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Karl Theodor Molinari

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Years of service
  
?–1945 1956–70

Role
  
German Politician

Unit
  
Panzer-Regiment 36

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Karl-Theodor Molinari


Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)

Died
  
December 11, 1993, Dortmund, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl-Theodor Molinari (7 February 1915 – 11 December 1993) was an officer in the German Army and later in the Bundeswehr. He resigned in 1970 with the rank of a Generalmajor after it became public that he had possibly been involved in the shooting of 105 French resistance fighters in the Ardennes area on 12/13 June 1944. These allegations have not been proven since. Besides, Molinari was a politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union in the afterwar years.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
  • German Cross in Gold (3 February 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 November 1944 as Major and commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 36
  • References

    Karl-Theodor Molinari Wikipedia