Otto Sydow

Otto Sydow
Born	(1896-02-01)1 February 1896 Rosemarsow, district of Demmin
Died	24 June 1970(1970-06-24) (aged 74) Diepholz
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Prussian Army (1914–18) Reichsheer (1918–20) Luftwaffe (1935–45)
Years of service	1914–20 1935–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	20th Flak Division 1st Flak Division
Battles / wars	World War I World War II Battle of France Eastern Front Battle of Berlin
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work	Police officer

Otto Sydow (1 February 1896 – 24 June 1970) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Otto Sydow was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 and was held until October 1955.

Awards and decorations

• Wound Badge (1914)
  • in Black (9 July 1918)
• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (7 March 1917)
• Cross of Honor
• Sudetenland Medal with "Prague Castle Bar"
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (4 December 1940)
  • 1st Class (25 August 1941)
• Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge (12 December 1941)
• Eastern Front Medal
• German Cross in Gold (24 September 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 February 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of 1. Flak-Division Berlin

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 [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.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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.

External links

• TracesOfWar.com
• Otto Sydow @ Axis Biographical Research at the Wayback Machine (archived October 28, 2009)