Max Pfeffer

Max Pfeffer
Born	(1883-06-07)7 June 1883
Died	31 December 1955(1955-12-31) (aged 72) Voikovo prison camp
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1902–45
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands	297th Infantry Division IV Army Corps
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Max Pfeffer (7 June 1883 – 21 December 1955) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the IV Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Pfeffer surrendered to the Soviet forces at the conclusion of the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he died in captivity in 1955.

Grave in Cherntsy

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 December 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 297. Infanterie-Division

References

Bibliography

• 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.