Fritz Bienek

Fritz Walter Hugo Bienek (1 August 1918 in Colonnnowska - KIA 14 April 1945 in Nicolei) was a German Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Bienek was born on the 1 August 1914 in Kolonowskie, from 1939 Greifenweiler, in Upper Silesia, and joined on the 5 April 1934 of the 2nd company of the infantry regiment 7 in Opole. After transplantation in the 16th Corps of the infantry regiment Opole, Wrocław, he was from the 15.10.1935 of the current infantry regiment 28 7 company, with which he participated in the Poland campaign. Moved to end the fighting on the western border of the German Reich, Baker is promoted to the 01.03.1940 to the platoon leader and takes part as such, from the 10 May 1940, in the fighting in France. As well, he is on the first day of the war against the Soviet Union in operation and is wounded in action on the 07.09.1941 by a shrapnel in the right upper and lower leg. Transferred to the military hospital, he assumed there economically the 28 battalion of infantry. Continue along the 1 November 1941 to the officer chosen, he assumes the post of officer recruits and train Director in the infantry or Jäger reserve battalion 28 on the 14 November 1941. On the 20 December 1942 as a platoon commander of the 8th company of the Jäger Regiment 28 back to the front, the displacement of the disposition company of the infantry replacement battalion 28 in the 2nd rifle replacement company 28, where he held the post of the leader of a train there from the 1 April 1942 took place on the 25 March 1942. After renaming in 2nd/reserve Jäger battalion 28, there is company commander at the 26 August 1943 and the 9 September 1943 at the same time also an ensign father. Transferred to the partisans in the headquarters company of the Grenadier Regiment 281, he takes over the leadership of a company there at the 15 November 1944 and is Chief of the 5th company. Within the framework of the 148th Infantry Division, Bienek from January was the CISA pass, in the area of Fornovo, Southwest Parma until April 1945 in heavy defensive fighting over La Spezia, Carrara. While he proved at Cinquale outstanding bravery, for which he was proposed for the Knight's cross. The proposal was received on the 7 April 1945 in army recruitment office and advocated. So, Baker was awarded the Knight's cross on the 14.04.1945. Whether he learned it still is questionable, because Fritz Bienek fell on the day of the award of the Knight's cross when Nicholas in Italy. His grave is today located on the cemetery in Costermano (Italy).

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (29 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (20 August 1941)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (April 1938)
• Sudetenland Medal (27 August 1939)
• Infantry Assault Badge (9 July 1940)
• Wound Badge (1939) in Black (25 October 1941)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 April 1945 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 281