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    Max Lemke

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    For the German sprint canoeist, see Max Lemke (canoeist).
    Max Lemke
    Born7 April 1895
    Died29 May 1985(1985-05-29) (aged 90)
    Allegiance German Empire
     Nazi Germany
    Service/branchArmy
    RankGeneralmajor
    Commands held7th Panzer Division
    Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring
    Battles/wars---- World War II
    AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

    Max Lemke (7 April 1895 – 29 May 1985) was a German Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II, the last commander of the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1 „Hermann Göring“ and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was a POW from 12 May 1945 until 18 June 1945. After the war he was an active member of the "Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger" (Association of Knight's Cross Recipients).

    Awards and decorations[edit]

    • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
    • The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
    • Sudetenland Medal
    • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
    • Eastern Front Medal, 1942
    • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1941 as Major and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17[1]
    • German Cross in Gold on 23 June 1942 as Major and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 236.

    References[edit]

    • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
    Military offices
    Preceded by
    General der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss
    		 Commander of 7. Panzer-Division
    5 January 1945 – 23 January 1945     		Succeeded by
    General der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss
    Preceded by
    Generalmajor Hanns-Horst von Necker
    		 Commander of Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring
    9 February 1945 – 8 May 1945     		Succeeded by
    None
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