Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein
|birth_date=28 February 1899
|death_date={{Death date and age|1975|8|3|1899|2|28|df=y}}
|birth_place= Horb am Neckar
|death_place= Jebenhausen
|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0130, Trent Park Camp.jpg
|image_size=200px
|caption=Liebenstein (front row, 2nd from right) at Trent Park
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|allegiance= {{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
{{flag|West Germany}}
|serviceyears=1916–1943
1955–1960
|rank=Generalmajor
|commands=164th Infantry Division
|unit=
|battles=
|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Great Cross of Merit
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Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein (28 February 1899 – 3 August 1975) was a German general during World War II.
On 10 May 1943, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Three days later, while commanding the 164th Infantry Division, he surrendered to the Allied forces in Tunisia.Samuel W. Mitcham, Rommel's Desert Commanders: The Men Who Served the Desert Fox, North Africa, 1941-1942 (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007) p185 He was sent to Trent Park, a camp for high-ranking commanders north of London. In 1955, he joined the Bundeswehr. In 1960, he retired as Generalmajor.
File:Liebenstein with Freyberg, 1943.jpg (left), commander of the 2nd New Zealand Division, and Brigadier Graham after the surrender of Axis forces in Tunisia]]
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- {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|year=2000
|origyear=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945
|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
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