Wilhelm Oxenius
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany (to 1945)
German Army- Iron Cross 1st Class
- Iron Cross 2nd Class
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
Major Wilhelm Oxenius (9 September 1912 – 13 August 1979) was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II.
Oxenius served as an aide to Colonel General Alfred Jodl during World War II as a staff officer at the Operations Directorate of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. He was also an Operations Officer for Panzergruppe West in France in June 1944.
Oxenius is notable for being a member and translator of the delegation that signed the German unconditional surrender at Reims on 7 May 1945 with Colonel General Jodl and General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg.[1]
He was a prisoner of war from 10 May 1945 to 3 January 1948 and died aged 66.
See also
References
- ^ Peter Antill (2005). Berlin 1945: End of the Thousand Year Reich, Page 86. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-915-0.
External links
- Details of the Surrender from a Stars and Stripes staff writer
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