Max Lemke
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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
- 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
- German Cross in Gold on 23 June 1942 as Major and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17
Notes
- 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 byGeneral der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss | Commander of 7. Panzer-Division 5 January 1945 – 23 January 1945 | Succeeded byGeneral der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss |
| Preceded byGeneralmajor Hanns-Horst von Necker | Commander of Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring 9 February 1945 – 8 May 1945 | Succeeded byNone |