Hans Traut
Hans Traut was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's [Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves] of Nazi Germany.
Traut surrendered to the Red Army troops in the course of the Soviet 1944 Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive. In 1947 he was convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union and sentenced to 25 years of forced labor. Traut was released in 1955.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class
- Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- * Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of I./Infanterie-Regiment 90
- * Oak Leaves on 23 January 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 41 and leader of 10th Infantry Division
- German Cross in Gold on 15 December 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 78th Sturm Division