About Otto Schury
Lived 1903 – 1979 (aged 76). Otto Schury was a German military personnel.
Otto Schury (22 October 1903 – 11 December 1979) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
In February 1945, Schury was appointed commander of the 100th Jäger Division. Promoted to major general (Generalmajor) in April, his command surrendered to the Soviet Army in Silesia the following month and Schury was imprisoned in the Soviet Union. He was released in 1955. and died in 1979.
Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (23 February 1940) German Cross in Gold on 10 May 1943 as Oberstleutnant in Jäger-Regiment 229 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 17 July 1941 as Major and commander of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 Oak Leaves on 21 September 1944 as Oberst and commander of Jäger-Regiment 229
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Who was Otto Schury?
German general and Knight's Cross recipients
When was Otto Schury born?
Otto Schury was born on 22 October 1903 in Munich.
When did Otto Schury die?
Otto Schury died on 11 December 1979 in Brannenburg.
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Otto Schury was a military personnel.
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Otto Schury was German.
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