Arthur Kullmer
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|birth_date=17 August 1896
|death_date={{death date and age|1953|3|28|1896|8|17|df=y}}
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|death_place=Sverdlovsk Oblast
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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|branch=Army (Wehrmacht)
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|rank= General der Infanterie
|commands=558th Volksgrenadier Division
XLIII. Armeekorps
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|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
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Arthur Kullmer (17 August 1896 – 28 March 1953) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Kullmer died on 28 March 1953 in Soviet captivity.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (29 August 1916) & 1st Class (8 October 1918)Thomas 1997, p. 426.
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 May 1940) & 1st Class (12 July 1940)
- German Cross in Gold on 14 January 1942 as Oberstleutnant in Infanterie-Regiment 331Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 262.
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 27 October 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 296. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 229.
- Oak Leaves on 28 February 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 558. Volksgrenadier-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 81.
References
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- {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|orig-date=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
|trans-title=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
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
- {{Cite book
|last1=Patzwall
|first1=Klaus D.
|last2=Scherzer
|first2=Veit
|year=2001
|title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II
|trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2
|language=German
|location=Norderstedt, Germany
|publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall
|isbn=978-3-931533-45-8
}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Thomas
|first=Franz
|year=1997
|title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K
|trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K
|language=German
|location=Osnabrück, Germany
|publisher=Biblio-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-7648-2299-6
}}
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before=Generalleutnant Alfons Hitter|
after=Generalleutnant Werner Forst|
title=Commander of 106. Infanterie-Division|
years=1 November 1942 – 10 January 1943
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before=Generalleutnant Karl Faulenbach|
after=None|
title=Commander of 296. Infanterie-Division|
years=10 January 1943 – June 1944
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{{succession box|
before=General der Gebirgstruppen Kurt Versock|
after=None|
title=Commander of XXXXIII. Armeekorps|
years=20 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
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Category:People from Bad Dürkheim (district)
Category:Military personnel from Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
Category:German Army personnel of World War I
Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
Category:German people who died in Soviet detention
Category:German Army generals of World War II
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