Arno Jahr | |
Birth Date: | 3 December 1890 |
Birth Place: | Prittitz, Province of Saxony, Prussia, German Empire |
Death Place: | Stalingrad, Soviet Union |
Branch: | Army (Wehrmacht) |
Rank: | Generalleutnant |
Commands: | 387th Infantry Division |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Arno Jahr (3 December 1890 – 21 January 1943) 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.
He was an officer in World War I. After 1918 he was a police officer. In 1935 he was transferred to the Wehrmacht In 1937 he was promoted to colonel.[1]
Jahr committed suicide on 21 January 1943 when his unit was being overrun as part of the encirclement during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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