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