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German General and Knight's Cross recipients
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Male
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Birth:
3 June 1882(Wińsko, Gmina Wińsko, Wołów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship)
Death:
6 October 1944(Bad Nauheim, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt Government Region, Hesse)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Walther Schroth (3 June 1882 – 6 October 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Schroth served on the "Court of Military Honour," a drumhead court-martial that expelled many of the officers involved in the 20 July Plot from the Army before handing them over to the People's Court. Schroth died in an auto accident in October 1944.
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1941 as General der Infanterie and commander of XII. Armeekorps