Max Pfeffer

Max Pfeffer
Born	(1883-06-07)7 June 1883
Died	31 December 1955(1955-12-31) (aged 72) Voikovo prison camp
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Service years	1902–1945
Rank	General der Artillerie
Commands	297th Infantry Division IV Army Corps
Conflicts	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Max Pfeffer (7 June 1883 – 31 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.

Grave in Cherntsy

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 December 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 297. 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.