Siegfried Thomaschki

Siegfried Thomaschki
Born	20 March 1894 (1894-03-20)
Died	31 May 1967(1967-05-31) (aged 73)
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands	11th Infantry Division X Army Corps
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Siegfried Thomaschki (20 March 1894 – 31 May 1967) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 11th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Thomaschki surrendered to the Soviet forces in the Courland Pocket on 8 May 1945. Convicted in the Soviet Union as a war criminal, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (31 November 1914) & 1st Class (27 January 1917)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class (18 December 1939)
• German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1941 as Oberst and Arko 123
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 1 November 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 11. Infanterie-Division
  • Oak Leaves on 11 September 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 11.Infanterie-Division

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.