Curt Gallenkamp | |
Birth Date: | 17 February 1890 |
Birth Place: | Wesel, German Empire |
Death Place: | Wiesbaden, West Germany |
Allegiance: | |
Branch: | Army |
Serviceyears: | 1909–45 |
Rank: | General der Artillerie |
Commands: | 78th Infantry Division Höheres Kommando z.b.V. XXXI LXXX. Armeekorps |
Battles: | |
Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Relations: | Kurt von Tippelskirch (brother in-law) |
Curt Gallenkamp (17 February 1890 – 13 April 1958) was a German general (General of the Artillery) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a convicted war criminal. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Gallenkamp surrendered to the British troops in May 1945. He was tried for war crimes for the deaths of British paratroops/commandos and an American pilot. He was sentenced to be hanged in 1947, but had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment and was released in 1952.
. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.