Dr. jur.Werner Milch | |
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Werner Milch, back to camera, confers with his brother and client Erhard Milch, during the latter's trial at Nuernberg. | |
Born | (1903-11-15)15 November 1903 |
Died | 17 November 1984(1984-11-17) (aged 81) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Relatives | Erhard Milch (brother) |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Werner Milch (15 November 1903 – 17 November 1984) was a German lawyer.
Milch was born in Wilhelmshaven, the son of Anton Milch, a Jewish pharmacist who served in the Imperial German Navy, and Clara, née Vetter.
During World War II, he served in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
After the war, he acted as co-counsel, alongside Friedrich Bergold [de], for his brother, ex-field marshal Erhard Milch, in the Milch Trial.
World War II awards
- German Cross in Gold on 15 April 1944 as Hauptmann in the Stab II./Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 2
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 January 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of Fallschirm-Granatwerfer-Lehr- und Ausbildungs-Battalion
References
- Bunyan, Anita (21 March 2003). "Half-shadows of the Reich". Times Higher Education. A review of Rigg 2002 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFRigg2002 (help).
- Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 311.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 255.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1903 births
- 1984 deaths
- People from Wilhelmshaven
- People from the Province of Hanover
- German people of Jewish descent
- Fallschirmjäger of World War II
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- 20th-century German lawyers
- Reichswehr personnel
- Military personnel from Lower Saxony