peoplepill id: werner-von-bercken
WVB
1 views today
1 views this week
The basics
Quick Facts
Intro
German General and Knight's Cross recipient
From
Work field
Gender
Male
Star sign
AquariusPeople who share this birthday
Place of birth
Opole, Opole Voivodeship, Poland
Death
29 February 1976 (aged 79 years)
People who died on this day
Place of death
Bonn, Cologne Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Age
79 years
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Werner von Bercken (8 February 1897 – 29 February 1976) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Bercken surrendered to the Red Army on 28 April 1945 in the Vistula Spit. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 10 October 1955.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (12 March 1915) & 1st Class (7 November 1916)
- Wound Badge (1914) in White (29 December 1918)
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1 January 1935)
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 2nd Class (2 October 1936)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 October 1939) & 1st Class (25 June 1941)
- Eastern Front Medal (4 August 1942)
- German Cross in Gold on 1 June 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 102. Infanterie-Division
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 102. Infanterie-Division
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia
article.
The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Werner von Bercken is in following lists
By field of work
By work and/or country
comments so far.
Comments
Werner von Bercken