Karl Herzog | |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1906 |
Birth Place: | Nuremberg |
Allegiance: | |
Branch: | Army |
Serviceyears: | ?–1945 1957–66 |
Rank: | Oberst (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) |
Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Karl Herzog (6 July 1906 – 25 January 1998) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Herzog surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet April 1945 Zemland Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955. Herzog joined the Bundeswehr in 1957 and retired in 1966 as a Generalmajor.
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