__NOTOC__ Alfred Kuzmany (born 24 October 1893 in Dorna-Watra,

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–4 October 1961) was a general in the

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during

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. He was a recipient of the

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on 2 February 1942 as '' Oberstleutnant'' and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 338Fellgiebel 2000, p. 230.

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