Werner Schmidt-Hammer, 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: Hartmannsdorf, Saxony, Germany
About Werner Schmidt-Hammer
- Werner Schmidt-Hammer (26 September 1894 – 4 January 1962) 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. Schmidt-Hammer surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet Prague Offensive in May 1945.
- Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until October 1955.
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