Hellmuth Reymann was an officer in the German Army during World War II.
11 Facts About Hellmuth Reymann
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Hellmuth Reymann was one of the last commanders of the Berlin Defence Area during the final assault by Soviet forces on Berlin.
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From 1 October 1942 to 1 October 1943, Reymann commanded the 212th Infantry Division as part of Army Group North.
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Hellmuth Reymann's division suffered heavy losses in the retreat from Leningrad and was disbanded in April 1944.
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From 1 April 1944 to 18 November 1944, Hellmuth Reymann commanded the 11th Infantry Division.
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In October 1944, Hellmuth Reymann's division was encircled in the Courland Pocket and he was replaced by General Gerhard Feyerabend.
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In March 1945, Hellmuth Reymann was appointed commander of the Berlin Defence Area and replaced General Bruno Ritter von Hauenschild.
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When he entered Berlin, Hellmuth Reymann found that he had inherited almost nothing from von Hauenschild.
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Hellmuth Reymann realised that Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels had ruled that any defeatist talk would lead to immediate execution.
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Hellmuth Reymann was happy to sign over 2,000 passes to get rid of the "armchair warriors".
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When Hellmuth Reymann chose not to locate his office next to Goebbels's office in the Zoo Tower, Goebbels held that act against him.