List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1945)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes.^[4] As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.^[5] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.^[6] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.^[7]

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists for each of the three military branches—Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—and also for the Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade.^[8] Of the 194 awards made in 1945, 19 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 127 of the medals, 5 went to the Kriegsmarine, 37 to the Luftwaffe, and 25 to the Waffen-SS.^[9]

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to one of the 194 Oak Leaves recipients of 1945.^[1] However, Viet Scherzer has disputed the listing of General of the Infantry Hermann Niehoff on the basis of poor record keeping associated with the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II.^[10] The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and 143 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.^[11] The recipients are ordered and numbered chronologically. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves was awarded.

  This along with the + (plus) indicates that a higher grade of Knight's Cross was awarded as well.
  This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.
  This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that author Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity or formal correctness of the listing.

Number	Name	Service	Rank	Role and unit[Note 1]	Date of award	Notes	Image
689	Heinrich Baron von Behr	Heer	17-HOberst[12]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 200[12][13]	9 January 1945[12]	—	—
690	Kurt-Hermann Freiherr von Mühlen	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[14]	Commander of the 559. Volksgrenadier-Division[13][14]	9 January 1945[14]	—	—
691	Walter Lucht	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie[15]	Commanding general of the LXVI. Armeekorps[13][15]	9 January 1945[15]	—
692	Sigmund-Ulrich Freiherr von Gravenreuth	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant[16]	Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 30[13][16]	9 January 1945*[16]	Killed in flying accident 16 October 1944[13]	—
693	Kurt Gröschke	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant[17]	Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 15[13][17]	9 January 1945[17]	—
694	Kurt Herzog	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie[18]	Commanding general of the XXXVIII. Armeekorps[13][18]	12 January 1945[18]	—	—
695	Alois Eisele	Heer	15-HMajor[19]	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 61[13][19]	12 January 1945[19]	—	—
696	Volprecht Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant[20]	Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 54 (J)[13][20]	14 January 1945[20]	—	—
697	Joachim Brendel	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[21]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"[13][21]	14 January 1945[21]	—	—
698	Wilhelm Hasse	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie[22]	Commanding general of the II. Armeekorps[13][22]	14 January 1945[22]	—
699	Hans-Detlef Gollert-Hansen	Heer	14-HRittmeister of the Reserves[23]	Commander of the II./Reiter-Regiment 31[13][23]	14 January 1945[23]	—	—
700	Claus Breger	Heer	14-HHauptmann[24]	Commander of the I./Füsilier-Regiment 27[24][25]	14 January 1945*[24]	Died of wounds on 17 December 1944[25]	—
701	Bruno Streckenbach	Waffen-SS	19-WSS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS[Note 2]	Commander of the 19. Waffen-Grenadier Division der Waffen-SS (lett. Nr. 2)[25][26]	16 January 1945[26]	—	—
702	Max Reinwald	Heer	17-HOberst of the Reserves[27]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 19 "List"[25][27]	18 January 1945[27]	—	—
703	Richard Henze	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves[28]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 489[25][28]	18 January 1945[28]	—	—
704	Walther Risse	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[29]	Commander of the 225. Infanterie-Division[25][29]	18 January 1945[29]	—	—
705	Alexander Löhr	Luftwaffe	21-LGeneraloberst[30]	Commander-in-chief of Heeresgruppe E[25][30]	20 January 1945[30]	—
706	Gerhard Schmidhuber	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[31]	Commander of the 13. Panzer-Division[25][31]	21 January 1945[31]	—
707	Wilhelm Schöning	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[32]	Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66[25][32]	21 January 1945[32]	—	—
