Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer

Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer
Born	20 November 1896 Mainz
Died	18 March 1979(1979-03-18) (aged 82) Bad Tölz
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	258. Infanterie-Division 181. Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer (20 November 1896 – 18 March 1979) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Nazi Germany's highest award for valour. Bleyer was captured by Yugoslavian troops in May 1945. In 1949 he was sentenced to death, but his sentence was changed to 18 years imprisonment and he was released in 1952.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (5 October 1915)
  • 1st Class (13 August 1916)
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (15 January 1935)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (27 January 1940)
  • 1st Class (16 June 1940)
• Order of the Cross of Liberty 2nd Class with Swords (23 September 1941)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 December 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 379
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (15 February 1944)
• Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (17 August 1967)

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 (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)