Rolf Wuthmann

Rolf Wuthmann
Born	26 August 1893 Kassel, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	20 October 1977(1977-10-20) (aged 84) Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Prussian Army Imperial German Army Freikorps Reichswehr Heer
Years of service	1912–1945
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands	295 Infantry Division 112 Infantry Division IX Army Corps
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rolf Fritz Carl Max Willy Wuthmann (26 August 1893 – 20 October 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the IX Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Wuthmann surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the 1945 Soviet Zemland Offensive. Convicted as an alleged war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
  • 2nd Class on 27 September 1914
  • 1st Class on 24 May 1916
• Wound Badge (1918) in Black (for his wound on 22 August 1917)
• Baltic Cross on 13 January 1920
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 30 October 1934
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st Class
• Hungarian Order of Merit, Commander's Cross on 5 May 1939
  • Acceptance approval on 31 July 1939
• Anschluss Medal on 12 June 1939
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class
• Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal
• German Cross in Gold on 26 January 1942 as Oberst i. G. and Chief of the General Staff of the 16th Army
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 August 1944 as General der Artillerie and Commanding General of the IX. Army Corps

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)