page_title: Friedrich Gollwitzer
hierarchical_section_title: Friedrich Gollwitzer
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Generalleutnant Alfons Hitter und General Friedrich Gollwitzer nach der Kapitulation gegenüber dem Marschall der Sowjetunion Alexander Wassilewski und Marschall Iwan Tschernjachowski nach der Kesselschlacht von Wizebsk in der Operation Bagration. English: Surrender of Major-General Alfons Hitter and Lieutenant-General Friedrich Gollwitzer to Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky ans Field Marshal Ivan Chernyakhovsky after the battle of Vitebsk during Operation Bagration.
context_page_description: Friedrich Gollwitzer was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the LIII Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
  Gollwitzer surrendered to the Soviet troops in June 1944 during the Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held October 1955. In West Germany, Gollwitzer was investigated for war crimes allegedly committed under his command during the 1939 invasion of Poland.
context_section_description: Friedrich Gollwitzer (27 April 1889 – 25 March 1977) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the LIII Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
  Gollwitzer surrendered to the Soviet troops in June 1944 during the Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held October 1955. In West Germany, Gollwitzer was investigated for war crimes allegedly committed under his command during the 1939 invasion of Poland.
caption: 206th Infantry Division's commander, Alfons Hitter (second from right) and Gollwitzer surrender to the Soviet forces.
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