Service/branch Heer Role Former football player Siblings Winfried Hitzfeld Name Otto Hitzfeld Children Matthias Hitzfeld | Rank General der Infanterie Spouse Beate Nehter Years of service 1914–45 Height 1.76 m | |
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Nickname(s) Der Lowe von Sewastopol Born 7 May 1898Schluchsee ( 1898-05-07 ) Education Padagogische Hochschule Lorrach (1973) Similar People Diego Benaglio, Xherdan Shaqiri, Gokhan Inler, Valon Behrami, Steve von Bergen | ||
Otto Maximilian Hitzfeld (7 May 1898 – 6 December 1990) was a German general during World War II. He was listed as a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords by the West German Association of Knight's Cross Recipients.
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Career
Hitzfeld received command of the 102nd Infantry Division in April 1943. He was promoted to Generalleutnant early November 1943 and had to turn over command of the Division. He then took command of the infantry school in Döberitz and again turned over command on 1 November 1944. Hitzfeld was given command of the LXVII Army Corps, which he led in the Battle of the Bulge. He was promoted to General of the Infantry on 1 March 1945 and made commanding general of the LXVII Army Corps.
He became commander of the 11th Army in April 1945. He declared Göttingen, which was crowded with refugees, as a free city. He was taken prisoner of war by American forces on 19 April 1945 from which he was released on 12 May 1947. He received news that he had been awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords after his release from captivity.
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