The unit consisted mainly of members of the Reich Labour Service (RAD) and existed in April and May 1945.
The division was renamed after Theodor Körner a short time later.
The Division was moved to the Mulde River and was later added to the XX Army Corps, deployed under the 12th Army south of Berlin against Allied and Soviet troops.
On 26 April, the last German offensive operation in World War II took place near Beelitz with the following formation: Overall, there was a short-term gain in territory against the surprised Soviet troops.
The division surrendered to US Army troops near Tangermünde on the Elbe in May 1945.