Georg Pfeiffer (5 May 1890 – 28 June 1944) was a general in the

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who commanded the VI Army Corps. He was a recipient of the

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. Pfeiffer was killed in a Soviet air attack on 28 June 1944 at

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during

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, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive. Pfeiffer served as a police officer, including as a member of the Weimar Sicherheitspolizei, before the war.Hans Horst Manitz: ''Erinnerungsbuch der 94. Infanterie Division an die Kriegsjahre 1939–1945.'' Lieferung 2: ''Einsatz in Rußland 1941 bis Anfang 1943.'' Hans Horst Manitz, Hrsg. Kameradschaft der 94. Inf.Div., 1985, S. 1.

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on 15 January 1943 as ''

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'' and commander of 94. Infanterie-Division

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