Hellmuth Mäder

Hellmuth Mäder (5 July 1908 – 12 May 1984) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.

Hellmuth Mäder
Born	(1908-07-05)5 July 1908
Died	12 May 1984(1984-05-12) (aged 75)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany  West Germany
Service/branch	German Army
Years of service	1936–45 1956–68
Rank	Generalmajor (Wehrmacht) Generalleutnant (Bundeswehr)
Commands held	7th Panzer Division
Battles/wars	World War II Operation Barbarossa
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Other work	Bundeswehr

In 1956 Mäder joined the Bundeswehr, serving with the rank of Brigadegeneral and commanded of the Infanterieschule Hammelburg. His last rank before retirement was Generalleutnant. In 1974 he was arrested and convicted to two years imprisonment for money he embezzled in his position in the Bundeswehr as well as for inconsistencies in his expense reports. It was an accusation which he denied until he died on May 12, 1984 in Konstanz.[1]

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 June 1941) & 1st Class (1 August 1941)[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 3 April 1942 as Major and commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 522[3]
  • 560th Oak Leaves on 27 August 1944 as Oberst and leader of the Lehr-Brigade Nord/Heeresgruppe Waffenschule Nord and at the same time combat commander of Schaulen[3]
  • 143rd Swords on 18 April 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of the Führer-Grenadier-Division[3]

References

Citations

1. Berger 1999, p. 204.
2. Thomas 1998, p. 51.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 522.

Bibliography

• Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges [With Oak Leaves and Swords. The Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-0-6.
• 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.
• 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.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss	Commander of 7. Panzer-Division 31 October 1944 – 30 November 1944	Succeeded by General der Panzertruppe Dr. Karl Mauss
Preceded by Major von Courbière	Commander of Führer Grenadier Division 26 January 1945 – 1 February 1945	Succeeded by Generalmajor Erich von Haßenstein
Preceded by Generalmajor Helmuth Reinhardt	Chief of Truppenamt of the Bundeswehr 1 October 1960 – 30 September 1968	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Hubert Sonneck