Eberhard Kinzel Explained

Eberhard Kinzel
Birth Date:	18 October 1897
Birth Place:	Berlin, Germany
Death Place:	near Idstedt, Germany
Allegiance:	(to 1918) (to 1933)
Rank:	General of the Infantry
Unit:	Army Group North Army Group Vistula
Commands:	570th Volksgrenadier Division 337th Volksgrenadier Division
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Spouse:	Erika von Aschoff

Eberhard Kinzel (18 October 1897 – 25 June 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Military career

Kinzel was with section Fremde Heere Ost, FHO or Foreign Armies East, until the spring of 1942 when he was replaced by Reinhard Gehlen.^[1] The FHO prepared situation maps of the Soviet Union, Poland, Scandinavia and the Balkans; and assembled information on potential adversaries.

Kinzel was part of the delegation that participated in the negotiations for the German surrender with Field-Marshal Montgomery at Lüneburg Heath on 4 May 1945.

Death

Kinzel, together with his girlfriend Erika von Aschoff, committed suicide on 25 June 1945.^[2]

Personal life

Kinzel was the uncle of Günther Lützow.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 December 1942 as chief department GZ [''Zentralabteilung''—central department] with the chief of the Generalstab des Heeres [until November 1942 chief of the General Staff [[XXIX Army Corps (Wehrmacht)|XXIX Armeekorps]]].^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Höhne . Heinz . Heinz Höhne . Zolling . Hermann . The General Was a Spy: The Truth about General Gehlen and his spy ring . New York . . 1972 . 978-0-698-10430-3.
• Book: More , Charles . 2013 . The Road to Dunkirk: The British Expeditionary Force and the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, 1940 . London . Frontline . 978-1-84832-733-7.
• Book: Scherzer , Veit . 2007 . Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives . The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2.

Notes and References

1. Höhne & Zolling 1972, p. 10.
2. More 2013, p. 181.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 441.