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Siegfried Thomaschki

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Years of service
  
1913–45

Rank
  
General der Artillerie


Name
  
Siegfried Thomaschki

Service/branch
  
German Army

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 Siege of Leningrad Courland Pocket

Died
  
May 31, 1967, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
11th Infantry Division, 10e corps d'armee

Siegfried Thomaschki (20 March 1894 – 31 May 1967) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 11th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Thomaschki surrendered to the Soviet forces in the Courland Pocket on 8 May 1945. Convicted in the Soviet Union as a war criminal, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (31 November 1914) & 1st Class (27 January 1917)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class (18 December 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1941 as Oberst and Arko 123
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 1 November 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 11. Infanterie-Division
  • Oak Leaves on 11 September 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 11.Infanterie-Division

    • References

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