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Otto Hitzfeld (1898–1990), German officer in both World War I and World War II

Otto Hitzfeld

Wounded for the fifth time on 15 August 1942 near Krasnodar, he received the Wound Badge in Gold by the End of the War.

Hitzfeld, whose nephew Ottmar Hitzfeld is the current manager of the Swiss football team, was promoted to Generalmajor on 1 April 1943 and officially put in command of the 102.



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