(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans-Ulrich Back
Born: 26 Aug 1896 in Saarbrücken
Died: 14 Feb 1976 in Hagen-Emst
Promotions:
Unteroffizier (03 Feb 1915); Fähnrich (18 Jun 1915); Leutnant (30 Jul 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant (30 Jun 1920); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Jul 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (10 Nov 1921); Polizei-Hauptmann (03 Jul 1926); Hauptmann (15 Oct 1935); Major (01 Jan 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1939); Oberst (01 Jan 1942); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1944)
Career:
Fahnenjunker in the Imperial Ottoman Army (04 Aug 1914-19 Oct 1914)
Transferred into the Prussian Army (19 Oct 1914)
With the 74th Prussian-Infantry-Regiment (19 Oct 1914-15 May 1915)
Training-Course in Döberitz (14 Dec 1914-13 Feb 1915)
Detached to the Instruction-Infantry-Battalion Münster (14 Feb 1915-13 Mar 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (15 May 1915-12 Jul 1915)
In the Field with the 74th Infantry-Regiment (12 Jul 1915-19 Jun 1916)
Wounded, in Hospital (19 Jun 1916-08 Jul 1916)
With the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (08 Jul 1916-18 Aug 1916)
Platoon and Company Leader in the 74th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1916-21 Sep 1916)
Detached for Use as Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (23 Aug 1916-21 Sep 1916)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (21 Sep 1916-16 Oct 1916)
Wounded, in Hospital (16 Oct 1916-17 Jan 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (17 Jan 1917-14 Aug 1917)
Signals-Officer with the Staff of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (14 Aug 1917-07 Nov 1917)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (07 Nov 1917-04 Dec 1917)
In the Field with the 74th Infantry-Regiment (04 Dec 1917-10 Dec 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (10 Dec 1917-04 Apr 1918)
Wounded, in Hospital (04 Apr 1918-25 Jul 1918)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 74th Infantry-Regiment (25 Jul 1918-15 Aug 1918)
Company-Leader in the 74th Infantry-Regiment (15 Aug 1918-10 Feb 1919)
With the Volunteer-Unit Haase/Volunteer-Regiment Haupt (10 Feb 1919-25 Feb 1920)
Transferred into the 19th Infantry-Regiment (25 Feb 1920-09 Jul 1920)
Transferred into the 110th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (09 Jul 1920-30 Jun 1920)
Retired (30 Jun 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 Jul 1920)
Entered the State Police Hannover/3rd Unit (01 Jul 1920-23 Sep 1920)
Instructor at the Police-School in Hildesheim (23 Sep 1920-17 Dec 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 3rd Unit, Hannover (17 Dec 1920-09 Jan 1924)
Acting-Leader of the 3rd Unit, Hannover (18 Jun 1921-02 Jul 1921)
Acting-Leader of the 3rd Unit, Hannover (03 Jul 1921-18 Jul 1921)
Acting-Leader of the 3rd Unit, Hannover (08 Sep 1921-21 Sep 1921)
Acting-Leader of the 3rd Unit, Hannover (18 Mar 1922-10 May 1922)
Acting-Leader of the 3rd Unit, Hannover (26 Jun 1922-11 Aug 1922)
Acting-Leader of the 3rd Unit, Hannover (18 Aug 1922-30 Sep 1922)
Acting-Leader of the 4th Unit, Hannover (04 Aug 1923-08 Jan 1924)
Platoon-Leader in the 3rd Unit, Hannover (09 Jan 1924-05 May 1924)
Instruction-Course with the Police-Administration Hannover (08 Apr 1924-28 Jun 1924)
Bureau-Officer with the II. Police-Inspection, Hannover (05 May 1924-25 May 1925)
Leader of the Police Transport School Hannover (14 Jul 1924-19 Jul 1924)
Course at the Higher Police School in Eiche (21 Apr 1925-25 Jul 1925)
Leader of the 12th Police-District, Hannover (25 May 1925-26 Jun 1926)
Course at the Police School in Spandau (08 Apr 1926-22 May 1926)
Leader of the 5th Alarm, Hannover (26 Jun 1926-01 Jan 1928)
Bureau-Officer of the Police-Inspection Hannover (01 Jan 1928-15 May 1930)
Leader of the 12th Police-District, Hannover (15 May 1930-01 Jan 1932)
Leader of the 1st Emergency-Unit, Hannover (01 Jan 1932-06 Jun 1933) Administrator with the State-Police-Inspection Hannover (06 Jun 1933-07 Aug 1933)
Adjutant of the State-Police-Training-Direction, Hannover (07 Aug 1933-15 Oct 1935)
Tactical Special Course at the State-Police-School in Eiche (06 Dec 1934-22 Jan 1935)
Transferred into Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Company-Chief in the 60th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Apr 1937)
Course for Officers of Anti-Tank Units in Döberitz (29 Mar 1936-08 Apr 1936)
Leader of the Motor-Transport-Column with the Staff of the 60th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1937-12 Oct 1937)
Motor-Transport-Platoon-Officer with the Staff of the 4th Rifle-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-01 Feb 1938)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 2nd Rifle-Regiment (01 Feb 1938-03 Nov 1939)
At the same time, was Delegated the Command of the 2nd Rifle-Regiment (21 Aug 1939-08 Aug 1940)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 304th Rifle-Regiment (08 Aug 1940-26 Aug 1940)
Commander of the 304th Rifle-Regiment (26 Aug 1940-20 Jul 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (20 Jul 1942-15 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 11th Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade (15 Sep 1942-08 Nov 1942)
At the same time, was Commander of the Panzer-Battle-Group of the 27th Panzer-Division (09 Oct 1942-20 Oct 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (08 Nov 1942-15 Nov 1942)
Commander of the Fast-Troops in Military-District XVIII (15 Nov 1942-01 Nov 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 16th Panzer-Division (01 Nov 1943-01 Feb 1944)
Commander of the 16th Panzer-Division (01 Feb 1944-15 Aug 1944)
Führer-Reserve (15 Aug 1944-09 Sep 1944)
Acting-Commander of Panzer-Troops in Military-District X (09 Sep 1944-09 Oct 1944)
Commander of Panzer-Division 178 (09 Oct 1944-01 Jan 1945)
Commander of Panzer-Training-Division Tatra (01 Jan 1945-25 Feb 1945)
Commander of the 232nd Panzer-Division (25 Feb 1945-28 Mar 1945)
Severely wounded, in Hospital – no captivity (28 Mar 1945-08 May 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- - Ritterkreuz (150): am 05.08.1940 als Oberstleutnant und Komm. I Bataillon/ Schützen-Regiment 2/ 2. Panzerdivision/ XIX Armeekorps/ 12. Armee/ Heeresgruppe A
- - 1939 EK I –S-: 20.10.1940
- - 1939 EK II –S-: 27.09.1939
- - 1914 EK I: 23.05.1918
- - 1914 EK II: 14.11.1915
- - Türkische Kriegs-Verdienstmedaille: 25.07.1916
- - Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Silber: 15.04.1918
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer: 09.11.1934
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV Klasse: 02.10.1936
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung III Klasse: 02.10.1936
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung II Klasse: 02.10.1936
- - Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. Marz 1938: 08.11.1938
- - Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange “Prager Burg”
- - Panzerkampfabzeichen
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”
- - Nennung im Wehrmachtsbericht: 30.01.1944
- - Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939??? (28.03.1945: schwere Verwundung an der Raab)


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