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Korfes, Dr. rer. pol., Otto

    Date of birth:
    November 23rd, 1889 (Wenzen-Gandersheim/Braunschweig, Germany)
    Date of death:
    August 24th, 1964 (Potsdam/Brandenburg, Germany)
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    Dr. Otto Korfes finally reached the rank of Generalmajor during the Second World War. During his Soviet imprisonment he was a member of the Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland (NKFD), for which he was releaved of the Wehrmacht on 28th November 1944. After the war he sereved from 1st October 1952 until 31st March 1956 with the Eastern German Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP), which was later to become the Nationale Volksarmee (NVA).

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Oberst (Colonel)
    Unit:
    Infanterie-Regiment 518, 295. Infanterie-Division, Heer
    Awarded on:
    January 11th, 1942
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Generalmajor (Brigadier)
    Unit:
    Kommandeur, 295. Infanterie-Division, Heer
    Awarded on:
    January 22nd, 1943
    Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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