Aleksander Viktor German ( May 24, 1915 , the city of Petrograd - September 6, 1943 , the village of Zhitnitsa, Leningrad Region ) - commander of the 3rd Leningrad partisan brigade. Hero of the Soviet Union ( 1944 )
| Alexander Viktorovich German | |||||
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| Date of Birth | May 24, 1915 | ||||
| Place of Birth | Petrograd | ||||
| Date of death | September 6, 1943 (28 years old) | ||||
| A place of death | Zhitnitsa village , Ostrovsky district , Pskov district , Leningrad region , RSFSR , USSR | ||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||
| Years of service | 1933 - 1943 | ||||
| Rank |  | ||||
| Commanded | 3rd Leningrad Partisan Brigade | ||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Awards
- 3 Memory
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Alexander German was born on May 24, 1915 in Petrograd in the family of an employee. According to some reports - German [1] . After graduating from the seven-year plan, Herman worked as a locksmith and studied at the automotive engineering college.
In November 1933, Alexander German joined the Red Army . In 1937 he graduated from the Oryol Armored School and served in a mechanized brigade. The beginning of World War II caught him as a second-year student of the MV Frunze Military Academy .
Since July 1941, German served in the intelligence department of the headquarters of the North-Western Front , and then acted as deputy commander of the 2nd special partisan intelligence brigade.
Since the summer of 1942, Major Alexander German is the commander of the 3rd Leningrad partisan brigade. Under his command, the brigade destroyed several thousand enemy soldiers and officers, derailed more than three hundred railway trains, blew up hundreds of vehicles and saved thirty-five thousand Soviet citizens from slavery.
From June 1942 to September 1943, a brigade under the command of Herman destroyed 9,652 Nazis, 44 crashed railway trains with manpower and enemy equipment, 31 railway bridges were blown up, 17 enemy garrisons were destroyed, and up to 70 volost administrations .
Major German died the death of the brave on September 6, 1943, leaving an enemy encirclement near the village of Zhitnitsy, Novorzhevsky District, Pskov Region . He was buried in the square of the city of Valdai, Novgorod region .
By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 2, 1944, for the exemplary performance of command missions at the front of the struggle against Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism shown to them, Major German Alexander Viktorovich was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal .
- Order of Lenin .
- Order of the Red Banner .
- Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree.
Memory
By order of the head of the Leningrad headquarters of the partisan movement of September 7, 1943, the 3rd Leningrad partisan brigade was named after her heroically deceased commander.
In the village of Zhitnitsy [2] , where German was killed, an obelisk was built [3] [4] . Streets were named after Hero and memorial plaques were installed in the cities of St. Petersburg, Valdai , Veliky Novgorod , Novorzhev , Ostrov , Pskov and Porkhov .
Notes
- ↑ History of the Germans of Russia .
- ↑ Granary Granary // wikimapia.org
- ↑ Novorzhevsky administrative district. // Cadastre. Sightseeing natural and historical-cultural objects of the Pskov region. - Pskov. 1997.
- ↑ Monument to A.V. German in the village of Zhitnitsa. Photo 1975-1980 - pastvu.com
Links
- German, Alexander Viktorovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- Article 3rd Leningrad partisan brigade on the site ainros.ru.
- Article German Alexander Viktorovich - Partizan with a capital letter on the site novgorod.ru.
- D. Cherkasov. Military Wisdom (2008).
- "Alexander German: the art of being a partisan." On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the deportation of Soviet Germans, I recall ... , - Zeitung “Aussiedlerbote” / Newspaper “Migrant Herald (Rus.)