Lange to assume command of the XIII.Armeekorps. General Hauffe's inaction condemned the three XIII.Armeekorps divisions and Korps-Abteilung C in the Brody salient to annihilation by the Red Army. He was captured by Soviet troops on 22 July 1944 and died later the same day when he stepped on a land mine.

Awards and decorations

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
Knight's Cross Second Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords
Knight's Cross Second Class with Swords of the Order of Albrecht
Knight's Cross of the Second Class Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order with Swords
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Eastern Front Medal
German Cross in Gold (11 April 1944)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 July 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 46. Infanterie-Division^[1]
Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class (14 October 1941)

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 179.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Mitcham Samuel W. (2007). "The German Defeat in the East, 1944-45." United States: Stackpole Books. ISBN 9870811733717 .

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Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Ernst Haccius	Commander of 46. Infanterie-Division 7 February 1943 – 13 February 1943	Succeeded by Oberst Karl von Le Suire
Preceded by Oberst Karl von Le Suire	Commander of 46. Infanterie-Division 27 February 1943 – 20 August 1943	Succeeded by Generalmajor Kurt Röpke
Preceded by General der Infanterie Friedrich Siebert	Commander of XIII. Armeekorps 7 September 1943 – 25 April 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Johannes Block
Preceded by Generalleutnant Johannes Block	Commander of XIII. Armeekorps 5 June 1944 – 22 July 1944	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Hans Felber

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 46th Infantry Division

Stab	Ernst Haccius Arthur Hauffe Erich Reuter¹ (Oak Leaves) Kurt Röpke² (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 42	Karl-Heinz Dierks Rudolf Fuchs Georg Heinzmann Karl Kraft Ernst Maisel Wolfgang Mathes Friedrich Richter³ (Oak Leaves) Konrad Schmidt Josef Stigler Korbinian Viechter

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 72	Konrad Hupfer (Oak Leaves) Ludwig Kirschner⁴ (Oak Leaves) Eduard Schäfer Peter Windschüttl

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 97	Karl Bock Karl Eiden Alfred Engler Carl Koppenwallner Helmuth Ott Rudolf Richter Wolfgang Stocker

Artillerie-Regiment 114 (with I./Artillerie-Regiment 115)	Franz-Xaver Attenberger Karl Beschle Gustav Huber Ludwig Streit Ernst Zeller

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 52	Gerhard Mantel

Pionier-Bataillon 88	Alois Rampf

¹ Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 122 (50th Infantry Division) ² Oak Leaves with the XXIX. Armeekorps ³ Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 1222 (180th Infantry Division) ⁴ Knight's Cross with Infanterie-Regiment 436 (132nd Infantry Division)

Persondata
Name	Hauffe, Arthur
Alternative names
Short description	German General and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	20 December 1892
Place of birth	Wittgensdorf, Germany
Date of death	22 July 1944
Place of death	Lviv, Ukraine

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