AllegianceGerman Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Demyansk Pocket
First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive
Vistula–Oder Offensive DiedOctober 6, 1983, Bernau am Chiemsee, Germany AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and warsWorld War I, Battle of France Commands held304e division d'infanterie, 59e corps d'armee
Ernst Sieler (22 August 1893 – 6 October 1983) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LIX. Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Sieler surrendered to the Soviet forces in the course of Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. He was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.
Awards and decorations
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (14 September 1914) & 1st Class (1 July 1916)
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (11 May 1940) & 1st Class (23 May 1940)
German Cross in Gold on 23 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-Division
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 12 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 46
502nd Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-Division
