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Kurt Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Years of service
  
1914–45


Rank
  
Generalleutnant

Name
  
Kurt-Jurgen von

Born
  
7 August 1892 Marienwerder, Province of West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Kwidzyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland (
1892-08-07
)

Died
  
20 July 1961(1961-07-20) (aged 68) Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany

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

Commands held
  
12. Infanterie-Division

Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow (7 August 1892 – 20 July 1961) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded by Nazi Germany for successful military leadership.

Lützow was born near Marienwerder. He surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet 1944 Operation Bagration in an encirclement near Bobruisk. In Moscow on June 29, 1950, he was sentenced to 25-years in prison for war crimes. In January 1956, he was released from prison and repatriated.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (29 September 1914) & 1st Class (16 March 1916)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 September 1939) & 1st Class (13 October 1939)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 15 August 1940 as Oberst and commander of the Infanterie-Regiment 89
  • 37th Oak Leaves on 21 October 1941 as Oberst and commander of the Infanterie-Regiment 89

    • References

    Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow Wikipedia
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