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Friedrich Stephan (soldier)

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(left to right) Friedrich Stephan, Werner von Erdmannsdorff, and Heinz Kattner.

Friedrich Stephan (Danzig, 26 January 1892 – Ljubljana, 5 June 1945) was a Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography

His mother was from the family Mengele. He served in the first world war with his uncle Stephan Mengele. He commanded the 267th Infantry Division (January 1942 – June 1943) on the Eastern Front.

Between September 1944 and February 1945 he was Kampfkommandant of the Belgrade area and led anti-partisan operations. On 29 April 1945, he became the last commander of the 104th Jäger Division. He was taken prisoner by the Yugoslav Partisans and shot on 5 June 1945 in Ljubljana, together with generals Gustav Fehn (XV Mountain Corps), Werner von Erdmannsdorff (LXXXXI Corps) and Heinz Kattner (Feldkommandant of Sarajevo).

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Military offices
Preceded byGeneralmajor Karl Fischer Commander of 267th Infantry Division
24 January 1942 – 8 June 1943
Succeeded byGeneralleutnant Otto Drescher
Preceded byGeneralleutnant Hartwig von Ludwiger Commander of 104th Jäger Division
29 April – 8 May 1945
Succeeded byNone
Yugoslav World War II war crimes trials
December 1944 – May 1945
without trial
death
Hungarian military and political officials
Vojvodina Supreme Court
death
German police officials (3rd trial)
9–22 December 1946
death
imprisoned
German officers (4th trial) at Belgrade
5–13 February 1947 verdict 16 February
death
imprisoned
German occupation officials in Serbia (5th trial)
Military Court of the Yugoslav 3rd Army at Belgrade
27 February–3 March 1947
death
German officers (6th trial) at Belgrade
5 April 1947
death
German officers held at Belgrade
22–31 October 1947
death
imprisoned
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