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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Birth:
20 March 1894(Myślice)
Death:
31 May 1967(Bad Neuenahr)
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Biography
Introduction
SiegfriedThomaschki (20 March 1894 – 31 May 1967) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 11th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Thomaschki surrendered to the Soviet forces in the Courland Pocket on 8 May 1945. Convicted in the Soviet Union as a war criminal, he held until 1955.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (31 November 1914) & 1st Class (27 January 1917)
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 in 1934
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class (18 December 1939)
- German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1941 as Oberst and Arko 123
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 1 November 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 11. Infanterie-Division
- 299th Oak Leaves on 11 September 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 11.Infanterie-Division
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (12 February 1944)
- ^ Thomas 1998, p. 375.
- Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 475.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 342.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 63.