Hans Cramer
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Hans Cramer (13 July 1896 – 28 October 1968) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Career
Cramer enlisted in the
OKH, and then to the post itself. During late 1942 to January 1943 he temporarily commanded the XXXVIII Panzer Corps and the XI Army Corps
.
In February 1943 he returned to Africa as commander of the Afrika Korps. On 12 May 1943, with the capitulation of the German forces in North Africa, he was taken prisoner by the British. From 16 May on he was held in the special prison for captured German generals and staff officers at
D-Day
.
Cramer was appointed to
Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse in Berlin and then in a satellite camp of the Ravensbrück concentration camp until 5 August 1944. In September 1944 he was dismissed from the Wehrmacht. After crossing of Allied forces into German territories he was appointed as Commander-in-chief of all German prisoners of war in Holstein area.[1]
Cramer died in 1968.
Awards
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)[2]
- DAK[3]
- German Cross in Gold on 5 March 1942 as Oberst in Panzer-Regiment 8[4]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Federl, Christian (2000). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939–1945 Die Panzertruppe [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Panzer Divisions 1939–1945 The Panzer Force] (in German). Zweibrücken, Germany: VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 978-3-925480-43-0.
- ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- ISBN 978-1-84415-705-1.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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