Bruno Schatz

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Years of service 1915–201934–45 Service/branch German Army		Name Bruno Schatz Rank Generalmajor

Born 24 June 1894Markneukirchen ( 1894-06-24 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Kiev (1941)Second Battle of KharkovBattle of StalingradCourland Pocket Died December 3, 1974, Berlin, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France
Commands held 122nd Infantry Division

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Bruno Schatz (24 June 1894 – 3 December 1974) as a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 122nd Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Schatz surrendered to the Soviet Red Army troops in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was repatriated to Germany in October 1955.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 December 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 977

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