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Bernhard Klosterkemper

WW2 German Army general (1897-1962)

Field	Value
name	Bernhard Klosterkemper
birth_date	17 April 1897
death_date
birth_place	Coesfeld, German Empire
death_place	Bremen, West Germany
allegiance	German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
branch	Army
serviceyears	1916–1945
rank	Generalmajor
commands	{{Plainlist
battles	World War I
awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Weimar Republic Nazi Germany

World War II

Battle of France
Battles of Rzhev
Operation Overlord
American airborne landings in Normandy
Battle of Cherbourg
Operation Market Garden
Operation Veritable
Ruhr Pocket

Bernhard Klosterkemper (17 April 1897 – 19 July 1962) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Klosterkemper surrendered to Allied troops in May 1945 and was released in 1947.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class on 4 February 1918
- 1st Class on 1 October 1918
Wound Badge (1918) in Black on 11 May 1918
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 on 6 November 1934
Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class on 15 April 1940
- 1st Class on 9 June 1940
West Wall Medal on 22 November 1940
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 July 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 920

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Bibliography

{{Cite book| title = Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile | trans-title = The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches | author-link = Walther-Peer Fellgiebel | orig-year = First published 1986
{{Cite book| title = Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives | trans-title = The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives

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