Kurt Lottner

Kurt Lottner
Born30 October 1899
Hamm
Died15 March 1957(1957-03-15) (aged 57)
Bad Schwartau
Military career
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Branch
Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank
Generalmajor
CommandsCommandant of Lübeck
Conflicts
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kurt Lottner (30 October 1899 – 15 March 1957) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Lottner was Kampfkommandant of Lübeck in April/May 1945. On 2 May, British troops prepared to conquer Lübeck. Lottner, NSDAP-Kreisleiter Bernhard Clausen, mayor Otto-Heinrich Drechsler, Police chief Walther Schröder and officers in place agreed that a fight against the advancing 11th Armoured Division was senseless. They gave orders to remove the explosive charges already put in place at bridges and harbour facilities.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Gerhard Meyer (Hrsg.):Lübeck 1945 - Tagebuchauszüge von Arthur Geoffrey Dickens. (diary excerpts) Lübeck 1986, p. 96, ISBN 3-7950-3000-5.
  2. ↑ Antjekathrin Graßmann (ed.): Lübeckische Geschichte. 2. ed. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1989, ISBN 3-7950-3203-2, p. 730.
  3. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 242.

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Arthur Geoffrey Dickens: Lübeck Diary. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London 1947