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__NOTOC__ Ernst Dehner (5 March 1889 – 13 September 1970) was a general in the
Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...
of
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In 1948 he was found guilty of war crimes at the
Hostages Trial The Hostages Trial (or, officially, ''The United States of America v. Wilhelm List, et al.'') was held from 8 July 1947 until 19 February 1948 and was the seventh of the twelve trials for war crimes that United States authorities held in their oc ...
and was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment, but was released in 1951.


Awards and decorations

* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1941 as '' Generalmajor'' and commander of 106. Infanterie-Division Fellgiebel 2000, p. 134.


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