Curt Gallenkamp Explained

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.

Awards

References

. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 159.