__NOTOC__ Karl-Albrecht von Groddeck (18 February 1894 – 10 January 1944) was a German general in the

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during

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who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the

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. He died from wounds on 10 January 1944 in a Breslau hospital and was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.

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on 8 September 1941 as '' Oberst'' and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 120 (mot.) Fellgiebel 2000, p. 169.

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