Friedrich Stephan (soldier)
(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[]
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 (Feldkommandant of Sarajevo).
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- 1892 births
- 1945 deaths
- Military personnel from Gdańsk
- Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- German Army personnel of World War II
- German prisoners of war in World War II
- People killed by Yugoslav Partisans
- People executed by Yugoslavia by firing squad
- German people executed abroad
- Extrajudicial killings in World War II