Friedrich Bernhard
Friedrich Bernhard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 October 1888 |
| Died | 29 December 1945 (aged 57) |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | German Empire Nazi Germany |
Branch | Imperial German Army German Army |
Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands | 9th Army |
Conflicts | World War I World War II |
| Awards | German Cross |
Friedrich Bernhard (5 October 1888 – 30 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. After being captured by the Red Army, he was sentenced to death by a Soviet military tribunal in Bryansk on 29 December 1945 for atrocities committed in the Bryansk area, and was subsequently executed the following morning.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 39.
- ↑ 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.
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