How to Pronounce Wilhelm Schmalz
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Mar 01, 1901 Landsberg, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Died on 14 Mar 1983 (aged 82)
German general and Knight's Cross recipient
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About Wilhelm Schmalz
- Wilhelm Schmalz (1 March 1901 – 14 March 1983) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
- Schmalz surrendered to the American troops in May 1945.
- Schmalz was accused of war crimes in Italy, among them the Civitella in Val di Chiana massacre on 29 June 1944 where 146 civilians were murdered by soldiers of the Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring.
- He was tried, but acquitted of the charges, by a court in Rome on 12 July 1950.
