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.
Kurt Lottner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 October 1899 Hamm |
| Died | 15 March 1957 (aged 57) Bad Schwartau |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service | Army (Wehrmacht) |
| Rank | Generalmajor |
| Commands | Commandant of Lübeck |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
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.[1][2]
Awards and decorations
edit- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 October 1943 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 111[3]
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Gerhard Meyer (Hrsg.):Lübeck 1945 - Tagebuchauszüge von Arthur Geoffrey Dickens. (diary excerpts) Lübeck 1986, p. 96, ISBN 3-7950-3000-5.
- ^ Antjekathrin Graßmann (ed.): Lübeckische Geschichte. 2. ed. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1989, ISBN 3-7950-3203-2, p. 730.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 242.
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.
- Arthur Geoffrey Dickens: Lübeck Diary. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London 1947
