Max Pfeffer
Appearance
Max Pfeffer | |
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Born | 12 June 1883 |
Died | 31 December 1955 Voikovo prison camp | (aged 72)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | 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 (12 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.
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 December 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 297. Infanterie-Division[1]
References
Citations
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.
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.
Categories:
- 1883 births
- 1955 deaths
- People from Geldern
- Generals of Artillery (Wehrmacht)
- German military personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Knights of the House Order of Hohenzollern
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
- German people who died in Soviet detention
- German commanders at the Battle of Stalingrad
- People from the Rhine Province
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class