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Johann Georg Richert

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Years of service
  
1909–45

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Name
  
Johann-Georg Richert

Service/branch
  
German Army

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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradOperation BagrationBobruysk OffensiveLublin–Brest OffensiveEast Pomeranian Offensive

Died
  
January 30, 1946, Minsk, Belarus

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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

Commands held
  
286th Security Division, 35th Infantry Division

Johann-Georg Richert (14 April 1890 – 30 January 1946) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded the 286th Security Division whose personnel committed numerous war crimes in occupied Belarus, in the rear of Army Group Center.

Richert was taken prisoner by Soviet troops on 8 May 1945. He was charged with war crimes and convicted by the Soviet Military Tribunal. Richert was executed by hanging on 30 January 1946 in Minsk.

Awards and decorations

  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 1 December 1941 as oberst in 23rd Infantry Regiment
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 17 March 1944 as generalleutnant and commander of 35th Infantry Division
  • 623rd Oak Leaves on 18 October 1944 as generalleutnant and commander of 35th Infantry Division

    • References

    Johann-Georg Richert Wikipedia
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