Karl Herzog, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German soldier and Knight's Cross recipients
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Place of Birth: Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
About Karl Herzog
- Karl Herzog (6 July 1906 – 25 January 1998) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
- He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Herzog surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet April 1945 Zemland Offensive.
- Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.
- Herzog joined the Bundeswehr in 1957 and retired in 1966 as a Generalmajor.
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