708	Herbert Kündiger	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[33]	Leader of Kampfgruppe of the 271. Volksgrenadier-Division in the fortress Budapest[34][Note 3]	21 January 1945[33]	—	—
709	Albert Henze	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[28]	Commander of Gruppe Henze (Feld-Division 21 (L))[25][28]	21 January 1945[28]	—	—
710	Erich Reuter	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[35]	Commander of the 46. Infanterie-Division[25][35]	21 January 1945[35]	—
711	Kurt Dahlmann	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[36]	Geschwaderkommodore of Nachtschlachtgeschwader 20[25][36]	24 January 1945[36]	—	—
712	Kurt Plenzat	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[37]	Pilot in the 2./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[25][37]	24 January 1945[37]	—	—
713	Herbert Rollwage	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[38]	Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 53[25][38]	24 January 1945[38]	—	—
714	Max Schäfer	Waffen-SS	17-WSS-Standartenführer[Note 4]	Corps pioneer leader of the III. SS-Panzerkorps[25][39]	25 January 1945[39]	—	—
715	Karl Pröll	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[40]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 35[25][40]	25 January 1945[40]	—	—
716	Hellmuth Böhlke	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[41]	Commander of the 334. Infanterie-Division[25][41]	25 January 1945[41]	—	—
717	Walter Süß	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[42]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 273[25][42]	25 January 1945[42]	—	—
718	Wilhelm Spindler	Heer	15-HMajor[43]	Leader of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99[25][43]	31 January 1945[43]	At the same time promoted to Oberstleutnant	—
719	Karl Arndt	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[44]	Commander of the 359. Infanterie-Division[25][44]	1 February 1945[44]	—	—
720	Kurt Wahl	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[45]	Commander of the SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17 "Götz von Berlichingen"[46][Note 5]	1 February 1945[45]	—	—
721	Joachim Rumohr	Waffen-SS	18-WSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS[47]	Commander of the 8. SS-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer"[46][47]	1 February 1945[47]	—
722	August Zehender	Waffen-SS	18-WSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS[48]	Commander of the 22. SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division "Maria Theresia"[46][48]	1 February 1945[48]	—
723	Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch	Waffen-SS	20-WSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Police and Waffen-SS[49]	Commanding general of the IX. SS-Gebirgskorps[46][49]	1 February 1945[49]	—
724	Walther Dahl	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[36]	Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 300[36][46]	1 February 1945[36]	At the same time promoted to Oberstleutnant[46]	—
725	Karl Roßmann	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[50]	Commander of Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring"[46][50]	1 February 1945[50]	—
726	Ernst Jansa	Luftwaffe	17-LOberst[51]	Commander of Flak-Sturm-Regiment 12[46][Note 6]	1 February 1945[51]	—	—
727	Jürgen Harder	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[52]	Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 11[46][52]	1 February 1945[52]	—	—
728	Otto Vincon	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[53]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 460[46][53]	5 February 1945[53]	—	—
729	Joachim Sander	Heer	17-HOberst[54]	Commander of Panzer-Regiment 31[46][54]	5 February 1945*[54]	Killed in action 3 November 1944[54]	—
730	Georg Graf von Plettenberg	Heer	14-HRittmeister[37]	Commander of schwere Kavallerie-Abteilung 4[37][46]	5 February 1945[37]	—	—
731	Maximilian von Weichs	Heer	22-HGeneralfeldmarschall[55]	OB Südost (Commander-in-chief Heeresgruppe F)[46][55]	5 February 1945[55]	—
732	Wilhelm Osterhold	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[56]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 48[46][56]	10 February 1945[56]	—	—
733	Georg Jauer	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[57]	Commander of the 20. Panzergrenadier-Division[46][57]	10 February 1945[57]	—	—
734	Karl-Heinz Oesterwitz	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[58]	Commander of Jäger-Regiment 2 "Brandenburg"[46][58]	10 February 1945[58]	—	—
735	Herbert Wittmann	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[59]	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"[46][59]	11 February 1945[59]	—	—
