Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz (11 July 1898 – 31 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 July 1898 Oschatz |
| Died | 31 May 1945 (aged 46) Eckernförde |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service | Army (Wehrmacht) |
| Years of service | 1917–45 |
| Rank | Generalmajor |
| Commands | 24th Panzer Division |
| Battles / wars | World War I |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Biography
editGustav Adolf was born into the collateral branch of an old, noble House of Nostitz, as the son of Max von Nostitz-Wallwitz (d. 1911), Oberstleutnant, and his wife, Helene von Minckwitz (d. 1945). [1] He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Nostitz-Wallwitz was wounded in March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket, he was evacuated to a hospital in Eckernförde and died on 31 May 1945.
Awards and decorations
edit- German Cross in Gold on 1 December 1941 as Oberstleutnant in reitendes Artillerie-Regiment 1[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 June 1944 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 89[3]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ "GM Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz 11.07.1898 - 31.05.1945 - Axis History Forum".
- ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 333.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 267.
Bibliography
edit- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
