BANGERSKIS, Rudolfs:
(1878-1958)
SS-Gruppenfuhrer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS:
Born: 21. Jul. 1878.
Killed: Night of 24/25 Feb. 1958 in auto accident,
Oldenburg.
Promotions:
SS-Gruf.u.Gen.Lt.d.W-SS: ;Legions-Brigadefuhrer der
Waffen-SS: 1. Mar. 1943;
Assignments:
-President, Latvian National Committee (provisional Latvian
govt. established under German auspices, Potsdam, to assume
jurisdiction over the provice of Kurzeme [Ger.: Kurland],
the sole region of the country not yet taken by the Soviet
Army): 20. Feb. 1945-21. Jun. 1945.
-Generalinspekteur der lettischen SS-Freiwilligen-Legion:
1. Mar. 1943-__.
Pre-Waffen-SS Service:
-Minister of Defense, Latvia: 1924-25 & 1928-29. Retired
from Latvian Army, 1937.
-Cdr. of several divisions, Latvian Army: Early
1920's.
-Cdr. of a division, then a corps, and finally an army
group of Admiral Koltchak's White Russian Army (which he
joined in 1917). Returned to Latvia with the fall of that
Army.
-Colonel in command of 17th Siberian Rifle Regiment,
Czarist Russian Army: WW I.
-Russian Staff College: Graduated, 1914.
-Served in Czarist Russian Army, Russo-Japanese War,
1904-1905.
Notes:
Arrested by British Intelligence agents, 21. Jun. 1945,
after denunciation by another Latvian as a "Nazi."
Confined to room at Hotel-Restaurant Bleiche, Goslar.
Interned in Goslar jail from 2. Jul., then transferred to
prison in Braunschweig. From there, sent to POW camp,
Westertimke, 19. Jul., then to POW camp, Sandbostel, 23.
Jul. Transferred from Sandbostel, 20. Nov. 1945, and moved
to POW camp for Latvians, Westerbuhr, Aurich county,
Friesland. Released from confinement, 25. Dec. 1945,
settling at Displaced Persons Camp, Oldenburg.
Decorations & Awards (Third Reich):
KVK I/II m. Schw.
Decorations & Awards (Latvian)
In 1914 Artur Silgailis volunteered for military
service, was accepted at the Military College of Vilna, and
on 13 September 1915 was commisioned as an officer in the
Czarist Russian Army.His military service contiued with the
426th. Infantry Regiment and in the summer of 1916 it was
transferred to Finland and subordinated to the Commander of
the Baltic Fleet and stationed at Helsinki as the garrison
of the Navy fortress Sweabourg. (to be continued).
Decorations & Awards (Third Reich):
1939 EK I/II.
Decorations & Awards (Latvian):
Triju Zvaigznu Ordenis (3 Stars Order - 4th Class);
Aizsargu Nopelnu Krusts (Aizsargi Cross of Merit); Latvijas
Atbrivosanas Kara Pieminas Zime (Medal for Participation in
the Independence War of Latvia); Latvijas Republikas
Atbrivosanas Cinu 10 Gadu Jubilejas Pieminas Medala (10
Years' Jubilee Medal of the Independence War of the
Republic of Latvia); Badge of 6thRiga Infantry Regiment (6
Rigas Inf.Rgt.).
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