Siegfried Thomaschki Explained

Siegfried Thomaschki
Death Place:Bad Neuenahr ---->
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Branch:Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank:General of the Artillery
Commands:11th Infantry Division
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Battles:World War I----World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Siegfried Thomaschki (20 March 1894 – 31 May 1967) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 11th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Thomaschki surrendered to the Soviet forces in the Courland Pocket on 8 May 1945. Convicted in the Soviet Union as a war criminal, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

References

Bibliography

. 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. Thomas 1998, p. 375.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 475.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 342.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 63.