Fritz Schlieper

Fritz Schlieper (4 August 1892 – 4 June 1977) was a German military officer who served during World War I and World War II, eventually gaining the rank of Generalleutnant.

Biography
Fritz Schlieper was born 4 August 1892 in Koldromb, Posen. In 1911 he joined the German Army. After the First World War Schlieper continued to serve in the Weimar Republic's Reichswehr, and when the Weimar Republic was replaced by Nazi Germany he remained in the Heer component of the Wehrmacht, and from 1935 to 1939 commanded the 17th Artillery Regiment. In 1939 he was promoted to Generalmajor and served as Chief of Staff for Military District XIII and, during the Invasion of Poland, served as the Chief of Staff for Frontier Sector Center. From 1939 to 1940 he was also the Quartermaster for the 18th Army.

During Operation Barbarossa he commanded the 45th Infantry Division in one of the initial battles, the Defense of Brest Fortress. For his part in these battles he would be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In 1942 he was transferred to Slovakia to command German occupying forces there. From 1944 until the war's end, he was the Chief of Special Staff II. After the war, Schlieper lived in Nürnberg til his death on 4 June 1977.

Awards

 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 December 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of the 45. Infanterie-Division