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Erich-Otto Schmidt
Born	17 August 1899 Annaberg
Died	18 June 1959(1959-06-18) (aged 56)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	352nd Volksgrenadier Division
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Erich-Otto Schmidt (17 August 1899 – 18 June 1959) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 352. Volksgrenadier Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 August 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 679

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 309.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) . 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.

• Biography

• 1899 births
• 1959 deaths
• Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
• Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
• German prisoners of war in World War II
• Reichswehr personnel
• People from Annaberg-Buchholz
• Military personnel from Saxony