(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Dr.med.dent. Rudolf Huebner
Born: 29 Apr 1897 in Erlenthal, Posen
Died: 28 Feb 1965 in Lemgo
Doctorate in Dental Medicine: 1923
Promotions:
Leutnant der Reserve (27 Sep 1918); Hauptmann (E) (01 Jun 1935); Hauptmann (15 Jul 1936); Major (01 Mar 1940); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1942); Oberst (01 Dec 1942); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1945); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (Reserves) (25 Jul 1916)
War Volunteer in the Replacement-Battalion of the 12th Grenadier-Regiment (25 Jul 1916-1916)
In the Field with the 51st Infantry-Regiment (1916-1917)
Platoon-Leader in the 16th Assault-Battalion (1917-02 Oct 1918)
Detached to Officer-Course of Assault-Battalions (02 Oct 1918-28 Nov 1918)
Retired (28 Nov 1918)
Studies of Dentistry, subsequently a Practicing Dentist (04 Dec 1918-20 Dec 1923)
Enlisted to Selection-Course with the Command-Office Schweidnitz (02 Dec 1934-23 Dec 1934)
Enlisted to Selection-Course with Army-Service-Office Breslau (31 Jan 1935-28 Feb 1935)
Entered Army Service as a Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Supplemental-Officer from 01 Jun 1935)
Company-Chief in Replacement-Battalion Oppeln A (01 Mar 1935-15 Jul 1936)
Active-Officer (15 Jul 1936)
I Company-Chief in the 78th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jul 1936-01 Mar 1937)
Detached to Company-Leader-Course at the Infantry-School, Döberitz (06 Apr 1936-02 May 1936)
Company-Chief in the 18th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1937-26 Aug 1939)
Company-Chief in the 167th Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-27 Jan 1940)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 529th Infantry-Regiment (27 Jan 1940-12 May 1941)
Tactics-Instructor at the Reconnaissance-School of an Air-Fleet, probably Reconnaissance-School 2 (H), Brieg/Silesia or possibly Reconnaissance-School 3 (F), Perleberg (12 May 1941-09 Apr 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 529th Grenadier-Regiment (09 Apr 1942-26 Aug 1942)
Commander of the 529th Grenadier-Regiment (26 Aug 1942-01 Jul 1943)
*Oberst Huebner presented to General Schmundt a draft of the Training Programme for his Soldiers. Schmundt requested a memorandum by the Oberst about the Education of the German Officer Corps which he executed with eagerness and energy based on literature of the Allegmeine SS. The memo, with the title 'For What Are We Fighting' was delivered to Schmund. Huebner wanted the 'political soldier' to be led by National Socialist Trained Officers. Huebner's memorandum in the shape of 300,000 copies was sent by OKW to the Officer Corps. It was utilised as a basis for 'wehrgeistig' or 'Political Defence' Training. (00 May 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Jul 1943-24 Sep 1943)
Transferred, for special use, into the Army Personnel Office/P 2/OKH (24 Sep 1943-01 Aug 1944)
Detached to the NS-Guidance-Staff, OKW (12 Apr 1944-03 May 1944)
Detached as Director to the Course for NS-Guidance-Officers (03 May 1944-15 May 1944)
Chief of Staff of the NS-Guidance-Staff of the Army, OKH (01 Aug 1944-26 Jan 1945)
Chief of the NS-Guidance-Staff of the Army, OKH (26 Jan 1945-01 Feb 1945)
Commander of the 303rd Infantry-Division Döberitz (01 Feb 1945-03 Mar 1945)
*During a visit to the Front, Hitler visited Huebner's HQ. Huebner reported to Hitler, with pride, the Training Courses which he instituted in order to influence, to the last Grenadier, a National Socialist mold. (03 Mar 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKH (09 Mar 1945-10 Mar 1945)
Commander of the 'Flying Special-Court-Martial West' (10 Mar 1945-28 Apr 1945)
*On 07 Mar 1945 the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen fell intact into the hands of the Americans (Leutenant Timmermann, spearhead of the US 7th Armoured Division). Hitler instituted the 'Flying Special-Court-Martial West' under Generalleutnant Huebner for this purpose. On 11 Mar 1945 Huebner arrived at Rimbach/Sieg, the HQ of Army-Group B and sentenced Majors Scheller, Kraft and Schobel to death. The sentence was executed by firing squad. The superiors Model and Hitzfeld to nothing to prevent the executions. In a post-war trial in Koblenz, Huebner is sentenced to 4 years. The death sentences are reviewed in 1966 at the State-Court in Landshut all three majors were subsequently posthumously acquitted. Commandant of Munich (28 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
*By Order of the Deupty Chief of the Wehrmacht Operations Staff, of the 'Munich Mutineers (Bavarian Liberation Committee) 200 Men are reported shot or hanged In US, later British Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Apr 1948)
Released (00 Apr 1948)

Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (09 Mar 1945)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (21 Apr 1943)


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