Friedrich Blümke

Friedrich Blümke
Friedrich Blümke
Born	18 February 1898; Rahnwerder
Died	4 September 1944 (aged 46); Odessa, Ukraine
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918); Weimar Republic (to 1933); Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1916–1944
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	257. Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland; Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Brody (1941); Battle of Kiev (1941); Battle of Rostov (1941); Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942); Battle of Smolensk (1943); Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944);
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Friedrich Blümke (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Friedrich Blümke was wounded in August 1944 and was captured by Soviet troops in September. He died on 4 September in a Soviet prisoner of war camp near Odessa.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Wound Badge (1914)
- in Black
Cross of Honor
Sudetenland Medal
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (17 September 1939)
- 1st Class (20 October 1939)
Eastern Front Medal
Crimea Shield
Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (7 October 1943)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Knight's Cross on 6 November 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 347^[1]

Notes

^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 115.

References

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Anton-Reichard Freiherr von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim	Commander of 257. Infanterie-Division 2 July 1944 - August 1944	Succeeded by None

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[1] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 115.

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