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Arno Jahr

Arno Jahr

German Army General (1890-1943)

Arno Jahr (3 December 1890 – 21 January 1943) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

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He was an officer in World War I. After 1918 he was a police officer. In 1935 he was transferred to the Wehrmacht In 1937 he was promoted to colonel.[1]

Jahr committed suicide on 21 January 1943 when his unit was being overrun as part of the encirclement during the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Notes

  1. [1]
    "Generalleutnant Arno Jahr".
  2. [2]
    Fellgiebel 2000, p. 199.

References

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. 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.
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