Karl-Theodor Molinari

Karl-Theodor Molinari
Born	7 February 1915 Bonn
Died	11 December 1993(1993-12-11) (aged 81) Dortmund
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	?–1945 1956–70
Rank	Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Unit	Panzer-Regiment 36
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl-Theodor Molinari (7 February 1915 – 11 December 1993) was an officer in the Wehrmacht and later in the Bundeswehr. He resigned in 1970 with the rank of a Generalmajor after it became public that he had possibly been involved in the shooting of 105 French resistant fighters in the Ardennes area on 12/13 June 1944. These allegations have not been proven since. Besides, Molinari was a German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union in the afterwar years.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
German Cross in Gold (3 February 1943)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 November 1944 as Major and commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 36^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 550.

Bibliography

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.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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.

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Military offices
Preceded by Generalmajor Herbert Reidel	Commander of 7th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) 1 October 1966 – 30 September 1969	Succeeded by Generalmajor Eike Middeldorf

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 14th Panzer Division

Staff	Ferdinand Heim Oskar Munzel Peter Sauerbruch Martin Unrein¹ (Oak Leaves)

Units	Friedrich Banach Heinz Brandt Heinz Wittchow von Brese-Winiary (Oak Leaves) Joachim Domaschk (Oak Leaves) Robert Eichert Fritz Feßmann⁵ (Oak Leaves and Swords) Ernst Grunau Curt von Jesser Willy Langkeit (Oak Leaves) Werner Mummert⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Karl-Theodor Molinari Bernhard Sauvant² (Oak Leaves) Herbert Zimmermann

¹ Knight's Cross with the 6th Panzer Division. ² Oak Leaves with the 505th Heavy Panzer Battalion. ⁴ Knight's Cross with the [256th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 308694740 GND: 1050482727

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