Hermann Fischer (general)

Hermann Fischer
Birth name	Hermann Julius Fischer
Born	(1894-02-19)19 February 1894 Ostheim vor der Rhön, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empire
Died	12 April 1968(1968-04-12) (aged 74) Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Imperial German Army Freikorps Reichswehr Heer
Years of service	1913–45
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands	181. Infanterie-Division
Battles / wars	World War I World War II Norwegian Campaign Occupation of Yugoslavia Belgrade Offensive Courland Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hermann Julius Fischer (19 February 1894 – 12 April 1968) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Fischer surrendered to the Red Army on 8 May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted as a war criminal at a show trial in the Soviet Union, he was held until 7 October 1955.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (14 September 1914)
  • 1st Class (22 May 1918)
• Wound Badge (1914)
  • in Black (7 November 1918)
• Baltic Cross
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (14 February 1935)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (23 April 1940)
  • 1st Class (10 May 1940)
• Eastern Front Medal
• Order of the Cross of Liberty 2nd Class with Swords (10 February 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 340
• Ärmelband Kurland

References

Bibliography

• 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.