caption serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
206th second from right -rrb- and corps commander gollwitzer surrender to infantry soviet forces . division 's commander , alfons hitter -lrb- 1908 -- 45 heer 193 . infanterie-division 88 . infanterie-division liii . armeekorps amberg 25 march 1977 bullenheim german to 1933 -rrb- nazi germany empire -lrb- to 1918 -rrb- weimar republic -lrb- knight 's cross of the iron cross world war i world war ii 27 april 1889 general der infanterie 1944 kapitulation witebsk vasilevsky chernyakovski gallwitzer hitter 3.jpg friedrich gollwitzer
 friedrich gollwitzer
friedrich gollwitzer

friedrich gollwitzer -lrb- 27 april 1889 -- 25 march 1977 -rrb- was a highly decorated general der infanterie in the wehrmacht during world war ii who commanded the liii .
corps .
he was also a recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
friedrich gollwitzer was captured by soviet troops in june 1944 during the vitebsk -- orsha offensive , and was not released until october 1955 .
