__NOTOC__ Bruno Schatz (24 June 1894 – 3 December 1974) as a general in the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...

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during

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who commanded the 122nd Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Schatz surrendered to the Soviet

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troops in May 1945 in the

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. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was repatriated to Germany in October 1955.

Awards and decorations

* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 December 1944 as ''

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'' and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 977Fellgiebel 2000, p. 304.

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