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Schlieper, Fritz Albert Otto (Generalleutnant)

Date of birth:
August 4th, 1892 (Koldromb/Posen, Germany)
Date of death:
June 4th, 1977 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Generalleutnant Fritz Albert Otto Schlieper was the brother of RKT Generalmajor Franz Max Schlieper
Promotions:
February 24th, 1911 Fahnenjunker;
October 18th, 1911 Fähnrich;
August 18th, 1912 Leutnant mit Pat. 23-8-1910 K;
January 27th, 1916 Oberleutnant G6g;
May 1st, 1922 Hauptmann (2);
October 1st, 1931 Major mit RDA vom 1-4-1930 (5a);
April 1st, 1934 Oberstleutnant (16);
March 1st, 1936 Oberst (3);
November 1st, 1939 Generalmajor (1);
November 1st, 1941 Generalleutnant (1).

Career:
August 26th, 1939: Chef Gen.St. XIII. Armeekorps;
October 23rd, 1939: Chef Gen.St. Grenzabschnitts-Kommando Mitte;
November 5th, 1939: Gen.St. 18. Armee;
November 20th, 1940: Führer-Reserve (St.O. Chemnitz);
May 2nd, 1941: Kdr. 45. Inf.Div.;
February 27th, 1942: Führer-Reserve OKH / W.Kr. IV;
April 15th, 1942: Chef der deutschen Heeresmission in der Slowakei und deutscher General beim Slowakischen Verteidigungsministerium;
August 1st, 1944: Führer-Reserve / W.Kr. XVII;
August 17th, 1944: Befehlshaber Sonderstab II des OKH.

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
March 1915
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
September 1917
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1917
Kreuz für Treue Dienste
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  3.Klasse, 12 Jahre
Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  2. Klasse, 18 Jahre
Awarded on:
1936
Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht  1.Klasse, 25 Jahre
Awarded on:
1939
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 16th, 1940

According to the Karteikarte awarded the EK II
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 28th, 1940

According to the Karteikarte awarded the EK I
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 1er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalmajor (Brigadier)
Unit:
Kommandeur, 45. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
December 27th, 1941
Awarded the Knight’s Cross for his Division’s capture of Brest-Litovsk.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 22nd, 1942
Medaille

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