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Alfred Erich Wilhelm Burgemeister (* July 22nd, 1906 in Perleberg - † April 23rd, 1970 in München) was a German Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Alfred Erich Wilhelm Burgemeister was born on the 22.07.1906 in Perleberg in the West Prignitz, attended elementary school in Perleberg, completed a commercial apprenticeship, then took work as a warehouse clerk in a farming cooperative and joined the 15.04.1926 with twelve years service obligation of the 10th company of the 9th (Preuß). Infantry Regiment of the Reichswehr at. After military basic training, he finds a use as help writers on the company wrote room of 10 company from the 01.12.1926, is the non-commissioned officer candidate exam on the 11.04.1929, and is appointed on the 15.04.1929 to the company clerk of his company. From the 01.01.1930 accounting officer in the 10th company, is he on the 11.08.1930 in the Division IVa of the III battalion of the 9th (Preuß). Regiment transferred and appointed to the 22.10.1930 to the troops number master of III battalion. As such he is the accounting officer candidate exam on the 16.03.1931 and changes to the 01.12.1931 as battalion Chamber Sergeant and battalion Fourier in the staff of the III. battalion. From the 15.02.1932 is he Regiment scribe and is transferred to the 01.04.1932 in the bar of the regiment. He is the Sergeant candidate exam on the 07.04.1932 and comes from the 01.05.1932 in the 1st company of his regiment. From the 01.11.1933 again in the bar, he takes over the regiment scribe at the rod of the 15.02 up to 30.06.1934 again, to to be transferred with effect from the 01.07.1934 A battalion of the Regiment in Lübben. According to staffing of the 01.10.1934 it is located in then in the 10th company of the III. battalion in the regiment of Halberstadt and the 12.11.1934 in the local 12 (MG) company. According to staffing by the 15.10.1935, he is leader of the 10th company of infantry regiment 12 until he was appointed to the 01.05.1935 to their boss. The 22.03 up to the 24.03.1938 is he his Academy exam and is transferred to the 18.05.1938 with effect from the 03.11.1938 as course participants at the war Academy. From the 26.08.1939 in the leader reserve of the OKH, he is transferred with effect from the 08.09 up to the 12.10.1939 to the staff of the army detachment A, as 1st orderly officer of IA Department. The transfer of the 13.10.1939 up to the 14.05.1940 to the staff of the border section South, the military commander of Kraków, where he is also working as 1 Ordonnanzoffizier in IA division is directly then. With effect from the 14.05 to the 14.06.1940 he is assigned to the Führerreserve of the OKH and allocated at the same time as auxiliary officer of connection officer in the General staff of the army, the operations department at the AOK 9. The transfer to the leader of the OKH reserve and at the same time commanding to the service in the General staff was on the 10.06.1940. With effect from the 15.06.1940 up to the 01.04.1941 Bardakjian will enable the staff of the 56th Infantry Division first as IC and then the 20.07.1940 as IB. Then, as IC in the bar of a XVII-th was Corps while retaining its commanding to the General staff with effect from the 01.04.1941 up to the 28.02.1942. With the 20.01.1942, he is with effect from the 10.01.1942 for use as a battalion commander to the 45th Infantry Division and there appointed on the 01.03.1942 first to the leader and shortly afterwards to the Commander of the II battalion of the infantry regiment of 130. Still he is charged on the 26.07.1942 with effect from the 01.07.1942 with the leadership of the 130 infantry regiment, where he already took this position on the 27.06.1942. He was appointed commander of the 31.10.1942, with effect from the 01.10.1942. He is then put on the 26.10.1943 with effect from the 15.07.1943 up to the 09.08.1943 in the guide of the OKH reserve, or the 15.11.1943 with effect from the 10.08.1943 to the 22.10.1943 of Army Group A under concurrent appointment to the combatant commanders of annapa # in the Kuban bridgehead. Message from the 18.01.1944 is he once again with effect from the 23.10 up to the 19.11.1943 in the leader reserve and is transferred to the 04.02.1944, with effect from the 20.11.1943 up to the 23.01.1944 in the leader reserve of Army Group E and used as a commander of the leader reserve. On the 10.03.1944, Bardakjian is appointed with effect from the 23.01.1944 to the Commander of Grenadier Regiment 524, the 297th Infantry Division. It was used in the context of this Division as an occupation force in Tirana/Albania. During the evacuation of Greece by the army group E, the Regiment is directly subordinated to the army group and inserted at different focal points. Among other things, free, the regiment of the 104th Jäger Division fought its way through Montenegro and was significantly involved in the outbreak in Sarajevo. Still, it covered the retreat of 21st mountain Corps after Croatia. For the successful defensive battles, Bardakjian was submitted to the Knight's cross, which was awarded to the 02.05.1945 as Colonel and Commander of Grenadier Regiment No. 524. However, the award of the Knight's cross is invalid according to current scientific evaluations due to the previous location of the file. As an employee of the Bundeswehr in the personnel records of Burgemeisters found in 1956 out keeps a typewritten award certificate to the Knight's cross, the 02.05.1945 by the General of the mountain troops of Konrad, on behalf of the Supreme Commander of army group South. The employee sent to take this document to the Department "III C5" with the comment, since the award of the Knight's cross on Bardakjian is not demonstrated in this as an attachment to the presentation file to the Knight's cross. So if any one of the Dönitz Decree and the other "on behalf of" he was awarded to the 02.05.1945. Because more archival materials previously missing a possible ceremony, must be assumed, that at the awarding of the Knight's cross on Bardakjian is an invalid ceremony. With the war on the provision in English internment, he will be released in July 1945. Then, he takes up work as a farm worker at the zone boundary and is relevant, most recently as Director, working on the construction of the refugee transit camp of helmstedt and Marienthal. In 1946, he assumes was a retail store in Schöningen, which he voluntarily joined the District Association of the Brunswick retail. He is also active in the retail Committee of the industry and Commerce Brunswick. He is also Chairman of the Association of German soldiers, District Association of helmstedt, and from 1948 a city councilor in Schöningen. From November 1952 member of the District Assembly in Helmstedt, he comes to the 06.09.1953 as a representative of the constituency of 51 - Braunschweig-country helmstedt / Lower Saxony in the Bundestag, he was up to the object. During his political life is he from 1957 to 1963 of Chairman of the discussion circle "Mittelstand", from 1959 to 1962 of Vice-Chairman from 1963 to 1969, Chairman of the Working Group "Economic diet" and substitute member of the Working Committee for Defense (e.g., 1965). He is member of the Board of the party as Secretary and others. Alfred Burgemeister died on 23.04.1970 in Munich.

Awards

 * Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse on June 29th, 1942


 * Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse on June 15th, 1940


 * Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse on November 20th, 1941


 * Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse on November 20th, 1941


 * Dienstauszeichnung 4. Klasse on October 2nd, 1940


 * Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten on August 15th, 1942


 * Verwundetenabzeichen (1939) in Schwarz on February 24th, 1944


 * Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on May 2nd, 1945 as Oberst and Kommandeur of Grenadier-Regiment 524