Helmuth Schlömer

Helmuth Schlömer
Born 20 May 1893
Hausberge
Died 18 August 1995(1995-08-18) (aged 102)
Minden-Lübbecke
Allegiance  German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1913–45
Rank Generalleutnant
Commands held 3rd Infantry Division
XIV Panzer Corps
Battles/wars

World War I

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Other work NKFD

Helmuth Schlömer (20 May 1893 – 18 August 1995) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XIV Panzer Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Schlömer was taken prisoner in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943.

On 29 Jan 1943 Friedrich Paulus learned "Lieutenant-General Schlomer and other generals had received Red Army envoys and were negotiating a surrender with them."[1] While in Soviet captivity he joined the National Committee for a Free Germany or NKFD and was released in 1949.[2]

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Adam, Wilhelm; Ruhle, Otto (2015). With Paulus at Stalingrad. Translated by Tony Le Tissier. Pen and Sword Books Ltd. p. 203. ISBN 9781473833869.
  2. ↑ Kagachi, Chihiro (1977). The Military of Nazi Germany, Part II.
  3. ↑ Thomas 1998, p. 261.
  4. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 308.
  5. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 57.

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. 
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. 
  • Stockert, Peter (2012) [1997]. Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2 [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2] (in German) (4th ed.). Bad Friedrichshall, Germany: Friedrichshaller Rundblick. ISBN 978-3-9802222-9-7. 
  • 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 Curt Jahn		 Commander of 3. Infanterie-Division (mot.)
1 April 1942 – 17 January 1943 		Succeeded by
Oberst Jobst Freiherr von Hanstein
Preceded by
Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube		 Commander of XIV. Panzerkorps
17 January 1943 – 2 February 1943 		Succeeded by
Generaloberst Hans-Valentin Hube
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