736	Herbert Schramm	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[60]	Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 27[60][61]	11 February 1945*[60]	Killed in action 1 December 1943[60]	—
737	Anton-Otto Frank	Heer	14-HHauptmann[62]	Commander of Heeres-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 743[61][62]	7 February 1945[62]	—	—
738	Anton Müller	Heer	14-HHauptmann[63]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 503[61][63]	14 February 1945[63]	—	—
739	Eduard Zorn	Heer	17-HOberst im Generalstab (in the general staff)[64]	Leader of the 189. Infanterie-Division[61][64]	16 February 1945*[64]	Killed in action 4 February 1945[64]	—
740	Willi Schülke	Heer	14-HHauptmann[65]	Commander of the III./Ski-Jäger-Regiment 1[61][65]	16 February 1945[65]	—	—
741	Günther Blumentritt	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie[66]	Acting commander (leader) of the 25. Armee[61][66]	18 February 1945[66]	—	—
742	Josef Heichele	Heer	15-HMajor[67]	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 129[61][67]	17 February 1945[67]	—	—
743	Georg Gebhardt	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves[68]	Commander of Sturm-Regiment 195[61][68]	19 February 1945[68]	—	—
744	Ernst Knebel	Heer	17-HOberst[69]	Commander of the Armee-Waffenschule 3. Panzerarmee (AOK 3)[61][69]	19 February 1945[69]	—	—
745	Fritz Klasing	Heer	17-HOberst of the Reserves[70]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 232[61][70]	19 February 1945[70]	—	—
746	Edmund Blaurock	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[71]	Commander of the 56. Infanterie-Division[61][71]	19 February 1945[71]	—	—
747	Ludwig Schulz	Luftwaffe	18-LGeneralmajor[72]	Commander of a Kampfgruppe in the Luftkriegsschule 5[61][Note 7]	19 February 1945[72]	—	—
748	Rolf Hermichen	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[73]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 11[61][73]	19 February 1945[73]	—	—
749	Hans Krebs	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie[74]	Chief of the Generalstab of Heeresgruppe B[61][74]	20 February 1945[74]	—
750	Heinz-Martin Ewert	Heer	15-HMajor[75]	Abschnitts-Kommandant (sector commander) West/Festung Posen[61][75]	22 February 1945[75]	—	—
751	Fritz-Georg von Rappard	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[76]	Commander of the 7. Infanterie-Division[61][76]	24 February 1945[76]	—	—
752	Josef Jakwert	Heer	12-HLeutnant[77]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 1562[61][77]	24 February 1945[77]	—	—
753	Horst Warschnauer	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[Note 8]	Commander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon "Großdeutschland"[61][78]	24 February 1945[78]	—	—
754	Hans-Babo von Rohr	Heer	12-HLeutnant[Note 9]	Leader of the 2./Panzer-Regiment 25[38][79]	24 February 1945*[38]	Died of wounds 15 February 1945[38]
755	Ernst-August Krag	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[80]	Commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich"[79][80]	28 February 1945[80]	—	—
756	Heinrich Schmelzer	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer of the Reserves[81]	Chief of the 1./SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 2 "Das Reich"[79][Note 10]	28 February 1945[81]	—	—
757	Traugott Kempas	Heer	14-HHauptmann[82]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 176[79][82]	28 February 1945[82]	—	—
758	Arthur Kullmer	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[83]	Commander of the 558. Volksgrenadier-Division[79][83]	28 February 1945[83]	—	—
759	Michael Pössinger	Heer	15-HMajor[84]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 1123[79][84]	28 February 1945[84]	—	—
760	Othmar Pollmann	Heer	15-HMajor[85]	Adjutant of the 45. Infanterie-Division[79][Note 11]	28 February 1945[85]	—	—
761	Bern von Baer	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant im Generalstab[86]	Chief of Stab/Fallschirmjäger-Panzerkorps "Hermann Göring"[79][86]	28 February 1945[86]	—
762	Hans Reichardt	Heer	17-HOberst[87]	Commander of Kampfgruppe "Steinau" in the 408. Infanterie-Division[79][Note 12]	5 March 1945*[87]	Killed in action 2 February 1945[87]	—
763	Werner Ebeling	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[88]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 154[79][88]	5 March 1945[88]	—	—
764	Hermann Niehoff+	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[89]	Commander of the 371. Infanterie-Division[79][89]	5 March 1945[89]	Awarded (147th) Swords 26 April 1945?[Note 13]	—
765	Heinrich Götz	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[90]	Commander of the 21. Infanterie-Division[79][90]	5 March 1945[90]	—	—
