Martin Bieber

Martin Bieber (10 November 1900 – 19 October 1974) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. Born in Tabarz, he was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Bieber surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until October 1955. He died in Düsseldorf in 1974.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (4 November 1917) & 1st Class (22 September 1918)
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (23 January 1935)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)
• West Wall Medal (20 April 1940)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 June 1940) & 1st Class (24 June 1940)
• Wound Badge (1939) in Silver (15 February 1942)
• Eastern Front Medal (18 August 1942)
• German Cross in Gold on 2 January 1942 as Major in II./Infanterie-Regiment 167
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
• Knight's Cross on 28 July 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 184
• Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944 as Oberst and commander of Divisionsgruppe 86

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