Paul Völckers

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Service/branch Heer Years of service 1910–45		Rank General der Infanterie Name Paul Volckers
Born 15 March 1891Kiel ( 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-DivisionXXVII. 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)

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