Paul Völckers | |
Birth Date: | 15 March 1891 |
Death Place: | Soviet Union |
Branch: | Army (Wehrmacht) |
Rank: | General der Infanterie |
Commands: | 78th Infantry Division XXVII Army Corps |
Battles: | Operation Bagration |
Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Paul Gustav Völckers (15 March 1891 – 25 January 1946) was a German General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XXVII Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Völckers surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet 1944 Operation Bagration. He died in a POW camp in the Soviet Union in 1946.
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