Karl Herzog


Karl Herzog was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Herzog surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet April 1945 Zemland Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955. Herzog joined the Bundeswehr in 1957 and retired in 1966 as a Generalmajor.

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