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Paul Völckers

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Years of service
  
1910–45


Rank
  
General der Infanterie

Name
  
Paul Volckers

Born
  
15 March 1891 Kiel (
1891-03-15
)

Died
  
25 January 1946(1946-01-25) (aged 54) Russia

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

Commands held
  
78. Infanterie-Division XXVII. Armeekorps

Paul Gustav Völckers (15 March 1891 – 25 January 1946) was a German General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XXVII Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Völckers surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet 1944 Operation Bagration. He died in a POW camp in the Soviet Union in 1946.

Awards

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 December 1942 as Generalleutnant and commander of 78. Infanterie-Division
  • Mentioned twice in the Wehrmachtbericht on (12 December 1942 and 23 November 1943)

    • References

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