Wehrpass NCO Army war economy units Eastern Front KVK1

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Hermann Brunke, NCO (Unteroffizier) Army war economy units

Wehrpass, 27.8.40. Cover partly loose.

Entitled to: Sports Badge Silver, Winter War Medal (3.10.42), War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (1.9.43) and War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords (30.1.45 awarded by Army upper command, Chef OKW).

Salesman born 1903 in Steinbruck Marienburg living in Nürnberg. He served: May-Aug.41 with Kraftfahr-Ersatz-Kompanie 29 in Gera; Aug.-Sep.41 with Wehrwirtschafts-Inspektion zbV Kassel; Sep.41-May 42 with Wirtschaftskommando Brieg (field post number 44084 is Wirtschaftskommando z.b.V. Brieg later Wirtschaftsinspektion Donez); Jun.-Jul.42 with Wirtschaftsinspektion Donez active in Southern Russia; Aug.42-May 43 with Wirtschaftsinspektion Kaukasus; May-Oct.43 with Wirtschaftsinspektion Mitte and from Nov.43 onwards with Heeres-Wirtschaftsführer Mitte, both active in the central sector of the eastern front (Dec.43-Apr.44 Pripjet and White Ruthenia). The Wirtschaftsführer units were in charge of the economies in occupied territory; main task was collecting (looting) materials and other resources for the army and war industries in Germany.