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German general
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Male
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Birth:
22 August 1893(Altenburg)
Death:
6 October 1983(Bernau am Chiemsee)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Ernst Sieler (22 August 1893 – 6 October 1983) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LIX. Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Sieler surrendered to the Soviet forces in the course of Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. He was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (14 September 1914) & 1st Class (1 July 1916)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (11 May 1940) & 1st Class (23 May 1940)
- German Cross in Gold on 23 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-Division
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 12 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 46
- 502nd Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-Division
- ^ Thomas 1998, p. 321.
- Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 444.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 325.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 71.