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Years of service
  
1914–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Paul Scheuerpflug

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


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Born
  
3 July 1896 Netphen (
1896-07-03
)

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Kamenets-Podolsky pocket Battle 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.

Paul Scheuerpflug Generalleutnant Paul Scheuerpflug 18961945 Kommandeur 68

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

    • References

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