Max Lemke

Max Lemke
Born	7 April 1895 Schwedt, German Empire
Died	29 May 1985(1985-05-29) (aged 90) Hanover, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	7th Panzer Division Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Max Lemke (7 April 1895 – 29 May 1985) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1941 as Oberst and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 17^[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.
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.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss	Commander of 7. Panzer-Division 5 January 1945 – 23 January 1945	Succeeded by General der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss
Preceded by Generalmajor Hanns-Horst von Necker	Commander of Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring 9 February 1945 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by None

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 17th Infantry Division

Staff	Herbert Loch Max Sachsenheimer¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Richard Zimmer

Units	Georg Haus Karl-Wilhelm Specht (Oak Leaves) Josef Bader Walter Elflein (Oak Leaves) Max Lemke

¹ Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with Jäger-Regiment 75 (5th Jäger Division).

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