Ludwig Merker
Ludwig Merker (born September 1, 1894 in Künzelsau , † March 14, 1964 in Tübingen ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general and combat commander of Vienna in the final phase of the Second World War . The Merker Army Corps was named after him.
Awards
- Wehrmacht service award IV. To I. class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
literature
- Beorn, Waitman Wade (2014). Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674725508 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merker, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Künzelsau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1964 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |