Mauritz von Wiktorin

Mauritz von Wiktorin
Wiktorin (left), General Heinz Guderian (center) and Kombrig Semyon Krivoshein at the German-Soviet joint parade in Brest on September 22, 1939.
Born	13 August 1883 Hainburg an der Donau, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary
Died	16 August 1956(1956-08-16) (aged 73) Nuremberg, West Germany
Allegiance	Austria–Hungary First Austrian Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands held	20th Infantry Division; XXVIII Army Corps
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Mauritz von Wiktorin (13 August 1883 – 16 August 1956) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Wiktorin was discharged from the army on 30 November 1944 due to age.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 August 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of 20. Infanterie-Division (mot.)^[1]

Notes

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 362.

References

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Maximilian Schwandner	Commander of 20. Infanterie-Division (mot.) 10 November 1938 – 10 November 1940	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Hans Zorn
Preceded by General der Artillerie Peter Weyer	Commander of XXVIII. Armeekorps 25 November 1940 - 27 October 1941	Succeeded by General der Artillerie Herbert Loch

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 20th Infantry Division (motorized)/20th Panzergrenadier-Division

Staff	Georg Jauer (Oak Leaves) Mauritz von Wiktorin Hans Zorn¹ (Oak Leaves)

Units	Ernst-August Fricke (Oak Leaves) Erwin Koopmann Wilhelm Loos Gerhard von Schwerin² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Helmut Wandmaker Hermann Wulf (Oak Leaves) Hans Bruhn Gustav-Adolf Bursche Erich Jaschke³ (Oak Leaves) Hermann-Gustav Jochims Hans Traut⁴ (Oak Leaves) Henning Schönfeld Hermann Seitz⁵ (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Keese (Oak Leaves)

¹ Oak Leaves with the XXXXVI Panzer Corps. ² Oak Leaves with the 16th Infantry Division and Swords with the 16th Panzergrenadier Division. ³ Oak Leaves with the LV Army Corps. ⁴ Oak Leaves with the 10th Infantry Division. ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 17th Panzer Division

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 180145542711696641922 GND: 127327002

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