Siegfried Rasp

Siegfried Rasp
Born	10 January 1898 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	Garmisch Partenkirchen, Bavaria, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1915–45
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	335.Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Siegfried Rasp (10 January 1898 – 2 February 1968) was a German general of infantry, serving during World War II.

Career

Born in Munich, Rasp became an officer aspirant on September 6, 1915 and earned his commission as a Leutnant on June 24, 1916 in the 1st Bavarian Infantry Regiment.

He was promoted to Oberst in July 1941, Generalmajor in November 1943, Generalleutnant in April 1944, and General der Infanterie in December 1944.

Rasp held several staff positions before commanding the following formations:

3. Gebirgsjäger-Division on August 26, 1943
335. Infanterie-Division on September 10, 1943
78. Sturm-Division on July 12, 1944
19. Armee on December 15, 1944
Korps Ems on April 2, 1945

An unusual aspect of Rasp's career is that he advanced directly from command of a division to command of a field army without first commanding an army corps. Captured at the end of the war, Rasp spent almost three years in a British POW camp in Münster. Rasp died in 1968 in Garmisch.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Wound Badge (1914)
  • in Black
• The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• German Cross in Gold (27 January 1944)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 April 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 335. Infanterie-Division

External links

• Siegfried Rasp @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Egbert Picker	Commander of 3. Gebirgs-Division 26 August 1943 – 10 September 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Egbert Picker
Preceded by Generalleutnant Heribert von Larisch	Commander of 78. Sturm-Division 15 February 1944 – 12 July 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Hans Traut
Preceded by General der Infanterie Friedrich Wiese	Commander of 19. Armee December 1944 – February 1945	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Hermann Foertsch