Karl Prager

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Birth name Karl Hermann Prager
Birth date 19 September 1888(1888-09-19)
Place of birth München, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Death date 28 July 1948 (aged 59)
Place of death Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance File:Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).png Weimar Republic
File:Flag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg National Socialist Germany
Service/branch File:Fahne der Bayerischen Armee.png Royal Bavarian Army
File:Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
File:Freikorps Flag.png Freikorps
File:War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Vorläufige Reichswehr
File:Polizei in der Weimarer Republik.png Police
File:Balkenkreuz.png Heer
Years of service 1908–1945
Rank Generalleutnant
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Iron Cross
War Merit Cross
German Cross in Gold
Relations ∞ 24 March 1917 Hildegard "Hilde" Kraft (no children)

Karl Hermann Prager (1888–1948) was a German officer of the Bavarian Army, the Imperial German Army, the Freikorps, the Reichswehr, the Police and the Wehrmacht, finally Generalleutnant in World War II. He must not be confused with General of the Infantry Karl Ritter von Prager.

Career (chronology)

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Personal file (Karteikarte)[1]
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Kapellenfriedhof Bad Kissingen
  • 1888 Born as the son of Generalleutnant August Prager (1854–1919) and his wife Amalie, geb. Volk (d. 20 February 1919)
  • 1908 Abitur in Bayreuth
  • 31 July 1908 Joined the Königlich Bayerisches 6. Feldartillerie-Regiment „Prinz Ferdinand von Bourbon, Herzog von Calabrien“ as officer candidate
    • other sources claim, he first joined the Königlich Bayerisches 2. Infanterie Regiment „Kronprinz“ and was transferred to the Feldartillerie in March 1909
  • 1911 to 1912 Studies at the Königlich Bayerische Artillerie- und Ingenieur-Schule (Royal Bavarian Artillery and Engineering School) in München
  • Mid 1914 Finished training as an observer of the Bavarian Fliegertruppe
    • He used as an observer in reconnaissance aircraft at the beginning of World War I in the summer of 1914. After only a few weeks, he was seriously wounded in a plane crash, after the engine was hit by the enemy, and then transferred to a military hospital. After his recovery he returned to the front in early 1915 as an aircraft observer.
      • 10 January 1915 Königlich Bayerische Feldflieger-Abteilung 7 (FFA 7 b); erected on 15 January 1915 on the Western Front and renamed on 31 December 1916 to Königlich Bayerische Flieger-Abteilung 293 (Artillerie), short FA A 293 b
        • 1916 to 1917 Also attended courses as aviator-radio operator-leader (Flieger-Funker-Führer)
      • 12 January 1917 Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 1
      • 10 March 1917 Flieger-Abteilung 293
      • 30 April 1917 Leader of the Bavarian Attack Squadron (Schlachtfliegerstaffel/Schutzstaffel) 28
      • 14 September 1917 Leader of the Offizier-Beobachterschule
      • 26 October 1917 Leader of the Royal Bavarian Flieger-Abteilung 199
  • 15 December 1918 Commander of artillery battery of the Königlich Bayerisches 6. Feldartillerie-Regiment „Prinz Ferdinand von Bourbon, Herzog von Calabrien“
  • 13 March 1919 Batterie-Chef of the Bayerisches Schützenkorps (Freikorps von Epp); took part in the fighting against the Bavarian Soviet Republic
  • 30 August 1919 Commander of the Headquarters of the Reichswehr Rifle Brigade (Kommandant des Stabsquartiers der Reichswehr-Schützen-Brigade)
  • 1 September 1920 Entered service as a Polizeihauptmann in the staatliche Polizeiwehr, München, later also Landespolizei Augsburg (Bayerische Landespolizei service)
  • 30 September 1920 Officially discharged from military service
  • 1 August 1935 Transferred from the Landespolizei to the Reichsheer
    • Battalion Commander (Abteilungs-Kommandeur) of the Artillerie-Regiment 7
  • 6 October 1936 Commander of the Artillerie-Regiment 27 in Augsburg

WWII

  • September 1930 Poland Campaign as regimental commander
  • 1 October 1939 Tasked with managing the business of Arko 31 (Artillerie-Kommandeur 31)
  • 9 February 1940 Officially named Arko 31 (XI. Armeekorps); Battle of France
  • 1 January 1942 Harko 309 (Höherer Artillerie-Kommandeur 309)
  • 6 April 1943 Führerreserve
  • 1 June 1943 Inpekteur of the Wehrersatzinspektion (W.E.I.) Frankfurt am Main
  • 8 May 1945 Fallen into western allied captivity

Death

Prisoner of war Prager was released in 1947, whereupon he went to Bad Kissingen, where his parents-in-law had their villa. However, the highly decorated retired Lieutenant General Karl Prager could not cope with the new conditions on site, his country occupied by the enemy, unfree and patronized in his own Vaterland. He finally committed suicide (Freitod) together with his wife Hildegard in the summer of 1948. They rest together in the cemetery Kapellenfriedhof Bad Kissingen.

Promotions

  • 31.7.1908 -- Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
  • 7.3.1909 -- Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)[2]
  • 3.3.1911[3] -- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 23.10.1910[4]
  • 1.6.1915 -- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
  • 18.8.1918 -- Hauptmann (Captain)
  • 1.9.1920 -- Polizeihauptmann
  • 1.5.1932 -- Polizeimajor
  • 1.4.1935 -- Polizei-Oberstleutnant (Police Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 1.7.1935 -- Oberstleutnant of the Wehrmacht with rank seniority (RDA) from 1.5.1934
  • 1.4.1936 -- Oberst (Colonel)
  • 1.2.1940 -- Generalmajor
  • 1.2.1942 -- Generalleutnant

Awards and decorations

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References

  1. ↑ Karteikarte of Generalleutnant Karl Prager
  2. ↑ Generalleutnant Karl Prager
  3. ↑ Prager, Karl, Lexikon der Wehrmacht
  4. ↑ Rangliste der Offiziere der Königlich Bayerischen Armee, 1918
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