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Georg Wilhelm Postel

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Georg-Wilhelm Postel

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Georg-Wilhelm Postel

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Died
  
September 20, 1953, Shakhty, Russia

Commands held
  
320th Infantry Division, 30e corps d'armee

Battles and wars
  
World War I, World War II

Georg-Wilhelm Postel (25 April 1896 – 20 September 1953) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.

Georg-Wilhelm Postel GeorgWilhelm Postel 25 April 1896 20 Sep 1953 in Shakhty Russia

Postel was taken prisoner by the Red Army on 30 August 1944 after the capitulation of Romania. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was sentenced to 25 years of forced labour in 1949. Postel died in custody on 20 September 1953 of tuberculosis. He was interred on the prisoner of war cemetery in Shakhty.

Georg-Wilhelm Postel Third Reich Color Pictures Generalleutnant GeorgWilhelm Postel

Awards

  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 July 1941) & 1st Class (17 August 1941)
  • German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1942 as Oberst in Infanterie-Regiment 364
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 9 August 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 364
  • Oak Leaves on 28 March 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 320. Infanterie-Division
  • Swords on 26 March 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 320. Infanterie-Division

    • References

    Georg-Wilhelm Postel Wikipedia
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