Rolf Scherenberg
Appearance
Rolf Scherenberg | |
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Born | Berlin, German Empire | 27 May 1897
Died | 10 June 1961 | (aged 64)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | Army |
Years of service | 1915–20 1934–45 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Commands | 320th Infantry Division 344. Infanterie-Division 371. Infanterie-Division |
Battles/wars | World War II
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Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Rolf Scherenberg (27 May 1897 – 10 June 1961) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Scherenberg surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet Upper Silesian Offensive in May 1945. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until October 1955.
Awards and decorations
[edit]- German Cross in Gold (19 December 1941)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 532[1]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 305.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Categories:
- 1897 births
- 1961 deaths
- Military personnel from Berlin
- Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- Prussian Army personnel
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
- Military personnel from the Province of Brandenburg