Friedrich Bernhard (5 October 1888 – 29 December 1945) was a German Lieutenant-General of the Cavalry, serving during World War II as a Panzer commander. He was a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 17 March 1944.[1] He held command of Special Corps 532 in the 9th Army. After being captured by the Red Army, he was sentenced to death by a Soviet military tribunal in Bryansk on 29 December 1945 for atrocities committed in the Bryansk area, and was subsequently executed.[2]
Friedrich Bernhard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 October 1888 German Empire |
| Died | 29 December 1945 (aged 57) Bryansk, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service |  German Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | 9th Army |
| Battles / wars | Seocond World War |
| Awards | German Cross |
Notes
edit- ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 39.
- ^ Parrish 1996, p. 128.
References
edit- Parrish, Michael (1996). The Lesser Terror: Soviet State Security, 1939–1953. Praeger Press. ISBN 978-0-275-95113-9.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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