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Siegfried Thomaschki (20 March 1894 – 31 May 1967) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 11th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Thomaschki surrendered to the Soviet forces in the Courland Pocket on 8 May 1945. Convicted in the Soviet Union as a war criminal, he was held until 1955.
Awards and decorations Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (31 November 1914) & 1st Class (27 January 1917)Thomas 1998, p. 375. Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class (18 December 1939) German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1941 as Oberst and Arko 123Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 475. Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 1 November 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 11. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 342. Oak Leaves on 11 September 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 11.Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 63.
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