Johann-Georg Richert

Johann-Georg Richert
Born	14 April 1890
Died	30 January 1946 (aged 55) Minsk, Soviet Union
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	286th Security Division 35th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Johann-Georg Richert (14 April 1890 – 30 January 1946) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded the 286th Security Division whose personnel committed numerous war crimes in occupied Belarus, in the rear of Army Group Center.

Richert was taken prisoner by Soviet troops on 8 May 1945. He was charged with war crimes and convicted by the Soviet Military Tribunal. Richert was executed by hanging on 30 January 1946 in Minsk.

Awards and decorations

• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 1 December 1941 as Oberst in Infanterie-Regiment 23^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 17 March 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 35. Infanterie-Division^[3]
  • 623rd Oak Leaves on 18 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 35. Infanterie-Division^[4]

Further reading

• Beorn, Waitman Wade (2014). Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust in Belarus. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674725508.

References

Citations

1. Thomas 1998, p. 204.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 376.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 290.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 76.

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.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.