__NOTOC__ Werner Richter (21 October 1893 – 3 June 1944) was a German general during

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. He was a recipient of the

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. Werner Richter was wounded on 21 May 1944 and died in Riga on 3 June 1944.

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on 7 February 1944 as ''

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'' and commander of 263rd Infantry DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 291.

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