Gustav Fehn

German general during World War II

Gustav Fehn

Born	(1892-02-21)21 February 1892 Nuremberg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	5 June 1945(1945-06-05) (aged 53) Ljubljana, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad

Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Rank	General der Panzertruppe
Commands held	5th Panzer Division Afrika Korps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gustav Fehn (21 February 1892 – 5 June 1945) was a German general during World War II.

Fehn served in the Afrika Korps from November 1942 to January 1943, LXXVI Panzer Corps from July–August 1943, the XXI Army Corps from October 1943 - July 1944 and then the XV Mountain Corps in the Balkans until his surrender to Yugoslav partisans, who shot him without trial on 5 June 1945.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
Iron Cross
- 2nd Class (20 September 1939)
- 1st Class (12 October 1939)
Panzer Badge in Silver
German Cross in Gold (7 July 19
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberst and commander of Schützen-Regiment 33^[1]

References

Citations

^ Scherzer 2007, p. 303.

Bibliography

Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 [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] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen	Commander of 5. Panzer-Division 25 November 1940 – 10 August 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Eduard Metz
Preceded by General der Panzertruppen Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg	Commander of XXXX Panzer Corps 30 September 1942 - 13 November 1942	Succeeded by General der Panzertruppen Sigfrid Henrici
Preceded by General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser	Commander of XXVI. Armeekorps 1 July 1943 – 19 August 1943	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser
Preceded by General der Infanterie Paul Bader	Commander of XXI. Gebirgs-Armeekorps 10 October 1943 – 31 July 1944	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser
Preceded by General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser	Commander of XV. Gebirgs-Armeekorps 1 August 1944 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by none dissolved on 8 May 1945

Yugoslav World War II war crimes trials

December 1944 – May 1945
without trial

death	Werner von Erdmannsdorff Gustav Fehn Heinz Kattner Friedrich Stephan Georg Waue

Hungarian military and political officials
Vojvodina Supreme Court

death	László Deák Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner József Grassy Márton Zöldy Ferenc Szombathelyi Lajos Gaál Miklós Nagy Ernő Bajsay-Bauer Ferenc Bajor Pál Perepatic Leó Deák Géza Báthory József Könyöki Milan Popovic Gyula Zombory

German police officials (3rd trial)
9–22 December 1946

death	Josef Eckert Wilhelm Fuchs Josef Hahn Hans Helm Richard Kaaserer August Meyszner Friedrich Polte Ludwig Teichmann Ernst Weimann
imprisoned	Ernst Hesterberg

German officers (4th trial) at Belgrade
5–13 February 1947 verdict 16 February

death	Johann Fortner Fritz Neidholdt Josef Kübler Adalbert Lontschar Alexander Löhr August Schmidhuber Günther Tribukait
imprisoned	Ewald von Kleist

German occupation officials in Serbia (5th trial)
Military Court of the Yugoslav 3rd Army at Belgrade
27 February–3 March 1947

death	Rudolf Berg Walter Böhme Karl Freiherr von Bothmer Walter Firow Adolf Jostel Georg Kiessel Ernst Ludwig Langemann Schulze Franz Tritschler Harald Turner