Karl Lorenz (General)

Karl Lorenz as Colonel (second from left, with peaked cap) ( Greater Germany Division , Southern Ukraine , January 1944).

Karl Lorenz (born January 24, 1904 in Hanau ; † October 3, 1964 in Mehlem ) was a German major general in World War II . He was in the Prussian Cadet Corps from 1914 to 1920. He joined the Reichswehr as a pioneer in 1924, and was a lieutenant on April 1, 1928. In 1938 he acted as company chief in Pioneer Battalion 18 in Glogau. In the French campaign he was the commander of the Pionier Btl.s 290. On August 1, 1942, he became the commander of the Sturm Pionier Btl.s "Greater Germany". On February 1, 1943, he became the commander of the "GD" Panzer Grenadier Regiment. In February 1944 he became a colonel. At the beginning of September 1944 he was commander of the Panzer Grenadier Division "Greater Germany" until the end of the war.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
Wound badge (1939) in silver
German cross in gold on January 2, 1942
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on December 17, 1942
- Oak leaves on February 12, 1944 (395th award)

literature

Helmut Spaether: The History of the Panzer Corps Greater Germany . 3 volumes, Eilers, Bielefeld 1958.
Peter Stockert: Die Eichenlaubträger 1940–1945 , 9 volumes, 4th, revised edition, Bad Friedrichshall 2010–2011.
Ludger Tewes : The Panzergrenadierdivision "" Grossdeutschland "" in the campaign against the Soviet Union 1942 to 1945 , Verlag Klartext 2020, ISBN 978-3-8375-2089-7 .

Individual evidence

^ Tewes, Grossdeutschland, p. 229 according to the personal file.
↑ 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 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lorenz, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	January 24, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanau
DATE OF DEATH	3rd October 1964
Place of death	Flour

[1] Tewes, Grossdeutschland, p. 229 according to the personal file.

[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 .