Lothar Berger

Lothar Berger
Born	(1900-12-31)31 December 1900 Halberstadt
Died	5 November 1971(1971-11-05) (aged 70) Bad Schwartau
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1918–20 1924–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	75th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Lothar Berger (31 December 1900 – 5 November 1971) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 75th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Berger initially surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945, but was transferred to British custody and was released in 1946.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (28 July 1918) & 1st Class (24 September 1920)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (30 September 1939) & 1st Class (2 October 1939)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Major and commander of III. / Infanterie-Regiment 84
  • 806th Oak Leaves on 28 March 1945 as Oberst and commander of Brigade z.b.V.100 / XXXX.Panzer-Korps

References

Citations

1. ^ a b Thomas 1997, p. 41.
2. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 110.
3. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 83.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 8th Jäger Division (8th Infantry Division)
Staff	Gustav Höhne (Oak Leaves) Rudolf Koch-Erpach Christian Philipp Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach
Units	Erhard Berner Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt2 (Oak Leaves) Arthur Jüttner3 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Lothar Berger (Oak Leaves) Horst Großmann6 (Oak Leaves)
3Oak Leaves with the 383rd Infantry Division. Swords the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division. 6Oak Leaves with the 6th Infantry Division.