Ernst Sieler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernst Sieler

German general

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1893

Place of Birth: Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Oct-1983

Profession: military officer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ernst Sieler (22 August 1893 – 6 October 1983) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LIX.
Corps.
He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Sieler surrendered to the Soviet forces in the course of Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive.
He was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.