Albrecht Wüstenhagen

Albrecht Wüstenhagen
Born	19 October 1892 Klostermansfeld
Died	26 April 1944(1944-04-26) (aged 51) Witebsk, Belarus
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1913–19 1935–44
Rank	Generalleutnant (Posthumously)
Commands held	110. Infanterie-Division 256. Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Albrecht Wüstenhagen (19 October 1892 – 26 April 1944) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Wüstenhagen was killed near Vitebsk, Belarus on 26 April 1944.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 December 1942 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 129^[1]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Eberhard von Kurowski	Commander of 110. Infanterie-Division 25 September 1943 – 1 December 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Eberhard von Kurowski
Preceded by Generalleutnant Paul Danhauser	Commander of 256. Infanterie-Division 24 November 1943 – 26 April 1944	Succeeded by Reformed as 256. Volksgrenadier-Division

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 129th Infantry Division

Staff	Heribert von Larisch Albert Praun Stephan Rittau

Units	Hellmuth Böhlke² (Oak Leaves) Joachim Borrmann Paul Danhauser Günther Drange Hermann Kremer Helmut Groß Willy Wesche (Oak Leaves) Albrecht Wüstenhagen

² Oak Leaves with the 334th Infantry Division

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