__NOTOC__ Karl Rübel (16 August 1895 – 8 March 1945) was a German general during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. He was a recipient of the

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. While it was order of precedence, lower in preceden ...

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

. Rübel was killed on 8 March 1945 near Schivelbein,

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, during the course of the Soviet East Pomeranian Offensive.

Awards and decorations

on 13 January 1945 as ''

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'' and commander of 163. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 298.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubel, Karl 1895 births 1945 deaths Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German Army personnel killed in World War II Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Military personnel from Dortmund