Horst Niemack
{{Short description|German general}}
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Horst Niemack (10 March 1909 – 7 April 1992) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Niemack later took command of the Panzer Lehr Division on 10 January 1945, succeeding General Fritz Bayerlein. From 1956 Niemack served as chairman of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 May 1940) & 1st Class (12 June 1940)Thomas 1998, p. 120.
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 13 July 1941 as Rittmeister and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5Scherzer 2007, p. 569.
- Oak Leaves on 10 August 1941 as Rittmeister and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5
- Swords on 4 June 1944 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (12 June 1969){{citation needed|date=February 2017}}
References
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- {{Cite book
|last=Scherzer
|first=Veit
|year=2007
|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives
|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives
|language=German
|location=Jena, Germany
|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2
}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Thomas
|first=Franz
|year=1998
|title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z
|trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z
|language=German
|location=Osnabrück, Germany
|publisher=Biblio-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-7648-2300-9
}}
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title= Commander of Panzer-Lehr-Division|
years=15 January 1945 – 3 April 1945
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Category:Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
Category:Military personnel from Hanover
Category:People from the Province of Hanover
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Category:Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom