{"id":56,"date":"2017-09-23T00:37:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T00:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-05-06T04:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:08:28","slug":"uffz-werner-spengler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"Werner Spengler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN6177-e1596555458305-653x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN6177-e1596555458305-653x1024.jpg 653w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN6177-e1596555458305-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN6177-e1596555458305-768x1204.jpg 768w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN6177-e1596555458305-1200x1880.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DSCN6177-e1596555458305.jpg 1543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 85vw, 653px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Werner Spengler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cDer Spie\u00df\u201d<\/em> \/ Company Clerk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rank<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hauptfeldwebel \/ Feldwebel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Werner Spengler was born in Erfurt, Germany in 1910. Before the war, he was a clerk at the Erma-Werke manufacturing plant. He lived with his wife, Steffi, and their sons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Service History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During the closing stages of the Stalingrad campaign, Spengler was wounded and evacuated, narrowly escaping the destruction of Infanterie-Regiment 211.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his recovery, he was promoted and returned to duty in early 1943, taking part in the reformation of the unit as Grenadier-Regiment 211.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A former clerk by trade, Spengler is often relied upon for administrative duties within the company office (<em>Schreibstube<\/em>). As a survivor of Stalingrad, he is regarded as a steady and experienced presence within the unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name Werner Spengler Role \u201cDer Spie\u00df\u201d \/ Company Clerk Rank Hauptfeldwebel \/ Feldwebel Background Werner Spengler was born in Erfurt, Germany in 1910. Before the war, he was a clerk &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/?page_id=56\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Werner Spengler&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}