Otto Roettig
Otto Roettig (born July 22, 1887 in Mühlhausen in Thuringia , † August 18, 1966 in Kassel ) was a German infantry general in World War II .
Life
Roettig served as an officer in the First World War . In the interwar period he was employed by the security police . He served in the Wehrmacht during World War II, among other things as commander of the 198th Infantry Division . In the spring of 1943 Roettig took over the leadership of the LXVI. Reserve corps commissioned. But as early as mid-1943 he was appointed head of the office of the General Inspector for Prisoners of War at the OKW . He was held in British captivity until 1947, including at Island Farm .
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- Romanian military order Michael the Brave III. class
- German cross in gold on February 28, 1942
Web links
- Some of the Prisoners Held At Special Camp 11 : General der Infanterie Otto Roettig (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara Stelzl-Marx: Between fiction and contemporary witness: American and Soviet prisoners of war in Stalag XVII B Krems-Gneixendorf , p. 23f. ( limited preview online with Google Book Search ).
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| SURNAME | Roettig, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German infantry general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mühlhausen in Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th August 1966 |
| Place of death | kassel |