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Karl-Theodor Molinari (7 February 1915 – 11 December 1993) was an officer in the
German Army
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and later in the
Bundeswehr
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. He resigned in 1970 with the rank of a
Generalmajor
is the Germanic variant of major general, used in a number of Central and Northern European countries.
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
is the second lowest general officer rank in the Royal Danish Army and Royal Danish Air Force. As a two-star ...
after it became public that he had possibly been involved in the shooting of 105 French resistance fighters in the Ardennes area on 12/13 June 1944. These allegations have not been proven since. Besides, Molinari was a
politician
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, representative of the
German Christian Democratic Union in the afterwar years.
Awards
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Iron Cross
The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...
(1939) 2nd and 1st Class
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German Cross
The War Order of the German Cross (german: Der Kriegsorden Deutsches Kreuz), normally abbreviated to the German Cross or ''Deutsches Kreuz'', was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 28 September 1941. It was awarded in two divisions: in gold for repe ...
in Gold (3 February 1943)
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.
The Knight' ...
on 3 November 1944 as ''
Major
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'' and commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 36
[Scherzer 2007, p. 550.]
See also
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List of German Christian Democratic Union politicians
A list of notable members of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union.
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External links
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands web site
1915 births
1993 deaths
Military personnel from Bonn
Bundeswehr generals
Major generals of the German Army
Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Christian Democratic Union of Germany politicians
People from the Rhine Province
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