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Re: Military Tribunal against Colonel Heymer - North Africa 1941
IF he was in fact court-martialed, he must have been acquitted:
HEYMER, Otto. (DOB: 29.09.03 in Heepen (near Bielefeld)). (i.G.). (R). 15.03.23 entered service with the Heer (Infanterie). 25.11.32 certified fluent in Russian. 01.10.34 Generalstab training at the Heereskriegsakademie Berlin (to 14.07.36). 15.07.36 appt Ic/A.O. in Stab/VII. Armeekorps. 15.01.38 trf into the Generalstab d.H. 03.04.39 appt Leiter Abwehrstelle Prag. 01.02.40 trf to the Luftwaffe. 11.03.40 assigned to 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 31 and concurrently appt Stabs-Offizier d.Lw. beim Afrikakorps. 11.10.40 Maj., appt Staka 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (to 01.09.41). 13.04.41 Maj., Staka 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 awarded Ritterkreuz. 15.08.41 appt Koflug Befehlshaber d.DeutschenTruppen in Libyen. 11.11.41 trf to Ob.d.L./RLM pool. 15.12.41 Obstlt., appt Abt.-Leiter I in Stab/Luftflotte 3. 01.12.42 promo to Oberst. 01.01.43 trf to Ob.d.L./RLM pool. 15.01.43 appt provisional Chef d.Genst./Lw.-Kdo. Ost. 01.02.43 appt permanent Chef d.Genst./Lw.-Kdo. Ost (to 25.02.43). †25.02.43 of natural causes; another account maintains that he was KIA in or around Kharkov.
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