Georg Scholze

Georg Scholze
Born(1897-08-21)21 August 1897
Died23 April 1945(1945-04-23) (aged 47)
Berlin
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Nazi Germany
BranchArmy (Wehrmacht)
Years of service1914–18
1934–45
RankGeneralmajor
Commands20th Infantry Division
Battles / warsWorld War I

World War II

AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Georg Scholze (21 August 1897 – 23 April 1945) was a German general during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Commander of the 20th Panzergrenadier Division since January 1945, Scholze committed suicide on 23 April 1945 in Berlin. [1]

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ^ Beevor, Antony (2002). Berlin: slutstriden 1945 (in Swedish). Lund: Historiska media. p. 329. ISBN 978-91-89442-56-6.
  2. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 315.

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.
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