Ernst Dehner

Ernst Dehner
Ernst Dehner at the Hostages Trial, 1948
Born	5 March 1889
Died	13 September 1970(1970-09-13) (aged 81)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Rank	General
Commands held	106. Infanterie-Division LXXXII. Armeekorps
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ernst Dehner (5 March 1889 – 13 September 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In 1948 he was found guilty of war crimes at the Hostages Trial and was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment, but was released in 1951.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of 106. Infanterie-Division ^[1]

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.

Military offices
Preceded by Oberst Kurt von der Chevallerie	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 87 12 November 1936 – 14 November 1940	Succeeded by Oberst Walter Fries
Preceded by None	Commander of 106. Infanterie-Division 28 November 1940 – 3 May 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Alfons Hitter
Preceded by General der Infanterie Alfred Böhm-Tettelbach	Commander of LXXXII. Armeekorps 31 October 1942 – 1 April 1943	Succeeded by General der Pioniere Erwin Jaenecke
Preceded by General der Pioniere Erwin Jaenecke	Commander of LXXXII. Armeekorps 1 June 1943 – 10 July 1943	Succeeded by General der Artillerie Johann Sinnhuber
Preceded by None	Commander of LXIX. Armeekorps 20 January 1944 – 31 March 1944	Succeeded by General der Gebirgstruppen Julius Ringel

Major defendants at the Hostages Trial
Imprisoned	Wilhelm List Lothar Rendulic Walter Kuntze Hellmuth Felmy Hubert Lanz Ernst Dehner Ernst von Leyser Wilhelm Speidel
Acquitted	Hermann Foertsch Kurt Ritter von Geitner
No decision	Maximilian von Weichs¹ Franz Böhme²
¹ Charges dropped due to failing health. ² Committed suicide.

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