Adolf Trowitz
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Adolf Eduard Trowitz |
| birth_date | 24 September 1893 |
| death_date | |
| allegiance | German Empire |
| Weimar Republic | |
| Nazi Germany | |
| branch | Army |
| serviceyears | |
| rank | Generalmajor |
| commands | 122. Infanterie-Division |
| 332. Infanterie-Division |
- Infanterie-Division | | battles | World War I | | awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | ::
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- Battle of France
- Operation Barbarossa
- Demyansk Pocket
- Battle of Kursk
- Cherkassy Pocket
- Operation Bagration--
- Bobruysk Offensive (surrendered) |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |laterwork=}}
Adolf Eduard Trowitz (24 September 1893 – 3 January 1978) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded by Nazi Germany for successful military leadership.
Trowitz surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet July 1944 Bobruysk Offensive (part of Operation Bagration). Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.
Awards and decorations
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Eastern Front Medal---
- German Cross in Gold (8 June 1942)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 February 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 57. Infanterie-Division
References
Citations
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=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 |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
before=Generalmajor Adolf Westhoff| after=Generalleutnant Alfred Thielmann| title= Commander of 122. Infanterie-Division| years=8 January 1943 – 15 May 1943 before=Generalleutnant Hans Schäfer| after=None| title= Commander of 332. Infanterie-Division| years=5 June 1943 – August 1943 before=Generalleutnant Vincenz Müller| after=None| title= Commander of 57. Infanterie-Division| years=19 September 1943 – July 1944
| portal1=Biography
References
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 346.
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