766	Rudolf von Bünau	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie[91]	Commanding general of the XI. Armeekorps[79][91]	5 March 1945[91]	—	—
767	Bruno Karczewski	Heer	15-HMajor[92]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 176[79][92]	5 March 1945[92]	—	—
768	Dipl.-Ing. Erich Schneider	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[93]	Commander of the 14. Infanterie-Division[79][93]	6 March 1945[93]	—	—
769	Kurt Welter	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[94]	Staffelkapitän of the 10./Nachtjagdgeschwader 11[79][94]	11 March 1945[94]	—	—
770	Helmut Renschler	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[95]	Chief of the 1./Artillerie-Regiment 5[79][95]	11 March 1945[95]	—	—
771	Dr. jur. Wolfgang Rust	Heer	14-HHauptmann[96]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 11[79][96]	11 March 1945[96]	—	—
772	Friedrich Sixt	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[97]	Commander of the 5. Jäger-Division[79][97]	11 March 1945[97]	—	—
773	Kurt Witschel	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[98]	Leader of the 9./Jäger-Regiment 28[79][98]	11 March 1945[98]	—	—
774	Clemens Betzel	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[99]	Commander of the 4. Panzer-Division[99][100]	11 March 1945[99]	—	—
775	Franz Rogalski	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[101]	Adjutant of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 45[100][101]	11 March 1945[101]	—	—
776	Johannes Grimminger	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[17]	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 192[17][102]	11 March 1945[17]	—	—
777	Ernst Kutschkau	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel of the Reserves[103]	Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 3[100][103]	11 March 1945[103]	—	—
778	Egon Aghta	Heer	14-HHauptmann (W) of the Reserves[104]	Leader of a bomb disposal commando in the Luftgaukommando III Berlin[100][104]	12 March 1945[104]	—	—
779	Wilhelm Schröder	Heer	17-HOberst[105]	Commander of Kampfgruppe Schröder of the 408. Infanterie-Division[100][Note 14]	13 March 1945[105]	—	—
780	Karl-Heinz Becker	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant[106]	Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5[100][106]	12 March 1945[106]	—
781	Heinz Rökker	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[107]	Staffelkapitän of the 2./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2[100][107]	12 March 1945[107]	—	—
782	Robert Weiß	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[108]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 54[100][108]	12 March 1945*[108]	Killed in action 29 December 1944[108]	—
783	Werner Pötschke	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[84]	Commander of the I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[84][100]	15 March 1945[84]	—	—
784	Alfred Matern	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[109]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./Füsilier-Regiment 22[100][109]	16 March 1945[109]	—	—
785	Fritz Vogt	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer[110]	Commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (norw. Nr. 1)[102][110]	16 March 1945[110]	—	—
786	Karl-Heinz Jaeger	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[111]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 448[100][111]	16 March 1945[111]	—	—
787	Max Wandrey	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[112]	Commander of the II./Jäger-Regiment 1 "Brandenburg"[100][112]	16 March 1945*[112]	Died of wounds on 21 February 1945[112]	—
788	Hans Engelien	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[113]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25[100][113]	16 March 1945[113]	—	—
789	Heinrich Ruhl	Heer	15-HMajor[47]	Commander of Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 122[47][100]	16 March 1945[47]	—	—
790	Bruno Frankewitz	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[114]	Commander of the 215. Infanterie-Division[114][115]	16 March 1945[114]	—	—
791	Paul Scheuerpflug	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[116]	Commander of the 68. Infanterie-Division[115][116]	16 March 1945[116]	—	—
792	Martin Becker	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[Note 15]	Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6[106][115]	20 March 1945[106]	—	—
793	Gerhard Werner	Heer	15-HMajor[117]	Commander of the I./Jäger-Regiment 734[115][117]	23 March 1945*[117]	Killed in action 8 September 1944[117]	—
794	Ernst-Georg Kedzia	Heer	15-HMajor[118]	Combat commander of Fürstenberg an der Oder and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 98 (391. Sicherungs-Division)[119][Note 16]	23 March 1945[118]	—	—
