Graevenitz, Hans von, born 14-07-1894 in Frankfurt an der Oder, 
in a noble family 
joined the Army on 22-03-1912, age 17, as a Leutnant of the 119th Grenadier Regiment and was in the fields of the first war as a Platoon Leader in the 5th Company of the 119th Grenadier Regiment. He was wounded 
captured by the Italians on 28-10-1917 and until 13-02-1919 imprisoned. He was allowed in the new Reichswehr 
and with the outbreak of World War II he was Chief of Welfare and Supplying Department OKW 
, until 01-04-1943. He became Inspector of POW affairs, to 01-04-1944. He landed in the Führer Reserve OKH (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know) and on the same time detached to the 305th Infantry Division, nickname “Bodensee Division” 
under General der Artillerie, Friedrich Wilhelm Rauch
in a noble family joined the Army on 22-03-1912, age 17, as a Leutnant of the 119th Grenadier Regiment and was in the fields of the first war as a Platoon Leader in the 5th Company of the 119th Grenadier Regiment. He was wounded captured by the Italians on 28-10-1917 and until 13-02-1919 imprisoned. He was allowed in the new Reichswehr and with the outbreak of World War II he was Chief of Welfare and Supplying Department OKW , until 01-04-1943. He became Inspector of POW affairs, to 01-04-1944. He landed in the Führer Reserve OKH (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know) and on the same time detached to the 305th Infantry Division, nickname “Bodensee Division” under General der Artillerie, Friedrich Wilhelm Rauch
, for training as a Divisional Commander, until 12-07-1944. Graevenitz was commander of the 237th Infantry Division until his Yugoslavia captivity, to 20-10-1950. The 392nd (Croatian) Infantry Division 
under an Austrian-born Generalleutnant Johann Mickl
, as a so-called ‘legionnaire’ division of the Wehrmacht and was formed with about 8.500 soldiers recruited from the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) 
commanded by about 3.500 German officers, non-commissioned officers and specialists. To control the Vratnik pass through the mountains from Senj to Brinie, General Mickl personally took part in the fighting and was shot in the head around noon. He was transported to hospital in Rijeka on a tank, but died on 10-04-1945, age 51. It was commonly known as the Blue Division. The division participated in the clearing of Partisans from the island of Korcula 
The division saw action against the Partisans until the end of the war.Death and burial ground of Graevenitz, Hans von.
After his release he lived in Stuttgart, where he at the age of 69 died, on 09-12-1963. Von Graevenitz is buried on the Waldfriedhof of Stuttgart, alas his gravestone is removed. On the same cemetery are buried the WWII General der Infanterie, Kommandeur “Kommando von Bünau”, Rudolf Bunau, 
raiser of the NSDAP, Hans Drexler, General der Artillerie, Kommandeur der LI Gebirgstruppe, Friedrich Wilhelm Hauck, Generalmajor der Panzertruppe, Kommandeur Wehrmacht Süd, Helmut Laegeler and Generalmajor der Flieger, Kommandeur Constructietruppen, Werner Zech.
raiser of the NSDAP, Hans Drexler, General der Artillerie, Kommandeur der LI Gebirgstruppe, Friedrich Wilhelm Hauck, Generalmajor der Panzertruppe, Kommandeur Wehrmacht Süd, Helmut Laegeler and Generalmajor der Flieger, Kommandeur Constructietruppen, Werner Zech.
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