Friedrich Bernhard

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Friedrich Bernhard
Born(1888-10-05)5 October 1888
German Empire
Died29 December 1945(1945-12-29) (aged 57)
Bryansk, Soviet Union
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch German Army
RankColonel
Commands held9th Army
Battles/warsSeocond World War
AwardsGerman Cross

Friedrich Bernhard (5 October 1888 – 29 December 1945) was a German Lieutenant-General of the Cavalry, serving during World War II as a Panzer commander; he was a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 17 March 1944.[1] He held command of Special Corps 532 in the 9th Army. Captured by the Red Army, he was sentenced to death by a Soviet military tribunal at Bryansk on 29 December 1945 for atrocities committed in the Bryansk area, and executed.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 39.
  2. ^ Parrish 1996, p. 128.

References[edit]

  • Parrish, Michael (1996). The Lesser Terror: Soviet State Security, 1939–1953. Praeger Press. ISBN 978-0-275-95113-9.
  • 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.