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German General and Knight's Cross recipients
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Male
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Birth:
26 September 1894(Hartmannsdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany)
Death:
4 January 1962(Landau in der Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Werner Schmidt-Hammer (26 September 1894 – 4 January 1962) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Schmidt-Hammer surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet Prague Offensive in May 1945. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until October 1955.
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 September 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 168. Infanterie-Division