Max Lemke

For the German sprint canoeist, see Max Lemke (canoeist).

Max Lemke
Born	7 April 1895
Died	29 May 1985(1985-05-29) (aged 90)
Allegiance	German Empire Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	7th Panzer Division Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring
Battles / wars	---- World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Max Lemke (7 April 1895 – 29 May 1985) was a German Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II, the last commander of the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1 „Hermann Göring“ and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was a POW from 12 May 1945 until 18 June 1945. After the war he was an active member of the "Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger" (Association of Knight's Cross Recipients).

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
• The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Sudetenland Medal
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
• Eastern Front Medal, 1942
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1941 as Major and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17
• German Cross in Gold on 23 June 1942 as Major and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17

References

• 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.