795	Kuno von Meyer	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[120]	Commander of Panzer-Regiment "Coburg" in the Panzer-Brigade 103[115][120]	23 March 1945[120]	—	—
796	Walter Prüß	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[121]	Chief of the 8./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 76[115][121]	23 March 1945[121]	—	—
797	Günther Konopacki	Heer	14-HRittmeister[122]	Commander of the I./Radfahr-Jäger-Brigade 10[115][122]	23 March 1945[122]	—	—
798	Hans-Georg Herzog	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves[18]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 14[18][115]	23 March 1945[18]	—	—
799	Rudolf Trittel	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[123]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 9[115][123]	23 March 1945[123]	—	—
800	Karl Wanka	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[112]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 53[112][115]	23 March 1945[112]	—	—
801	Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[124]	Commander of the 9. Panzer-Division[115][124]	23 March 1945*[124]	Killed in action 6 March 1945[124]	—
802	Friedrich Jeckeln	Waffen-SS	20-WSS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS[57]	Commanding general of the V. SS-Gebirgskorps[57][115]	8 March 1945[57]	—
803	Fritz Fullriede	Heer	17-HOberst[125]	Fortress commander of Kolberg[115][125]	23 March 1945[125]	—
804	Johannes Spielmann	Heer	15-HMajor[43]	Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 202[43][115]	28 March 1945[43]	—	—
805	Heinrich Keese	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[118]	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 20 (mot.)[115][118]	28 March 1945[118]	—	—
806	Lothar Berger	Heer	17-HOberst[126]	Commander of Brigade z.b.V. 100[115][126]	28 March 1945[126]	—	—
807	Helmuth Hufenbach	Heer	17-HOberst[127]	Leader of the 562. Volksgrenadier-Division[115][127]	28 March 1945*[127]	Killed in action 27 March 1945[127]	—
808	Erich Schroedter	Heer	14-HRittmeister[105]	Commander of Panzer-Augklärungs-Abteilung "Großdeutschland"[105][119]	28 March 1945[105]	—	—
809	Horst von Usedom	Heer	17-HOberst[128]	Leader of Panzer-Brigade "Kurland"[115][128]	28 March 1945[128]	—	—
810	Günther Josten	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[129]	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"[129][130]	28 March 1945[129]	—	—
811	Alexander Gläser	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[131]	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Schlachtgeschwader 77[130][131]	28 March 1945[131]	—	—
812	Wilhelm Stähler	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[132]	Staffelkapitän of the 7./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[130][132]	28 March 1945[132]	—	—
813	Gerhard Stüdemann	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[133]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Schlachtgeschwader 77[130][133]	28 March 1945[133]	—	—
814	Walter Girg	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer[131]	Leader of special detachment of the SS-Jagdverband Mitte[130][131]	1 April 1945[131]	—	—
815	Horst von Mellenthin	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[134]	Commander of the 205. Infanterie-Division[130][134]	4 April 1945[134]	—	—
816	Martin Steglich	Heer	15-HMajor[135]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 1221[130][135]	5 April 1945[135]	—	—
817	Rudolf Neubert	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[136]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 31[130][136]	5 April 1945[136]	—	—
818	Friedrich Richter	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[137]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1222[130][137]	5 April 1945[137]	—	—
819	Ernst Kuppinger	Heer	14-HHauptmann[138]	Commander of Füsilier-Bataillon 246[130][Note 17]	5 April 1945[138]	—	—
820	Otto Paetsch	Waffen-SS	16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer[139]	Commander of SS-Panzer-Regiment 10 "Frundsberg"[130][139]	5 April 1945*[139]	Killed in action 16 March 1945[139]
821	Hans von Tettau	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[140]	Leader of Korpsgruppe "von Tettau"[130][140]	5 April 1945[140]	—	—
822	Gerhard Thyben	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[141]	Staffelkapitän of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 54[130][141]	8 April 1945[141]	—
823	Theodor Burchardi	Kriegsmarine	20-MAdmiral[142]	Commanding Admiral östliche Ostsee (Eastern Baltic Sea)[130][142]	8 April 1945[142]	—
824	August Thiele	Kriegsmarine	19-MVizeadmiral[143]	Commander of Kampfgruppe "Thiele"[130][143]	8 April 1945[143]	—
