Ernst Sieler

Ernst Sieler
Born	22 August 1893
Died	6 October 1983(1983-10-06) (aged 90)
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1913–45
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	304th Infantry Division LIX Army Corps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Ernst Sieler (22 August 1893 – 6 October 1983) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LIX. Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Sieler surrendered to the Soviet forces in the course of Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. He was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (14 September 1914) & 1st Class (1 July 1916)^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (11 May 1940) & 1st Class (23 May 1940)^[1]
German Cross in Gold on 23 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-Division^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 12 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 46^[3]
- 502nd Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-Division^[4]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b Thomas 1998, p. 321.
^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 444.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 325.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 71.

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 [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Heinrich Krampf	Commander of 304. Infanterie-Division 16 November 1942 - 1 February 1943	Succeeded by Oberst Alfred Philippi
Preceded by Oberst Alfred Philippi	Commander of 304. Infanterie-Division 1 March 1943 - 30 August 1943	Succeeded by Oberst Norbert Holm
Preceded by Oberst Norbert Holm	Commander of 304. Infanterie-Division October 1943 - 8 May 1944	Succeeded by Generalmajor Gustav Hundt
Preceded by Generalmajor Gustav Hundt	Commander of 304. Infanterie-Division 9 August 1944 - January 1945	Succeeded by Generalmajor Ulrich Liß
Preceded by Generalleutnant Joachim von Tresckow	Commander of LIX Armeekorps 1 February 1945 - 8 May 1945	Succeeded by None

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 30th Infantry Division
Staff	Kurt von Briesen Wilhelm Hasse¹ (Oak Leaves) Kurt von Tippelskirch² (Oak Leaves)
Units	Georg Koßmala (Oak Leaves) Peter Körte Heinrich Nickel⁴ (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Borgmann (Oak Leaves) Ernst Sieler⁵ (Oak Leaves)
¹ Oak Leaves with II Army Corps. ² Oak Leaves with 4th Army. ⁴ Oak Leaves with the 342nd Infantry Division. ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 304th Infantry Division.