Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow

Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow
Born (1892-08-07)7 August 1892
Marienwerder, Province of West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Kwidzyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Died 20 July 1961(1961-07-20) (aged 68)
Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Allegiance  German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1914–45
Rank Generalleutnant
Commands held 12. Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars

World War I

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow[Notes 1] (7 August 1892 – 20 July 1961) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). 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.

Von Lützow was born near Marienwerder.[1]

He was captured by the Soviet army in 1944 in an encirclement near Bobruisk. In Moscow on June 29, 1950, he was sentenced to 25-years in prison for war crimes. In January 1956, he was released from prison and repatriated.[1]

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as Baron), which is now legally a part of the last name. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Grossman 2005, p. 274.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Thomas 1998, p. 47.
  3. 1 2 Scherzer 2007, p. 519.

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. 
  • Grossman, Vasily (2005). Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova, ed. A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 0-375-42407-5. 
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 
  • Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9. 

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Military offices
Preceded by
Oberst Karl Hernekamp		 Commander of 12. Infanterie-Division
1 March 1942 – 31 May 1942 		Succeeded by
Oberst Gerhard Müller
Preceded by
Oberst Wilhelm Lorenz		 Commander of 12. Infanterie-Division
20 July 1942 – 25 June 1944 		Succeeded by
Generalleutnant Kurt Jahn
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Friedrich Wiese		 Commander of XXXV. Armeekorps
25 June 1944 – July 1944 		Succeeded by
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