Max Lemke
military officer
- April 7, 1895 · Schwedt/Oder
- May 29, 1985 · Hanover
- 90 years
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Max Lemke, 90, German general.
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|Max Lemke (7 April 1895 – 29 May 1985) was a German Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II, the last commander of the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1 „Hermann Göring“ and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was a POW from 12 May 1945 until 18 June 1945. After the war he was an active member of the "Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger" (Association of Knight's Cross Recipients).
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
- The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Sudetenland Medal
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
- Eastern Front Medal, 1942
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1941 as Major and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17
- German Cross in Gold on 23 June 1942 as Major and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17
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