Otto Heidkämper
Otto Heidkämper (born March 13, 1901 in Lauenhagen , † February 16, 1969 in Bückeburg ) was a German officer , last lieutenant general in World War II .
Life
He was born the son of a pastor from Bückeburg. Heidkämper served as an officer in the First World War and was honored with several awards. In the Wehrmacht , Heidkämper served in World War II as chief of the general staff and briefly as commander of the 4th Panzer Division and as chief of the general staff of the XXIV Army Corps and Army Group Center . In 1945 Heidkämper was appointed Chief of the General Staff of Army Group North .
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
- Iron Cross (1939) 1st class
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd class
- German cross in gold on March 7, 1942
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on February 8, 1943
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Hartmann: Wehrmacht in the Eastern War: Front and Military Hinterland 1941/42 , p. 9 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ 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. 181 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heidkämper, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lauenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th February 1969 |
| Place of death | Buckeburg |