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Walther Kurt von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (22 August 1888 – 28 April 1976) was a German general. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, into the noble Prussian Seydlitz family. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was relieved of his command in early 1943 and then fled German army lines under German fire to personally surrender to the Soviet Union. He became a Soviet collaborator while a prisoner of war. After the war he was convicted by the Soviet Union of War Crimes. In 1996, he was posthumously pardoned by Russia.

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  • Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
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  • Walther Kurt von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (22 August 1888 – 28 April 1976) was a German general. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, into the noble Prussian Seydlitz family. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was relieved of his command in early 1943 and then fled German army lines under German fire to personally surrender to the Soviet Union. He became a Soviet collaborator while a prisoner of war. After the war he was convicted by the Soviet Union of War Crimes. In 1996, he was posthumously pardoned by Russia.
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  • 0(xsd:integer)
serviceyears
  • 1908(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1888-08-22(xsd:date)
Commands
  • 12(xsd:integer)
  • LI Corps
Branch
death place
  • Bremen, West Germany
Name
  • Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
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  • award-star
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  • Seydlitz-Kurzbach and Friedrich Paulus in Russia, 1942
Width
  • 106(xsd:integer)
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  • DEU EK 2Kl 1939Clasp BAR.svg
  • DEU WH-Dienstauszeichnung 4Jahre BAR.svg
  • Hanseatic Cross from Hamburg ribbon bar.png
  • D-PRU Royal Hohenzollern Order swords war-ribbon BAR.svg
  • DEU Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges Frontkaempfer BAR.svg
Birth Place
Title
  • Commander of 12. Infanterie-Division
Awards
  • Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves
death date
  • 1976-04-28(xsd:date)
Rank
Allegiance
  • German Empire
  • Nazi Germany
  • Weimar Republic
Battles
Before
  • Generalleutnant Ludwig von der Leyen
Years
  • --03-10
After
  • Oberst Karl Hernekamp
abstract
  • Walther Kurt von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (22 August 1888 – 28 April 1976) was a German general. He was born in Hamburg, Germany, into the noble Prussian Seydlitz family. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was relieved of his command in early 1943 and then fled German army lines under German fire to personally surrender to the Soviet Union. He became a Soviet collaborator while a prisoner of war. After the war he was convicted by the Soviet Union of War Crimes. In 1996, he was posthumously pardoned by Russia.
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