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Friedrich Bayer (1 November 1887 – 5 August 1953) was a German
lieutenant general
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during
World War II
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who commanded several divisions.
Biography
First, he commanded
Division No. 182 (October 1939 - April 1940). This was followed by the position of Commander of Strasbourg until the beginning of 1941.
From mid-March 1941 he took over the newly established
281st Security Division, which he led until October 1941. Wilhelm von Leeb put him in charge of the extermination of all partisans north of
Pskov
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in August 1941.
He was then transferred to the Führerreserve in October 1941.
From December 1941 he took over the leadership of the
122nd Infantry Division for two months, and was commander of the
181st Infantry Division for a few days in March 1942. He was then commander of the
217th Infantry Division until the end of September 1942. On 27 September 1942, he became commander of the
347th Infantry Division, which he led until 12 October 1943. After that, he commanded the 408th Replacement Division.
From mid-June 1944, he took over command of the
153rd Field Training Division, which was destroyed during the
Second Jassy–Kishinev offensive
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. Bayer attempted to enter Bulgaria while fleeing Romania, but was taken prisoner by Bulgarian forces. Later he was extradited into Soviet captivity, where he died in 1953.
References
Lexikon der-Wehrmacht
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1887 births
1953 deaths
Holocaust perpetrators in Russia
Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
German Army personnel of World War I
German Army generals of World War II
German people who died in Soviet detention
German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union