Nemški generali ujeti med boji v Sloveniji

Friedrich Stephan ( Danzig 26 January 1892 –

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5 June 1945) was a

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in the

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during

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Biography

He commanded the 267th Infantry Division (January 1942 – June 1943) on the Eastern Front. Between September 1944 and February 1945 he was ''Kampfkommandant'' of the Belgrade area and led anti-partisan operations. On 29 April 1945, he became the last commander of the

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. He was taken prisoner by the Yugoslav Partisans and shot on 5 June 1945 in

, together with generals Gustav Fehn ( XV Mountain Corps), Werner von Erdmannsdorff ( LXXXXI Corps) and Heinz Kattner (Feldkommandant of Sarajevo).

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