Hans Traut
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Hans Traut | |
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| File:Generalleutnant Hans Traut.jpg | |
| Born | 25 January 1895 |
| Died | 9 December 1974 (aged 79) |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Army |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands |
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| Conflicts | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
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Hans Traut (25 January 1895 – 9 December 1974) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Traut surrendered to the Red Army troops in the course of the Soviet 1944 Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive. In 1947 he was convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union and sentenced to 25 years of forced labor. Traut was released in 1955.
Awards and decorations
[edit | edit source]- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (21 October 1914) & 1st Class (17 January 1917)[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (4 October 1939)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of I./Infanterie-Regiment 90[2]
- Oak Leaves on 23 January 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 41 (mot.) and leader of 10th Infantry Division[3]
- German Cross in Gold on 15 December 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 78th Sturm Division[4]
References
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Thomas 1998, p. 391.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 345.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 52.
- ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 479.
Bibliography
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Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1974 deaths
- German Army personnel of World War I
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
- Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- Military personnel from Alsace-Lorraine
- People from Sarreguemines
- Prussian Army personnel
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Reichswehr personnel
- German Army generals of World War II