Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow

Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow
Born	(1892-08-07)7 August 1892 Marienwerder, Province of West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Kwidzyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Died	20 July 1961(1961-07-20) (aged 68) Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	12. Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Demyansk Pocket Operation Bagration Bobruysk Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow (7 August 1892 – 20 July 1961) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Von Lützow was born near Marienwerder.

He was captured by the Soviet army in 1944 in an encirclement near Bobruisk. In Moscow on June 29, 1950, he was sentenced to 25-years in prison for war crimes. In January 1956, he was released from prison and repatriated.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (29 September 1914)
  • 1st Class (16 March 1916)
• Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (14 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (13 October 1939)
• Eastern Front Medal
• Demyansk Shield
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 15 August 1940 as Oberst and commander of the Infanterie-Regiment 89
  • 37th Oak Leaves on 21 October 1941 as Oberst and commander of the Infanterie-Regiment 89

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Grossman, Vasily (2005). Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova (ed.). A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945. New York: Pantheon. ISBN 0-375-42407-5.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

• Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow in the German National Library catalogue
• "Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow". Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Retrieved 14 November 2010.

Military offices
Preceded by Oberst Karl Hernekamp	Commander of 12. Infanterie-Division 1 March 1942 – 31 May 1942	Succeeded by Oberst Gerhard Müller
Preceded by Oberst Wilhelm Lorenz	Commander of 12. Infanterie-Division 20 July 1942 – 25 June 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Kurt Jahn
Preceded by General der Infanterie Friedrich Wiese	Commander of XXXV. Armeekorps 25 June 1944 – July 1944	Succeeded by None