peoplepill id: lothar-berger
LB
2 views today
2 views this week
The basics
Quick Facts
Intro
German general and Knight's Cross recipient
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Halberstadt
Place of death
Bad Schwartau
Age
70 years
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Lothar Berger (31 December 1900 – 5 November 1971) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 775th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Berger initially surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945, but was transferred to British custody and was released in 1946.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (28 July 1918) & 1st Class (24 September 1920)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (30 September 1939) & 1st Class (2 October 1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Major and commander of III. / Infanterie-Regiment 84
- 806th Oak Leaves on 28 March 1945 as Oberst and commander of Brigade z.b.V.100 / XXXX.Panzer-Korps
- ^ Thomas 1997, p. 41.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 110.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 83.
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article.
The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Lothar Berger is in following lists
By field of work
By work and/or country
comments so far.
Comments
Lothar Berger