Archival File, SS- und Polizeiführer Galizien, RuS-Referent

SS-Rottenführer Fritz Bruckner Archival File, SS- und Polizeiführer Galizien, RuS-Referent Lemberg (Race and Settlement Main Office)
Archival file from the SS system relating to SS-Rottenführer Fritz Bruckner, born 12.10.1910 in Edelhof (Weiden, Oberpfalz), who served within SS structures and was attached to SS- und Polizeiführer Galizien as a RuS Referent (Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt) in Lemberg (Lviv), Carpathian region, Western Ukraine, killed on 26.08.1943 in the area of Ossiany (Ossiany), Jawornik (Jawornik), Kosów (Kosiv), Żabie (Zhabie, now Verkhovyna) as a result of partisan activity, the file reflects the complete SS administrative process from casualty report and investigation to family assessment and financial settlement

The file consists of 15 pages

Document 1 – Bestellschein, Dachau
SS order form headed Waffenverwaltung der SS-Standorte und Konzentrationslager, Zentralbuchhaltung Dachau, a printed blank form without completed entries, related to the centralized supply and accounting system of the SS

Document 2 – Gebührnisbescheinigung, Dachau, 28.03.1944
Pay certificate for SS-Rottenführer Fritz Bruckner confirming salary for August 1943 in the amount of 105 RM, with tax deduction of 2.60 RM and net payment of 102.40 RM, total payments amounting to 723.65 RM, with an overpayment recorded at 621.25 RM, including service details showing entry into the Waffen-SS on 01.09.1939 and promotion to Rottenführer on 01.01.1941

Document 3 – Bericht (Operational Report, Carpathians, Western Ukraine)
Detailed report describing an attack by an armed group referred to as bandits on a rural homestead in the Ossiany (Ossiany) area, resulting in the death of SS-Rottenführer Fritz Bruckner

…armed individuals moved south on foot. When they encountered the cook and the drivers, they pointed their weapons at them in order to drive them away from the farm.

On the route from Ossiany (Ossiany) to a neighboring homestead, a farmhand accompanying the cook noticed additional armed men concealed in bushes.

In the evening, the bandits opened machine gun fire on a nearby farm (according to a farmer’s testimony).

SS-Sturmführer Linke, approximately 20 minutes after departing, discovered the house on fire and attempted to return, however the bandits noticed him in time and, taking cover in World War I-era field positions near the house, prevented him from approaching.

Linke observed the bandits in the Ossiany (Ossiany) area throughout the day and at approximately 17:00 proceeded to a neighboring farm, where he learned from the cook of the killing of SS-Rottenführer Bruckner.

He then moved at dusk to Jawornik (Jawornik) and reported the attack to police in Żabie (Zhabie), Burkut (Burkut), Kosów (Kosiv), and to the SS base Rusow (Rusow), however assistance arrived too late.

On the morning of 28.08.1943, a unit from Kolomea (Kolomyia) arrived under the command of an Obersturmführer and confirmed that the house had completely burned down and that SS-Rottenführer Bruckner had been killed and burned.

The livestock remained in place. Based on a recovered fuel can, it was determined that Bruckner had been doused with gasoline and set on fire after being shot.

The bandits had concealed themselves near the Hutsul homestead the evening before and observed the area.

Farm workers attempted to extinguish the fire but were driven off.

Stolen items included:
– 1 uniform set belonging to SS-Sturmführer Linke
– 2 uniform sets belonging to SS-Rottenführer Bruckner
– 1 uniform set belonging to SS-Rottenführer Try
– 2 work jackets
– Soldbuch of SS-Rottenführer Bruckner
– Soldbuch of SS-Rottenführer Try
– 1 submachine gun with 200 rounds
– 1 rifle with 100 rounds

Signed: Dr. Spangenberg, Obersturmführer

Document 4 – Official Letter, Nürnberg, 03.03.1944
Request to the Waffen-SS pay office to provide details of the deceased’s salary for the month of death, the amount of overpayment, and any service obligations (4½ or 12 years)

Document 5 – Personnel Card
Card for SS-Rottenführer Fritz Bruckner listing:
– date of birth: 12.10.1910
– place: Edelhof / Weiden
– date of death: 26.08.1943, 10:00
– location: Huzulengestüt Rusow
– status: killed in action
– father: Mathias Bruckner, farmer

Document 6 – Administrative Request, Nürnberg, 04.03.1944
Request to identify eligible dependents (parents), including instructions to prepare an economic report and inform them of possible assistance

Document 7 – Verlustmeldung, Nürnberg, 03.05.1944
Official casualty report:
– name: Friedrich Bruckner
– rank: SS-Rottenführer
– date of death: 26.08.1943
– location: Eastern Front (Carpathians)
– unit: SS- und Polizeiführer Galizien, Lemberg
– marital status: unmarried

Document 8 – Economic Report
Assessment of family situation:
– parents owned a 50-hectare farm
– estimated value: 28,700 RM
– father: World War I veteran
– no independent income of the deceased
– sister: Luise Bogendörfer, Nürnberg

Document 9 – Verfügung, Nürnberg, 12.05.1944
Final administrative decision:
– parents deemed financially secure
– no benefits granted
– case closed
– documentation completed and archived

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