Max Pfeffer

Max Pfeffer
Born(1883-06-07)7 June 1883
Died31 December 1955(1955-12-31) (aged 72)
Voikovo prison camp
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1902–1945
RankGeneral of the Artillery
Commands297th Infantry Division
IV Army Corps
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Max Pfeffer (7 June 1883 – 31 December 1955) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the IV Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Pfeffer surrendered to the Soviet forces at the conclusion of the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he died in captivity in 1955.

Grave in Cherntsy