Siegfried Thomaschki | |
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Born | 20 March 1894 |
Died | 31 May 1967 | (aged 73)
Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Service | Army (Wehrmacht) |
Rank | General of the Artillery |
Commands | 11th Infantry Division X Army Corps |
Battles / wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
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.