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Helmuth Schlömer
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| Intro | German General and Knight's Cross recipients |
| Was | Military officer Soldier Officer |
| From | Germany |
| Field | Military |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 20 May 1893, Minden, Minden-Lübbecke District, Detmold Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Death | 18 August 1995, Minden-Lübbecke District, Detmold Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (aged 102 years) |
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Biography
Helmuth Schlömer (20 May 1893 – 18 August 1995) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XIV Panzer Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Schlömer was taken prisoner in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943.
On 29 Jan 1943 Friedrich Paulus learned "Lieutenant-General Schlomer and other generals had received Red Army envoys and were negotiating a surrender with them." While in Soviet captivity he joined the National Committee for a Free Germany or NKFD and was released in 1949.
Awards and decorations
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 September 1939) & 1st Class (31 October 1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 2 October 1941 as Oberst and commander of Schützen-Regiment 5
- 161st Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 3. Infanterie-Division (mot.)
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