Eduard Crasemann
Eduard Crasemann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 March 1891 Hamburg |
| Died | 29 April 1950 (aged 59) Werl |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1919) Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Heer |
| Years of service | 1910–1919 1936–1945 |
| Rank | General der Artillerie |
| Commands held | 15. Panzer-Division 26. Panzer-Division XII. SS Armeekorps |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Eduard Crasemann (5 March 1891 – 29 April 1950) was a highly decorated General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. General der Artillerie Crasemann was captured by British troops in the Ruhr Pocket. In 1947 he was convicted for war crimes by a British court in Padua, on a charge of complicity with the mass execution of 162 Italian civilians in the Fucecchio Marshes near Florence in 1944.[1] Sentenced to 10 years, he spent the rest of his life in prison.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (13 September 1914)
- 1st Class (15 October 1915)
- Cross of Honor
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (30 September 1939)
- 1st Class (1 June 1940)
- German Cross in Gold (1 November 1943)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 26 December 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 33 [2]
- 683rd Oak Leaves on 18 December 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 26. Panzer-Division [3]
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (24 November 1944)
- Armband Afrika
References
- Citations
- ^ Samuel Mitcham, Rommel's Lieutenants: the Men who Served the Desert Fox, p. 121 (2007).
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 132.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 78.
- Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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