__NOTOC__ Konrad-Oskar Heinrichs (5 May 1890 – 8 September 1944) was a German general in the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...

who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the

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. Heinrichs was killed on 8 September 1944 near

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on 13 September 1941 as ''

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'' and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 24Fellgiebel 2000, p. 182.

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