Alexander Andrae

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Alexander Andrae
Born	(1888-04-27)27 April 1888 Kösling, Silesia, Prussia, Germany
Died	3 April 1979(1979-04-03) (aged 90) Wiesbaden, Hesse, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (1906-1918)  Weimar Republic (1918-1920)  Nazi Germany (1935-1945)
Service / branch	Imperial German Army Army Sicherheitspolizei Luftwaffe
Rank	General der Flieger General der Artillerie
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross

Alexander Andrae (27 April 1888 – 3 April 1979), whose first name is often mistakenly given as Waldemar,^[1] was a German military officer from Kösling, Upper Silesia. Initially pursuing an Army career, he then joined the security police and eventually the Luftwaffe.

During World War II he was appointed military governor of Crete. After the war, he was tried and imprisoned for war crimes committed there under his command.