825	Bruno Richter	Heer	14-HRittmeister[144]	Commander of Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 24[130][144]	8 April 1945[144]	—	—
826	Dipl.-Ing. Otto Skorzeny	Waffen-SS	16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer of the Reserves[97]	Commander of the SS-Jagd-Verbände and combat commander of Schwedt an der Oder[97][130]	9 April 1945[97]	—
827	Ernst-Anton von Krosigk	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie[145]	Commanding of the XVI. Armeekorps[130][145]	12 April 1945*[145]	Killed in action 16 March 1945[145]	—
828	Helmut Borchardt	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[146]	Leader of the company "Borchardt" of the regiment "Kohlmann" in the 402. Infanterie-Division[130][146]	14 April 1945*[146]	Killed in action 15–18 March 1945[Note 18]
829	Carl Becker	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[147]	Commander of the 253. Infanterie-Division[130][147]	14 April 1945[147]	—	—
830	Kurt Röpke	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie[107]	Commanding general of the XXIX. Armeekorps[107][130]	14 April 1945[107]	—	—
831	Friedrich Rögelein	Heer	17-HOberst[148]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 109[130][148]	14 April 1945[148]	—	—
832	Alfred Simm	Heer	14-HHauptmann[149]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 31[149][150]	14 April 1945[149]	—	—
833	Gerhard Raht	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[151]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2[150][151]	15 April 1945[151]	—	—
834	Hans-Arno Ostermeier	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[56]	Leader of Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Hermann Göring"[150][Note 19]	15 April 1945[56]	—	—
835	Max Hansen	Waffen-SS	16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer[152]	Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[150][152]	17 April 1945[152]	—
836	Herbert Lütje	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[153]	Geschwaderkommodore of Nachtjagdgeschwader 6[150][153]	17 April 1945[153]	—
837	Helmut Lipfert	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[154]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 53[150][154]	17 April 1945[154]	—	—
838	Josef Kraft	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[80]	Staffelkapitän of the 12./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[80][150]	17 April 1945[80]	—	—
839	Martin Drewes	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[155]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[150][155]	17 April 1945[155]	—
840	Hermann Greiner	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[156]	Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[150][156]	17 April 1945[156]	—	—
841	Paul Semrau	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[157]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2[150][157]	17 April 1945*[157]	Killed in action 8 February 1945[157]
842	Adolf Raegener	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[151]	Commander of Verteidigungsbereich Magdeburg (defensive sector of Magdeburg)[150][151]	17 April 1945[151]	—	—
843	Hans-Peter Knaust	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[158]	Commander of Regiment "Knaust" in the 490. Infanterie-Division[150][Note 20]	17 April 1945[158]	—
Last officially announced number
(844)	Franz Hack?[Note 21]	Waffen-SS	16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer	Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"[150]	18 April 1945	—	—
(845)	Paul-Albert Kausch?[Note 22]	Waffen-SS	16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer	Commander of SS-Panzer-Regiment 11[150]	23 April 1945	—	—
(846)	Josef Brandner?[Note 23]	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 912[150]	26 April 1945	—	—
(847)	Eberhard Rodt	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[148]	Commander of the 15. Panzergrenadier-Division[148][150]	28 April 1945[148]	—	—
(848)	Joachim Ziegler	Waffen-SS	18-WSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS[162]	Commander of the 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland"[150][Note 24]	28 April 1945[162]	—	—
(849)	Hans-Joachim Kappis	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[163]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 45[163][164]	28 April 1945[163]	—	—
(850)	Karl Schrepfer	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[165]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Schlachtgeschwader 1[165][166]	28 April 1945[165]	—	—
(851)	Josef Prentl	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[167]	Commander of Flak-Regiment 116[166][167]	28 April 1945[167]	—	—
(852)	Rolf Thomsen	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant[168]	Commander of U-1202[166][168]	29 April 1945[168]	—	—
