Max Sachsenheimer Explained

Max Sachsenheimer
Birth Date:	5 December 1909
Branch:	German Army (Heer)
Rank:	Generalmajor
Commands:	17th Infantry Division
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Iron Cross 1st & 2nd Class German Cross in Gold Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Max Heinrich Sachsenheimer (5 December 1909 – 2 June 1973) was a general in the German Army during World War II who commanded the 17th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. On the 5th or 6th of February 1945, as part of the Vistula-Oder offensive in Dyhernfurth, he had made it possible for a commando operation to evacuate and destroy a special factory, which was probably a Tabun production plant for the Anorgana company.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 May 1940) & 1st Class (15 June 1940)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 3 February 1943 as Major in the II./Jäger-Regiment 75^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 5 April 1942 as Hauptmann and commander of II./Jäger-Regiment 75^[3]
  • 472nd Oak Leaves on 14 May 1944 as Major and leader of Jäger-Regiment 75^[3]
  • 132nd Swords on 6 February 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of 17. Infanterie-Division^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Patzwall . Klaus D. . Scherzer . Veit . 2001 . Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II . The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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.
• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1998 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1998, p. 236.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 393.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 648.