__NOTOC__ Eberhard von Kurowski (10 September 1895 – 11 September 1957) was a German general (

Generalleutnant is the Germanic variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries. Austria Generalleutnant is the second highest general officer rank in the Austrian Armed Forces (''Bundesheer''), roughly equivalent to the NATO rank of ...

) 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 ...

during

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. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Kurowski surrendered to the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...

in the course of the Soviet 1944 Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 January 1942 as '' Oberst i.G.'' and Chief of Generalstab XXXX. ArmeekorpsFellgiebel 2000, p. 230.

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