(853)	Hans-Günther Lange	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant[169]	Commander of U-711[166][169]	29 April 1945[169]	—	—
(854)	Heinz-Oskar Laebe?[Note 25]	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 44[166]	29 April 1945	—	—
(855)	Heinrich Hax	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[171]	Commander of the 8. Panzer-Division[166][171]	30 April 1945[171]	—	—
(856)	Hanns Laengenfelder	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[172]	Commander of the 15. Infanterie-Division[166][172]	30 April 1945[172]	—	—
(857)	Richard Daniel	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[173]	Commander of the 45. Volksgrenadier-Division[166][173]	30 April 1945[173]	—	—
(858)	Wolfgang von Obstfelder	Heer	15-HMajor[174]	Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 346[166][174]	30 April 1945[174]	—	—
(859)	Wolfgang von Bostell	Heer	12-HLeutnant[175]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Panzerjäger-Abteilung 205[166][Note 26]	30 April 1945[175]	—	—
(860)	Gerhard Mokros	Heer	17-HOberst of the Reserves[Note 27]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 423[166][176]	5 May 1945[176]	—	—
(861)	Werner Ostendorff?[Note 28]	Waffen-SS	19-WSS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS	Commander of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"[166]	6 May 1945*	Died of wounds 1 May 1945[10]
(862)	Rudolf Lehmann?[Note 29]	Waffen-SS	17-WSS-Standartenführer	Leader of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"[166]	6 May 1945	—	—
(863)	Karl Kreutz?[Note 30]	Waffen-SS	17-WSS-Standartenführer	Commander of SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"[166]	6 May 1945	—	—
(864)	Heinz Werner (Waffen-SS)?[Note 31]	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer"[164]	6 May 1945	—	—
(865)	Alfred Jodl?[Note 32]	Heer	21-HGeneraloberst	Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes im OKW and deputy chief of the OKW[164]	10 May 1945	—
(866)	Adalbert von Blanc?[Note 33]	Kriegsmarine	16-MFregattenkapitän	Leader of the 9. Marine-Sicherungs-Division[166]	10 May 1945	—
(867)	Hermann Plocher?[Note 34]	Luftwaffe	19-HGeneralleutnant	Commander of the 6. Fallschirmjäger-Division[166]	8 May 1945	—	—
(868)	Franz Graßmel?[Note 35]	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor	Commander of the Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 20[166]	8 May 1945	—	—
(869)	Friedrich Lier?[Note 36]	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of a Kampfgruppe in the 490. Infanterie-Division[166]	8 May 1945	—	—
(870)	Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt?[Note 37]	Heer	15-HMajor	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 1143[166]	9 May 1945	—	—
(871)	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp?[Note 38]	Waffen-SS	20-WSS-Obergruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS	Commanding general of the XI. SS-Panzerkorps[186]	9 May 1945*	Killed in action 29 April 1945[187][Note 39]
(872)	Hanns-Heinrich Lohmann?[Note 40]	Waffen-SS	16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer	Leader of SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 "De Ruyter"[188]	9 May 1945	—	—
(873)	Alfred Montag?[Note 41]	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 341[186]	9 May 1945	—	—
(874)	Hans Meier?[Note 42]	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74[186]	9 May 1945	—	—
(875)	Alfons Rebane?[Note 43]	Waffen-SS	16-WWaffen-Obersturmbannführer	Commander of Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment der Waffen-SS 46 (estnische Nr. 2)[188]	9 May 1945	—
(876)	Walter Schlags-Koch?[Note 44]	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves	Commander of Sturm-Regiment AOK 2[186]	9 May 1945	—	—
(877)	Erich Schmidt?[Note 45]	Heer	15-HMajor	Leader of the Panzer-Regiment of the Führer-Grenadier-Division[188]	9 May 1945	—	—
(878)	Joachim von Siegroth?[Note 46]	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor	Commander of the 712. Infanterie-Division[188]	9 May 1945*	Killed in action 2 May 1945[196]
(879)	Dr. jur. Paul Stahl?[Note 47]	Heer	17-HOberst of the Reserves	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 114[188]	9 May 1945	—	—
(880)	Georg Störck?[Note 48]	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment Führer-Begleit-Division[186]	9 May 1945	—	—
(881)	Franz Sensfuß?[Note 49]	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant	Commander of the 212. Infanterie-Division[188]	9 May 1945	—	—
(882)	Joseph von Radowitz?[Note 50]	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant	Commander of 23. Panzer-Division[188]	9 May 1945	—	—

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