The 50. Infanterie-Division was formed on 26 August 1939 from the Grenzkommandantur Küstrin. Although initially formed as part of the 2. Welle (wave), it was reorganized on 15 November 1939 as a division of the 1. Welle.
After seeing combat in the invasions of Poland, France and Greece, the division took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, fighting on the southern sector under the 11. Armee. Following the Crimean campaign, during which it helped capture Sevastopol in June 1942, the division fought in the Caucasus and the Kuban. After returning to the Crimea in late 1943, the division was destroyed in May 1944 at Sevastopol.
Reformed from the remnants that had been evacuated from the Crimea, the division fought in East Prussia where it was largely destroyed in the Heiligenbeil pocket. The remnants went into Russian captivity at Pillau.
Major Dr. Fromm, commander of Panzerjägerabteilung 150, was highly critical of Nazism and was reported for this by a member of his staff together with allegations of minor currency offence. In the fall of 1941 the divisional commander was ordered to open a trail against Dr. Fromm who then chose to take his own life.
Source:Feldgrau.com
