Gerd-Paul von Below
Appearance
Gerd-Paul Valerian Georg Heinrich von Below | |
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![]() Gerd-Paul von Below (on the left) in 1939 | |
Born | 30 November 1892 Strasburg, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire |
Died | 8 December 1953 Voikovo prison camp, Soviet Union | (aged 61)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | Army |
Years of service | 1911–20 1935–45 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Gerd-Paul Valerian Georg Heinrich von Below (30 November 1892 – 8 December 1953) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Below surrendered to the Soviet troops in May 1945 and died in captivity in 1953.
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 February 1943 as Oberst of the Reserves and commander of the augmented Grenadier-Regiment 374[1]
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References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 213.
Bibliography
[edit]- 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Categories:
- 1892 births
- 1953 deaths
- People from Vorpommern-Greifswald
- Military personnel from the Province of Brandenburg
- Below family
- Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
- German people who died in Soviet detention
- Military personnel from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- German Army generals of World War II