Kurt Herzog Explained

Kurt Herzog
Birth Date:	27 March 1889
Birth Place:	Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, German Empire
Death Place:	Vorkuta, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance:	(1907–1918) (1918–1933) (1933-1945)
Branch:	Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank:	General of the Artillery
Commands:	XXXVIII Army Corps
Battles:	World War I----World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Kurt Herzog (27 March 1889, Quedlinburg – 8 May 1948) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. A war criminal, Herzog surrendered to the Soviet troops in May 1945 and died in captivity on 8 May 1948.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (26 October 1914) & 1st Class (6 November 1916)^[1]

• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 September 1939) & 1st Class (29 September 1939)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 18 October 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 291. Infanterie-Division^[2]
  • Oak Leaves on 12 January 1945 as General der Artillerie and commander of XXXVIII.Armeekorps^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. 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.

• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1997 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2299-6.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1997, p. 277.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 186.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 79.