Franz Krech

Major General (Generalmajor) Franz Krech was a German commander of the 41st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) during World War II, killed on 27 April 1944 by a platoon of the Greek People's Liberation Army in Laconia.[1][2]

The operation and his execution by ELAS led to harsh reprisals by the occupying forces, such as the 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions. Krech was posthumously promoted to Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) by Hitler and buried in Athens.

References
  1. Meyer Hermann Από τη Βιέννη στα Καλάβρυτα. Τα αιματηρά ίχνη της 117ης Μεραρχίας Καταδρομών στη Σερβία και την Ελλάδα, Estia, 2004, p. 512
  2. Yiannis Priovolos, Μόνιμοι Αξιωματικοί στον ΕΛΑΣ, οικειοθελώς ή εξ'ανάγκης, Alfeios Publications, p. 515
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