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Adolf Trowitz

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Years of service
  
1914–251934–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Adolf Trowitz

Other work
  
Merchant

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Adolf Trowitz Generalmajor Adolf Trowitz Kommandeur 57Infanterie Division

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1925) Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaDemyansk PocketBattle of KurskCherkassy PocketOperation BagrationBobruysk Offensive

Died
  
January 3, 1978, Hamburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
122nd Infantry Division, 332nd Static Infantry Division, 57th Infantry Division

Adolf Eduard Trowitz (24 September 1893 – 3 January 1978) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded by Nazi Germany for successful military leadership.

Trowitz surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet July 1944 Bobruysk Offensive (part of Operation Bagration). Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

  • German Cross in Gold (8 June 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 February 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 57. Infanterie-Division

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