Werner Milch Explained

Honorific Prefix:	Dr. jur.
Werner Milch
Birth Date:	15 November 1903
Occupation:	Lawyer
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations:	Erhard Milch (brother)

Werner Milch (15 November 1903 – 17 November 1984) was a German lawyer.

Milch was born in Wilhelmshaven, the son of Anton Milch, a Jewish pharmacist^[1] who served in the Imperial German Navy, and Clara, née Vetter.

During World War II, he served in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

After the war, he acted as co-counsel, alongside, for his brother, ex-field marshal Erhard Milch, in the Milch Trial.

World War II awards

• German Cross in Gold on 15 April 1944 as Hauptmann in the Stab II./Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 2^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 January 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of Fallschirm-Granatwerfer-Lehr- und Ausbildungs-Battalion^[3]

References

• 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: 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bunyan . Anita . 21 March 2003 . Half-shadows of the Reich . . A review of .
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 311.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 255.