Fritz Fullriede

Fritz Fullriede
Born	4 January 1895 Bremen, German Empire
Died	3 November 1969(1969-11-03) (aged 74) Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Fritz Fullriede (4 January 1895 – 3 November 1969) was a German officer and war criminal during World War II. Fullriede fought in the German invasion of Poland, on the Eastern Front, in the Afrika Korps and the Italian Campaign. The last commander of Festung Kolberg, Fullriede received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves in 1945. Fullfriede's capable defense of Kolberg allowed 70,000 civilians and 40,000 military personnel to evacuate Kolberg via sea route to other parts of Germany. After the war, Fullriede was tried and convicted by a Dutch court for his role in the Putten raid of 1944. He was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (25 August 1917)
• Wound Badge (1918) in Black (20 July 1918)
• Hanseatic Cross of Bremen (25 July 1918)2nd Class (7 July 1941)
• Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (23 October 1941)
• Wound Badge (1939) in Gold (20 August 1941)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 11 April 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Kampfgruppe Fullriede in the Panzer AOK 5
  • 803rd Oak Leaves on 23 March 1945 as Oberst and commander of the fortress Kolberg

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Wegmann, Günter (2010). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 7: Fl–Fu [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 7: Fl–Fu] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2380-1.