Paul Scheuerpflug

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Years of service 1914–45 Service/branch German Army		Name Paul Scheuerpflug Rank Generalleutnant

Born 3 July 1896Netphen ( 1896-07-03 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaKamenets-Podolsky pocketBattle of Dukla Pass Died August 8, 1945, Auschwitz concentration camp Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France
Commands held 68th Infantry Division

Paul Scheuerpflug (3 July 1896 – 8 August 1945) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 68th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Scheuerpflug was wounded 8 May 1945, and taken prisoner by Soviet troops. He died in a POW camp hospital at Auschwitz.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (22 September 1915 & 1st Class (27 January 1917))

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 June 1940) & 1st Class (4 July 1941)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 6 September 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 116

791st Oak Leaves on 16 March 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 68. Infanterie-Division

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