Willibald Borowietz
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German general
Willibald Borowietz | |
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| Born | (1893年09月17日)17 September 1893 Ratibor, German Empire |
| Died | 1 July 1945(1945年07月01日) (aged 51) Camp Clinton, Clinton, Mississippi, United States |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Service | Army (Wehrmacht) |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands | 15th Panzer Division |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Willibald Borowietz (17 September 1893 – 1 July 1945) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Borowietz surrendered to Allied forces together with the Afrika Korps. He was held as a POW by the United States in Camp Clinton, Mississippi, where he committed suicide by electrocuting himself in a bathtub on 1 July 1945. Officially, his death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage.[1]
His wife, Eva Ledien, was of Jewish descent. She committed suicide in October 1938 so that their children could be Aryanized. Eva's sister, Käthe (Ledien) Bosse, was killed in Ravensbrück concentration camp on 16 December 1944.
Awards and decorations
[edit ]- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (6 October 1914) & 1st Class (25 June 1915)[2]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 September 1939) & 1st Class (11 June 1940)[2]
- German Cross in Gold on 14 June 1942 as Oberst in Schützen-Regiment 10[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 24 July 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Schützen-Regiment 10[4]
- Oak Leaves on 10 May 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of 15.Panzer-Division[5]
References
[edit ]Citations
[edit ]Bibliography
[edit ]- 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.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Generalmajor Gustav von Vaerst
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Commander of 15. Panzer-Division 11 November 1942 – 13 May 1943 |
Succeeded by Unit Surrendered
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