Friedrich Bernhard
German general
About Friedrich Bernhard
Lived 1888 – 1945 (aged 57).
Friedrich Bernhard (5 October 1888 – 30 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. 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 the following morning.
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Who was Friedrich Bernhard?
German general
When was Friedrich Bernhard born?
Friedrich Bernhard was born on 5 October 1888 in Gut Radau.
When did Friedrich Bernhard die?
Friedrich Bernhard died on 30 December 1945 in Bryansk.
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