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Max Lemke

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Max Lemke
Born7 April 1895
Died29 May 1985(1985-05-29) (aged 90)
Allegiance German Empire
 Nazi Germany
Service / branchArmy
RankGeneralmajor
Commands7th Panzer Division
Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring
Battles / wars---- World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Max Lemke (7 April 1895 – 29 May 1985) was a German Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II, the last commander of the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1 „Hermann Göring“ and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was a POW from 12 May 1945 until 18 June 1945. After the war he was an active member of the "Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger" (Association of Knight's Cross Recipients).

Awards and decorations

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Notes

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  1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 236.

References

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  • 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.
Military offices
Preceded by
General der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss
Commander of 7. Panzer-Division
5 January 1945 – 23 January 1945
Succeeded by
General der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss
Preceded by Commander of Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring
9 February 1945 – 8 May 1945
Succeeded by
None