Kurt Lottner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German general and Knight's Cross recipients
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Place of Birth: Hamm, Free State of Prussia, Germany
About Kurt Lottner
- Kurt Lottner (30 October 1899 – 15 March 1957) was a German general during World War II.
- He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
- Lottner was Kampfkommandant of Lübeck in April/May 1945.
- On 2 May, British troops prepared to conquer Lübeck.
- Lottner, NSDAP-Kreisleiter Bernhard Clausen, mayor Otto-Heinrich Drechsler, Police chief Walther Schröder and officers in place agreed that a fight against the advancing 11th Armoured Division was senseless.
- They gave orders to remove the explosive charges already put in place at bridges and harbour facilities.
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