Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz
Appearance
Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz | |
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Born | 12 December 1898 |
Died | 10 December 1953 Camp Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast | (aged 54)
Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic) Nazi Germany |
Service | Army |
Rank | Generalleutnant |
Commands | 87th Infantry Division |
Battles / wars | Courland Pocket |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz (12 December 1898 – 10 December 1953) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Strachwitz surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He died on 10 December 1953 in Camp Asbest in the Sverdlovsk Oblast.
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 January 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 87. Infanterie-Division[1]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Fellgiebel 2003, p. 335.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1953 deaths
- People from Wrocław County
- Military personnel from the Province of Silesia
- German barons
- Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
- German people who died in Soviet detention
- Prussian Army personnel
- German Army generals of World War II