Helmut Friebe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helmut Friebe

German General and Knight's Cross recipient

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1894

Place of Birth: Namysłów, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1970

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Helmut Friebe (4 November 1894 – 14 January 1970) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LXIV Army Corps.
He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
He took up his command in Crete in May 1944 after the kidnap of General Kreipe by Patrick Leigh Fermor and Bill Stanley Moss working with Cretan andartes.