Helmuth Schlömer

Helmuth Schlömer
Helmuth Schlömer
Born	20 May 1893; Hausberge
Died	18 August 1995 (aged 102); Minden-Lübbecke
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918); Weimar Republic (to 1933); Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1913–1945
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands	3. Infanterie-Division (mot.); XIV. Panzerkorps
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of Brest-Litovsk; Battle of France; Battle of Dunkirk; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Białystok–Minsk; Battle of Smolensk (1941); Battle of Moscow; Battle of the Caucasus; Battle of Stalingrad;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Other work	NKFD

Template:Foreignchar Helmuth Schlömer (20 May 1893 – 18 August 1995) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XIV. Panzerkorps. 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. Helmuth Schlömer was captured during at Stalingrad in 1943. While in Soviet captivity he joined the National Committee for a Free Germany or NKFD and was released in 1949.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Wound Badge
- in Black
- in Silver
Cross of Honor
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Eastern Front Medal
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Knight's Cross on 2 October 1941 as Oberst and commander of Schützen-Regiment 5 ^[1]
- 161st Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 3. Infanterie-Division (mot.)^[2]

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.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Curt Jahn	Commander of 3. Infanterie-Division (mot.) 1 April 1942 – 17 January 1943	Succeeded by Oberst Jobst Freiherr von Hanstein
Preceded by Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube	Commander of XIV. Panzerkorps 17 January 1943 – 2 February 1943	Succeeded by Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube