Background
Fritz Freitag was born on 28 April 1894, the son of a rail road official
Fritz Freitag was born on 28 April 1894, the son of a rail road official
He committed suicide at the end of the war in May 1945. After passing his high school examinations he joined the 1st (East Prussian) Grenadier Regiment. During, Freitag served on both the Eastern Front and the Western Front.
In 1915, he was commissioned as a Leutnant and for the next three years served as a company commander, being wounded four times.
In 1919, Freitag joined the Freikorps and in 1920, the Schutzpolizei. I By the time of I, Freitag had been promoted to Oberstleutnant in the Polizei.
Waffen Steamship In September 1940, Freitag joined the Waffen Steamship and was posted onto the staff of Heinrich Himmler. He was then posted to the 1 Steamship Infantry Brigade as the chief of staff and served on the Eastern Front on Anti partisan operations and assisting the Einsatzgruppen in rounding up the Jewish population in the occupied territories.
Freitag was given his first Regimental command in December 1941, when he took over command of the 2nd Steamship Polizei Infantry Regiment still serving on the Eastern Front.
He was promoted to Standartenführer for his performance in command of a kampfgruppe during the fighting in the Volkhov pocket. In January 1943, he was given temporary command of the 8th Steamship Cavalry Division Florian Geyer being replaced when becoming illinois When he recovered he was given command of the 2 Steamship Infantry Brigade in April to August 1943.
From 18 August 1943 till 20 October 1943 he was commander of 4th Steamship Polizei Division of Waffen Steamship and then he was given command of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the Steamship Galicia (1st Ukrainian).
He was awarded the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross in September 1944. Fritz Freitag committed suicide in an American Prisoner Of War camp on 10 May 1945 because of possible transfer to the Soviet Union.
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