__NOTOC__ Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach (16 April 1894 – 3 April 1989) was a German General der Gebirgstruppe in the

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during

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. He commanded the 8th Jäger Division, 16th Army, and L Army Corps. He was a recipient of the

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. He served in the Germany Army during the First World War on the Western Front. He received both classes of the

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for his achievements and was promoted to first lieutenant on April 6, 1918. In 1919, he was briefly a member of the Epp

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before joining the regular Reichswehr. In the Second World War, Kirchensittenbach served in the Balkans and Eastern Front, promoted to Major General in December, 1942. He surrendered to the

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in 1945 in the

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. Convicted as a

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in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

on 26 March 1944 as ''

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'' and commander of 8. Jäger DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 351.

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