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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Birth:
31 January 1899(Wrocław)
Death:
16 August 1958(Villach)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Gottfried Ludwig Weber (31 January 1899 – 16 August 1958) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Weber surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted in the Soviet Union as a war criminal, he was held until 1955. In 1956 Weber joined the Bundeswehr, reaching the rank of a Generalmajor. He died on 16 August 1958 in an auto-accident in Villach, Austria.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 September 1939) & 1st Class (20 October 1939)
- German Cross in Gold on 16 February 1943 as Oberst in Grenadier-Regiment 176
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 13 October 1941 as Major and commander of I./Infanterie-Regiment 162
- 490th Oak Leaves on 9 June 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 12. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division
- Thomas 1998, p. 418.
- Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 498.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 355.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 71.