Fritz Polack

Fritz Polack (born October 22, 1892 in Gera , † April 6, 1956 in England ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Polack served as an officer in the First World War . After the war, he was discharged from military service and studied at the University of Erfurt economics . He did his doctorate at the university on the subject of the capital and credit requirements of German industry after the war . Back in military service, he was in command of the 29th Motorized Infantry Division in the Wehrmacht during World War II until the surrender . Under his command, in the final phase of the Italian campaign, the massacre of San Martino di Lupari took place by units of the 29th Infantry Division (motorized). 125 Italian civilians, including young people aged 15 and 16, were murdered in the massacre.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
• Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
• Wound badge (1918) in black
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
  • Knight's Cross on August 27, 1943
  • Oak leaves on April 30, 1945

literature

• Peter Stockert: Die Eichenlaubträger 1940–1945 , 9 volumes, 4th revised edition, Bad Friedrichshall 2010–2011.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ San Martino di Lupari. Retrieved December 18, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .
3. ↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 91 .
4. ↑ Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Volume 2: L – Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L – Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag, p. 165. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9 .