Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig

German general (1899-1946) · Germany · Died at 47

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November 1943: The Mufti of Jerusalem inspects Bosnian volunteers; Sauberzweig on right.

Awards

Iron Cross 1st Class

Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords

Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)

Iron Cross 2nd Class

About this person

Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig was a German Army Oberst (colonel) who transferred to the Waffen-SS during World War II and commanded the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar in 1943-1944, and the IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian) in 1944-1945, reaching the rank of SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS. He returned to the Wehrmacht in January 1945 and was appointed as a Generalleutnant to command a corps within Army Group H in northern Germany. Faced with the prospect of being extradited to Yugoslavia to stand trial for war crimes, Sauberzweig committed suicide in Allied captivity in 1946.

Country

Germany

Type

Other

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1899 to 1946 · aged 47

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